Most Recommended Books MCP server
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6 tools · Last check that passed 4 Nov 2026, 12:15 UTC
Most Recommended Books' own remote MCP server gives an agent the books named people recommend, with their quotes and original sources, consensus best-of lists, series reading orders and one-page book summaries, read-only and with no sign-in. Once a day, Stackduke connects to it the way any MCP client would, with no account and no sign-in, and lists its tools. It never runs them.
All 6 tools
| Tool | Counted as |
|---|---|
get_book_recommenders | Said to only read |
get_list | Said to only read |
get_person_recommendations | Said to only read |
get_series_reading_order | Said to only read |
get_summary | Said to only read |
search_books | Said to only read |
The tools the server listed at the last check that passed, at its default address and settings, with no sign-in; an account that signs in, or other settings, may see other tools. What a tool is counted as doing is Stackduke's cautious reading of the server's labels, the tool's name and its description: where they disagree it takes whichever says the tool can do most, so it overcounts on purpose. It does not say the server is safe, and it does not list what a tool cannot do. Descriptions are not shown, because they are written for models and may try to steer them.
Recent checks
21 of the last 21 checks passed
A check passes when the server lists its tools. Checked at https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp.
Recent changes
28 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC, after a check on 27 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC
Inputs or outputs changed on get_book_recommenders, get_list, get_person_recommendations, get_series_reading_order, get_summary and 1 more.
From the scan of 4 Nov 2026, 12:43 UTC. "Changed" and "Can do more" count changes from the last 30 days; older ones stay listed here. A change made and undone between two checks is not seen. Every check is in the scanner's public data.
Know when Most Recommended Books's tools change.
One email when Most Recommended Books's official MCP server adds, removes or changes tools, with what changed. Nothing else.
What to watch for
- Most Recommended Books asks that its data be cited to mostrecommendedbooks.com wherever it appears, ideally linking the url each response carries. Most Recommended Books' developer page
- Recommendation quotes and book summaries come back to the agent as text, and text an agent reads can carry instructions for it. OWASP, prompt injection
How to limit it
With Most Recommended Books's own settings, as its documentation describes them. Stackduke has not tested them.
- Most Recommended Books says each recommendation comes with its original source, so we recommend the agent link that source when it repeats a quote. Most Recommended Books' developer page
- Mark quotes and summaries from this server as untrusted external content, as OWASP advises, so it has less influence on what the agent does. OWASP, prompt injection
What Stackduke is designed to do
Stackduke is designed to sit between your agents and their MCP servers: to check each tool call against your rules before it runs, hold the risky ones for a person to approve, and keep a record of what was decided.
It does not yet forward or block tool calls for customers. Today it reads what this server offers and publishes what changes.