books.gutendex.by_author
List all Project Gutenberg books by a specific author (search by name). Filter by language. Gutendex MIT
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What books.gutendex.by_author does on Apibase
AI agents call books.gutendex.by_author 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.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Max results to return (default 20, max 50). |
author | string | Yes | Author name search (e.g. "Jane Austen", "Mark Twain", "Tolstoy"). |
language | string | — | Optional ISO 639-1 language code to filter by language (e.g. "en"). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why books.gutendex.by_author is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available book metadata; no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition List all Project Gutenberg books by author, search, filter
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The rule that runs books.gutendex.by_author safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For books.gutendex.by_author, this is the rule to start with:
books.gutendex.by_author is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every books.gutendex.by_author call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about books.gutendex.by_author
List all Project Gutenberg books by a specific author (search by name). Filter by language. Gutendex MIT. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
books.gutendex.by_author accepts 3 parameters: limit, author, language. Required: author. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for books.gutendex.by_author: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
books.gutendex.by_author is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the books.gutendex.by_author rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for books.gutendex.by_author. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
books.gutendex.by_author is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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