# Most Recommended Books (remote · mostrecommendedbooks.com)

Read-only MCP server for verified book recommendations and reading lists.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `mostrecommendedbooks.com`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `2.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 83/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 84/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 895 tokens (~127/item across 7 items; 6 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-mostrecommendedbooks-books https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-mostrecommendedbooks-books]
url = "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-mostrecommendedbooks-books": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-mostrecommendedbooks-books --url https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-mostrecommendedbooks-books:
    url: "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-mostrecommendedbooks-books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 78, +4)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-28 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 72, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_books` (~149 tokens)

Search books

Search Most Recommended Books' human-curated catalog by book title or author name. Returns ranked matches with author, publication year, how many verified people recommend each book, the top recommenders, a sourced quote, and a buy link. Use this when a user asks about a specific book, an author's books, or wants recommendations matching a title they half-remember. For 'who recommends X?' prefer get_book_recommenders; for 'what does person X recommend?' prefer get_person_recommendations.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 6)
- `query` (string, required): Book title or author name, e.g. 'Atomic Habits' or 'Cormac McCarthy'

Output parameters:

- `items` (array)
- `mode` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `get_person_recommendations` (~148 tokens)

Get a person's book recommendations

Return every book a specific person (entrepreneur, investor, author, celebrity…) has recommended, with their verified quote about each book and a link to the original source (interview, podcast, post). Use this when a user asks 'what books does Naval Ravikant recommend?', 'Tim Ferriss's favorite books', or wants reading habits of a specific public figure. Accepts a name ('Naval Ravikant') or MRB slug ('naval-ravikant').

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max books to return (default 20)
- `person` (string, required): Person's name or MRB slug, e.g. 'Naval Ravikant'

Output parameters:

- `items` (array)
- `mode` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `get_book_recommenders` (~117 tokens)

Who recommends this book?

Return every verified person who recommends a given book, each with their quote about it and a link to the original source. This is MRB's signature dataset — use it when a user asks 'who recommends Sapiens?', 'is Zero to One worth reading?', or wants social proof / expert opinions on a specific title. Accepts a title ('Sapiens') or author+title for disambiguation.

Input parameters:

- `title` (string, required): Book title, e.g. 'Sapiens' or 'Zero to One'

Output parameters:

- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `get_series_reading_order` (~116 tokens)

Get a series' reading order

Return the complete publication-order book list for a book series — the order the author released them, including novellas and companion volumes where cataloged. Use this when a user asks 'what order do I read John Grisham?', 'Harry Potter books in order', or how many books a series has. Accepts a series or author name ('Jack Reacher', 'Brandon Sanderson').

Input parameters:

- `series` (string, required): Series or author name, e.g. 'Jack Reacher' or 'John Grisham'

Output parameters:

- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `get_list` (~146 tokens)

Get a consensus best-books list

Return one of MRB's 1,300+ consensus 'best books' lists for a topic (startups, stoicism, finance, sci-fi…). Every book on a list was recommended by at least two independent expert sources and is ranked by how many sources mention it. Use this when a user asks for 'the best X books' and you want a ranking backed by multiple experts rather than one opinion. Accepts a topic name ('startup', 'personal finance') or MRB list slug.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max books to return (default 20)
- `list` (string, required): Topic or list slug, e.g. 'startup' or 'stoicism'

Output parameters:

- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `get_summary` (~122 tokens)

Get a book summary

Return MRB's one-page summary of a book: the overview plus chapter-by-chapter notes (~435 titles available). Use this when a user asks 'summarize Atomic Habits', 'what is Sapiens about?', or wants the key ideas without reading the book. Set full_text=true only when the user explicitly wants the complete chapter notes — they can be very long.

Input parameters:

- `full_text` (boolean): Include full chapter contents (default false: overview + chapter titles)
- `title` (string, required): Book title, e.g. 'Atomic Habits'

Output parameters:

- `source` (string)
- `url` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 79
- 2026-08-02: 78
- 2026-08-01: 78
- 2026-07-31: 78
- 2026-07-30: 74
- 2026-07-29: 74
- 2026-07-28: 73
- 2026-07-27: 72
- 2026-07-26: 72

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/richardreeze/mrb-api
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-mostrecommendedbooks-books/api-mcp