standard-ebooks.books.new_releases
Get the most recently released Standard Ebooks (up to the latest 15), most-recent first. Returns title, author, publish date, summary, subjects, cover image URL, and direct download links (EPUB, advanced EPUB, Kobo Kepub, Kindle AZW3, XHTML). Data: standardebooks.org Atom feed, no auth required.
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What standard-ebooks.books.new_releases does on Apibase
AI agents call standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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 number of recent releases to return (default 15, max 15 — feed size is fixed). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why standard-ebooks.books.new_releases is rated Low
Tool queries public book metadata without modification or execution capabilities.
From the tool's definition retrieves recently released books, returns metadata and download links
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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 standard-ebooks.books.new_releases, this is the rule to start with:
standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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 standard-ebooks.books.new_releases call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about standard-ebooks.books.new_releases
Get the most recently released Standard Ebooks (up to the latest 15), most-recent first. Returns title, author, publish date, summary, subjects, cover image URL, and direct download links (EPUB, advanced EPUB, Kobo Kepub, Kindle AZW3, XHTML). Data: standardebooks.org Atom feed, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
standard-ebooks.books.new_releases accepts 1 parameter: limit. 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 standard-ebooks.books.new_releases: 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.
standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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 standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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 standard-ebooks.books.new_releases. 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.
standard-ebooks.books.new_releases 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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