AI agents call get_book_notes_and_highlights to retrieve information from Weread without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
book_id | string | Yes | Book ID |
highlight_style | integer | null | — | Highlight style filter, null means all |
include_chapters | boolean | — | Whether to include chapter information |
organize_by_chapter | boolean | — | Whether to organize by chapter |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool only retrieves user-generated highlights and notes from a specific book. It performs a query operation that has no ability to modify, delete, or execute external actions. The retrieval of personal reading annotations poses minimal risk and is purely informational. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition The tool 'get_book_notes_and_highlights' retrieves highlights and notes for a book—a query/retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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Get all highlights and notes for a specific book, organized by chapter. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Weread MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_book_notes_and_highlights accepts 4 parameters: book_id, highlight_style, include_chapters, organize_by_chapter. Required: book_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Weread MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_book_notes_and_highlights: 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 Weread. Nothing to install.
get_book_notes_and_highlights 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 get_book_notes_and_highlights 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 get_book_notes_and_highlights. 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.
get_book_notes_and_highlights is provided by the Weread MCP server (mcp-server-weread). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_book_notes_and_highlights is one line of Weread's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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