Get detailed information about a specific book by ID, including reader URL and download links
AI agents call crow_calibreweb_get_book to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query operation that retrieves existing book information. While it provides download links, the tool itself does not execute downloads or create side effects; it merely returns data about a book resource. No data is created, modified, or deleted, making this a straightforward Read category classification.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get detailed information about a specific book by ID, including reader URL and download links' — retrieves and queries book metadata with no modification or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access crow_calibreweb_get_book gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for crow_calibreweb_get_book:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"crow_calibreweb_get_book": {}
}
} crow_calibreweb_get_book is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about a specific book by ID, including reader URL and download links. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Crow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for crow_calibreweb_get_book: 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 Crow. Nothing to install.
crow_calibreweb_get_book 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 crow_calibreweb_get_book 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 crow_calibreweb_get_book. 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.
crow_calibreweb_get_book is provided by the Crow MCP server (kh0pper/crow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Crow, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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