crow_calibreweb_get_book
Get detailed information about a specific book by ID, including reader URL and download links
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What crow_calibreweb_get_book does on Crow
AI agents call crow_calibreweb_get_book to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why crow_calibreweb_get_book is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries book metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is purely a read operation that returns existing information about a book resource. The severity is low as misuse would only expose publicly available book information.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get detailed information about a specific book by ID' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. Returns informational data (reader URL and download links) only.
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The rule that runs crow_calibreweb_get_book safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For crow_calibreweb_get_book, this is the rule to start with:
crow_calibreweb_get_book 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 Crow, apply this rule, and every crow_calibreweb_get_book call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about crow_calibreweb_get_book
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.
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