standard-ebooks.books.search
Search the Standard Ebooks catalog of carefully typeset, public-domain ebooks by title, author, or subject keyword. Returns title, author, language, description, subjects, cover image URL, and direct download links (EPUB, advanced EPUB, Kobo Kepub, Kindle AZW3, XHTML). Sortable by newest, author ...
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What standard-ebooks.books.search does on Apibase
AI agents call standard-ebooks.books.search 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
page | integer | — | Page number for pagination (default 1). |
sort | string | — | Sort order: "newest" (S.E. release date, default), "author" (author name A-Z), "reading_ease" (easiest first), "length" (shortest first), "popularity" (most dow |
query | string | Yes | Free-text search across title, author name, and subject (e.g. "frankenstein", "jane austen"). Required — an empty query returns zero results. |
per_page | integer | — | Results per page (default 12, max 60). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why standard-ebooks.books.search is rated Low
Tool retrieves and returns public-domain ebook metadata and download URLs with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Search the Standard Ebooks catalog, returns title, author, description, download links.
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The rule that runs standard-ebooks.books.search 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.search, this is the rule to start with:
standard-ebooks.books.search 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.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about standard-ebooks.books.search
Search the Standard Ebooks catalog of carefully typeset, public-domain ebooks by title, author, or subject keyword. Returns title, author, language, description, subjects, cover image URL, and direct download links (EPUB, advanced EPUB, Kobo Kepub, Kindle AZW3, XHTML). Sortable by newest, author name, reading ease, length, or popularity. Data: standardebooks.org OPDS 2.0 JSON 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.search accepts 4 parameters: page, sort, query, per_page. Required: query. 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.search: 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.search 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.search 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.search. 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.search 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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