# bible.catalog.commentaries

List available scholarly Bible commentaries (Matthew Henry, JFB, Gill, etc.). Each entry includes commentary ID, name, and language. Free Use Bible API

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `bible.catalog.commentaries`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/bible.catalog.commentaries

## Facts

- Tool: `bible.catalog.commentaries`
- Server: Apibase (`apibase-mcp-client`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase.md
- Install: `npx -y apibase-mcp-client`
- Homepage: https://github.com/whiteknightonhorse/APIbase
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | integer | no | Max commentaries to return (default 50, max 100). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "bible.catalog.commentaries",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why bible.catalog.commentaries is rated Low

Tool retrieves and lists metadata about available commentaries without modifying data or executing code.

From the tool's own definition: "List available scholarly Bible commentaries, includes commentary ID, name, language."

## Use case

AI agents call bible.catalog.commentaries to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Apibase:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "bible.catalog.commentaries": {}
  }
}
```

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase