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com.readingrate/readingrate

by readingrate.com · domain (the registry's namespace rule)repository owner on GitHub: simonsbookclub (personal account)Source ↗Website ↗

Book difficulty, reading times and ranked lists, plus your reading log, quotes and clubs. — the publisher's description

4 of 5 record checks metRead-only · tools listed 2026-11-02version 1.0.1streamable HTTP42 tools

Summary

com.readingrate/readingrate is a remote MCP server listed in the official MCP registry at version 1.0.1, under the namespace of the domain readingrate.com. Its linked repository is github.com/simonsbookclub/readingrate-plugin; GitHub reports its owner as simonsbookclub, a personal account. On 2026-11-02 ProtocolProbe connected to it in read-only mode and read its inventory: 42 tools, 4 resources and 4 prompts.

Record checks

4 of 5 record checks met · 4 do not apply

met: Registry entry is active and says how to run it
met: Source repository link opens
met: Repository is not archived
met: Code pushed to the repository in the 90 days before our check
not met: Repository publishes a security policy (SECURITY.md)
not applicable: Package names its licence with a standard (SPDX) identifier
not applicable: The version the registry lists can be installed and is not withdrawn
not applicable: npm package carries build provenance (attestation)
not applicable: No known critical or high advisory in the package or its dependencies

Not ranked by downloads: a remote server publishes no download figure
Not ranked by stars: 0 stars (ranked from 10)

From public records, not a safety rating. Each check with its reason · Is it safe to install?

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Key facts

Runs: remote (hosted by the publisher)
Transport: streamable HTTP
Your own values: none declared (not a guarantee)
Sign-in: none needed to open a session
Repository: public
Tools: 42
Last tested: 2026-11-02

Tool list size

18,823 tokens on Claude Opus 5.5

Added to every request that loads this server's tools (42 tools). Counted with Anthropic's token counter on 2026-11-02, from the tool list we read on 2026-11-02. Median across 25,738 counted servers: 2,858 tokens. How it is counted

How a client gets in

Connects without signing in

Read from the server's public metadata on 2026-11-02 (mcp.readingrate.com), in our read-only connection; no tool was called. It may have changed since. How it is read

Tool list at the three APIs

Not sent yet for this version (1.0.1).

Add to your client

Observed fact

This server accepted a session without any credential and lists 11 tools whose name or declaration suggests they change data (get_reading_trajectory, summarize_reading_period, save_quote, record_quote_review, add_book_to_library and 6 more). That is our reading of the names; we did not call them. Source: our connection, 2026-11-02.

How fresh this is

Live-tested: yes, a real session (not a text-only review)
Last tested: 2026-11-02
Mode: read-only (no tool calls)
Latest version: 1.0.1, published 2026-11-02 (registry, as of the 2026-11-02 snapshot)
First listed version: 2026-11-02 (earliest version still in the registry; older removed versions would be earlier)
Registry data: snapshot 2026-11-02
Package and repository: checked 2026-11-02
Engine: mcp-runtime-engine@0.1.0 · sdk@1.32.0

Dead or stale signals

None found in the records we hold

Looked for and not found: deprecated in the registry; repository link does not open; repository archived; no push in over 365 days. Does not apply: listed version cannot be installed or is withdrawn. Each line is a dated fact from a public record. It does not say whether the server still works, and a record can change after the date shown.

Changes since the last refresh

New in the registry: not in the list of 2026-11-01, listed on 2026-11-02 with version 1.0.1 (published 2026-11-02).

Source: the official MCP Registry list on 2026-11-01 and on 2026-11-02.

What it is

What does this server offer?

Observed inventory

42tools

4resources

4prompts

None of its 42 tools are described as changing anything. For 42 the reading was uncertain, so no mark is shown.

search_bookson 25 other servers
“Searches the ReadingRate book catalog by title, author, genre, theme or difficulty, and shows the results as book cards.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
7 inputs
- querystring“Words from a title or an author's name.”
- genresarray“Only books in any of these genres”
- difficulty_minnumber“Lowest difficulty score to include (0-100; lower is easier to read)”
- difficulty_maxnumber“Highest difficulty score to include (0-100; higher is harder to read)”
- themesarray“Only books with any of these themes, e.g.”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of results (default 10, max 50)”
- localestring“The reader's language.”
get_book_detailson 1 other server
“Gives one book's full ReadingRate analysis and shows its difficulty profile as a radar chart: nine difficulty dimensions and four literary-regard dimensions, each scored 0 to 100 with a written reaso…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
5 inputs
- book_idstring“The book's ReadingRate id, from another ReadingRate tool's results”
- slugstring“The book's ReadingRate slug, e.g.”
- title_authorobject“The book's title and author.”
- include_similarboolean“Also list books similar to this one”
- include_time_estimateboolean“Also estimate how long the book takes to read at the average reader's pace (the reader's own pace is in get_currently_reading)”
compare_bookson 1 other server
“Sets two or three books side by side and shows them as a comparison grid.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
2 inputs, 1 required
- book_idsarrayrequired“Two or three ReadingRate book ids or slugs”
- aspectsarray“What to compare (default: difficulty, themes, length)”
get_award_winners
“Lists the winners, shortlists and longlists of the literary prizes ReadingRate tracks, grouped by year, newest first.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
6 inputs
- awardstring“Prize, list or syllabus name, or part of it, e.g.”
- year_minnumber“Earliest prize year to include”
- year_maxnumber“Latest prize year to include”
- categorystring“Only winners, only the shortlist, or only the longlist”
- source_typestring“Only prizes ("award"), only canonical lists and publisher series ("list"), or only school curricula and exam boards ("curriculum").”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of books (default 20, max 50)”
get_top_books
“Returns the top of one of the ranked book lists published on readingrate.com: the highest-ranked books from a country, in an original language, of a genre or on a subject, by women or by men, or at a…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
7 inputs
- countrystring“The authors' country, e.g.”
- languagestring“The original language, e.g.”
- author_genderstring“Only books by women, or only books by men”
- genrestring“A genre: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, romance, fantasy, science-fiction, mystery-crime, thriller, horror, satire-humor, coming-of-age, short-fiction, …”
- subjectstring“A period, theme, region or movement, by name or slug, e.g.”
- difficultystring“A difficulty band ("easy" under 45 of 100, "moderate" 45 to 64, "challenging" 65 and over), still ranked by literary regard; or "hardest" for the hardest books…”
- limitnumber“How many books from the top of the list (default 10, max 100)”
lookup_books_batch
“Matches a list of books to the ReadingRate catalog in one call, from ISBNs, titles, or titles with authors, and returns each match's ReadingRate analysis with a confidence level (exact, high, medium,…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes
1 input, 1 required
- booksarrayrequired“The books to identify.”
get_poemon 1 other server
“Returns the text of a poem in the ReadingRate collection, with numbered lines.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
2 inputs, 1 required
- identifierstringrequired“The poem's anchor, "poet/poem" such as "wyatt/whoso-list-to-hunt", or its slug alone, such as "whoso-list-to-hunt"”
- sectionnumber“Section number, for a work in sections only.”
search_poemson 2 other servers
“Searches the words of every poem in the ReadingRate collection and returns the matching lines, the lines around each, and each poem's anchor, which get_poem, save_poem_line and annotate_poem_line acc…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs, 1 required
- querystringrequired“A line, a phrase, or the words remembered”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of results (default 10, max 25)”
- poem_idstring“Search one poem only: its anchor or slug, as for get_poem”
get_currently_reading
“Lists the books the reader is reading now, from their ReadingRate library: current page, percent complete, pages left, and the hours left at their own logged reading pace.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
get_reading_historyon 1 other server
“Lists the books in the reader's ReadingRate library with their status (read, reading, want to read, stopped), rating, start and finish dates, and the reader's own reflection, newest activity first.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs
- statusstring“Only books with this status.”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of books (default 50, max 100)”
- include_sessionsboolean“Include the reading sessions logged for each book (default false)”
get_reading_days
“Lists the page the reader reached on each day of one reading of a book in their ReadingRate library: for each day, the furthest page, the page they left off at, the pages read and the percent of thei…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs, 1 required
- book_idstringrequired“The book's ReadingRate id or its library entry id”
- reading_numbernumber“Which reading: 1 for the first, 2 for a reread.”
- timezonestring“IANA time zone the days are counted in, for example "Europe/London"”
get_reading_stats
“Summarizes the reader's ReadingRate reading record: reading speed from their logged sessions, the difficulty range they usually read, their most-read genres and themes, books per month, and how they …”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.

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get_reading_goals
“Shows the reader's yearly book goal from ReadingRate and their progress toward it: books finished, books left, whether they are on track, the pace needed, and books finished per month.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input
- yearnumber“The goal year (default: the current year)”
get_personalized_recommendations
“Recommends books from the ReadingRate catalog for this reader, matched to the difficulty range they usually read, the genres and themes they return to, and their reading pace, with the reasons for ea…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
4 inputs
- countnumber“Number of recommendations (default 5, max 20)”
- from_tbrboolean“Recommend only from the reader's want-to-read list”
- exclude_genresarray“Genres to leave out”
- difficulty_stretchboolean“Include books a little harder than the reader usually reads”
search_book_content
“Searches the text of one book or one poem for passages about a topic, by meaning rather than exact words, and returns the passages with page and chapter (books) or the line and its neighbours (poems)…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
5 inputs, 1 required
- querystringrequired“What to look for, in words, e.g.”
- book_idstring“The book to search: its ReadingRate id or library entry id.”
- poem_idstring“The poem to search: its anchor or slug, as for get_poem.”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of passages (default 5, max 10)”
- spoiler_protectionboolean“Search only pages the reader has reached (default true).”
get_passages_near_reading_position
“Returns passages of text from a book the reader is reading, taken from the pages just before their current position in ReadingRate, with their progress in the book.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
2 inputs
- book_idstring“The book: its ReadingRate id or library entry id (default: the book the reader read most recently)”
- topicstring“What the reader wants help with, e.g.”
get_reading_notes
“Returns what the reader has noted about their reading in ReadingRate: their highlights and notes, insights ReadingRate generated about their reading, and the reading insights they saved, each with it…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs
- book_idstring“Only this book: its ReadingRate id or library entry id”
- insight_querystring“A topic; returns the saved insights closest to it in meaning, from any book”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of highlights and notes (default 10, max 50)”
find_related_passages
“Finds the quotes and notes in the reader's ReadingRate collection that are closest in meaning to one of their saved quotes or notes, across all their books, with each passage's book, author, page and…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
4 inputs, 1 required
- idstringrequired“The id of the quote or note to start from”
- typestring“What the id is: "quote" for a saved quote, "marginalia" for a note (default "marginalia")”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of related passages (default 5, max 20)”
- thresholdnumber“Lowest similarity to include, 0 to 1 (default 0.42)”
get_daily_reading_connections
“Returns today's connections in the reader's reading: passages from different books they are reading, and from their saved quotes and notes, that share a theme, with the theme named and a question to …”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
get_reading_trajectory
“Returns written insights about how the reader's reading has been changing: genres they are exploring, authors they return to, their pace, and how their themes are shifting.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
get_monthly_reading_summary
“Returns ReadingRate's summary of one calendar month of the reader's reading: books finished, time and pages read, the difficulty of what they read, highlights, and how the month compares with the yea…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
2 inputs, 2 required
- yearintegerrequired“The year, e.g.”
- monthintegerrequired“The month, 1 to 12”
summarize_reading_period
“Builds a summary of the reader's reading between two dates, up to a year apart: books finished, time and pages read, the difficulty of what they read and highlights.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs, 2 required
- start_datestringrequired“First day, YYYY-MM-DD”
- end_datestringrequired“Last day, YYYY-MM-DD, at most 366 days after the first”
- period_labelstring“A name for the period, e.g.”
get_poetry_reading_stats
“Summarizes the reader's poetry reading in ReadingRate: the poems they keep returning to, ranked by how often and how recently they read each one, with read counts and last-read dates; how many lines …”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
2 inputs
- half_life_daysnumber“Days for a read to count half as much in the ranking (default 30)”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of poems in the ranking (default 20)”
list_reading_domains
“Lists the reading domains (genres, cultures, periods and themes) the reader has made progress in through ReadingRate, with their mastery stage in each (newcomer, exploring, well read, analytical, exp…”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
get_reading_domain
“Describes the reader's progress in one reading domain in ReadingRate: their mastery stage, books, words and hours read, quotes and reflections, and what the next stage requires.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input, 1 required
- domain_idstringrequired“The domain's id, from list_reading_domains”
get_poetic_form_mastery
“Shows how widely the reader has read poetry in ReadingRate, by poetic form (sonnet, ode, ...), by era and by poet: distinct poems read, total reads and a mastery stage for each.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
list_book_clubs
“Lists the ReadingRate book clubs the reader belongs to, with their role in each and the book each club is reading now.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
Takes no inputs.
get_book_club
“Describes one of the reader's ReadingRate book clubs: its description, how many members it has and their usernames and roles, and its five most recent books.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input, 1 required
- club_idstringrequired“The club's id, from list_book_clubs”
get_book_club_current_read
“Returns the book one of the reader's ReadingRate clubs is reading now, with its reading schedule: each milestone's pages, due date and discussion questions.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input, 1 required
- club_idstringrequired“The club's id, from list_book_clubs”
list_saved_quotes
“Lists the quotes and passages the reader has saved in ReadingRate, newest first, with page, speaker, notes and themes.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
3 inputs
- book_idstring“Only quotes from this book: its ReadingRate book id or library entry id”
- searchstring“Only quotes containing these words”
- limitnumber“Maximum number of quotes (default 50, max 100)”
save_quoteon 1 other server
“Saves a passage the reader asks to keep to their ReadingRate quotes, under a book in their library, with optional page, speaker, notes and themes.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world yes
6 inputs, 2 required
- book_idstringrequired“The book the quote is from: its ReadingRate book id or library entry id”
- quote_textstringrequired“The words of the quote”
- page_numbernumber“Page the quote is on”
- notesstring“The reader's note on the quote (max 2000 characters)”
- speakerstring“The character who says it, for dialogue (max 200 characters)”
- themesarray“Themes the quote touches (max 10, each max 100 characters)”
list_quotes_due_for_review
“Lists the reader's saved quotes and memorized poem passages that are due for review today in ReadingRate's spaced-repetition practice, earliest first, with how many poem lines they know by heart.”
Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input
- limitnumber“Maximum number of items (default 5, max 20)”
record_quote_review
“Records how well the reader recalled one saved quote or poem passage during review, on a 0 to 5 scale, and reschedules its next review: good recall pushes the next review further out, poor recall bri…”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no
2 inputs, 2 required
- quote_idstringrequired“The quote's id, from list_quotes_due_for_review”
- qualityintegerrequired“How well the reader recalled it, from 0 (not at all) to 5 (perfectly)”
add_book_to_library
“Adds one book to the reader's ReadingRate library.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes
6 inputs
- book_idstring“The book's ReadingRate id, from another ReadingRate tool's results”
- isbnstring“ISBN-10 or ISBN-13”
- title_authorobject“The book's title and author.”
- statusstring“The shelf to put the book on instead of want-to-read”
- ratingnumber“Rating from 1 to 5, for a book added as read”
- date_finishedstring“Finish date, YYYY-MM-DD, for a book added as read (default: today)”
add_matched_books_to_library
“Adds up to 40 books to the reader's ReadingRate library in one call, by ReadingRate book id, all on the same shelf (want-to-read unless a status is given).”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes
2 inputs, 1 required
- book_idsarrayrequired“ReadingRate book ids, as lookup_books_batch returns them (max 40)”
- statusstring“The shelf to put every newly added book on instead of want-to-read”
update_book_status
“Moves a book that is already in the reader's ReadingRate library to another status: "reading" (sets the start date if there is none), "read" (sets the finish date, with an optional rating), "stopped"…”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world yes
4 inputs, 2 required
- book_idstringrequired“The book's ReadingRate id or its library entry id”
- statusstringrequired“The new status”
- ratingnumber“Rating from 1 to 5, only with status "read"”
- date_finishedstring“Finish date, YYYY-MM-DD, only with status "read" (default: today)”
log_reading_session
“Logs reading for a book in the reader's ReadingRate library: pages read, the page they reached, or a note.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world yes
6 inputs, 1 required
- book_idstringrequired“The book's ReadingRate id or its library entry id”
- pages_readnumber“Pages read in this session, added to the current page”
- current_pagenumber“The page the reader is now on, as printed in arabic numerals”
- roman_pagestring“The page the reader is now on in the book's roman-numbered introduction or preface, such as "liv"”
- front_matter_ends_onstring“The last roman-numbered page of the reader's copy, such as "lx" (or 60); "0" when it has none or they skipped it”
- notesstring“The reader's note on today's reading, added to today's journal entry”
delete_reading_insight
“Permanently deletes one reading insight the reader saved in ReadingRate, with the conversation record attached to it.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world no
1 input, 1 required
- insight_idstringrequired“The saved insight's id, as get_reading_notes or save_reading_insight returned it”
log_poem_read
“Records that the reader read a poem from the ReadingRate collection, adding one read to its count.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no
2 inputs, 1 required
- identifierstringrequired“The poem's anchor ("poet/poem") or slug, as for get_poem”
- sectionnumber“Section number; required for a work in sections”
save_poem_line
“Saves one line of a poem to the reader's ReadingRate quotes, tied to its exact place in the poem, with an optional note.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world yes
2 inputs, 1 required
- anchorstringrequired“The line's anchor as get_poem or search_poems returns it, e.g.”
- notestring“The reader's note on the line”
annotate_poem_line
“Writes the reader's note on one line of a poem to their ReadingRate notes: a reading, a connection, a reaction.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no
2 inputs, 2 required
- anchorstringrequired“The line's anchor as get_poem or search_poems returns it”
- notestringrequired“The reader's note”
save_reading_insight
“Saves a reading insight to the reader's ReadingRate account: a short summary and the key takeaways, in the reader's terms, about one or more books in their library, with optional topics.”
Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world yes
4 inputs, 3 required
- book_idsarrayrequired“The books the insight is about: ReadingRate book ids or library entry ids (1 to 20), books in the reader's library”
- summarystringrequired“What the reader wants to keep, in 2 to 4 sentences (20 to 1000 characters)”
- key_insightsarrayrequired“The takeaways, one sentence or two each (1 to 10)”
- topicsarray“Themes the insight is about, e.g.”

Each quoted sentence is the first sentence of the publisher’s own description. The kind of tool and the “changes data” mark are our AI model’s reading of that description, not something we tested: two differently worded runs had to agree, otherwise no label is shown, and nobody has checked them by hand. A tool without the “changes data” mark is described as only reading, searching or calculating, or the two runs did not agree. No tool was called. Read the publisher’s full description before relying on it. “Publisher declares” lists the hints the server itself sends with the tool (MCP annotations: read-only, destructive, idempotent, open-world); they are the publisher's claims, not checked by us. Inputs are the parameters in the tool's own input schema: name, declared type, whether it is required, and the first sentence of its description. Read 2026-11-02.

How well are its tools described?

Features #4 and #5

How clearly this server's own tool descriptions say what a tool does, and how consistent its tool list is. The first part is an AI model's yes/no reading of each description; the second part is counted. We do not turn it into a grade.

Descriptions

AI reading of each description

No AI reading was available for this server's tools (the two runs did not agree, or the listing was not reviewed).

Counted from the listing

Parameters with a description: 100% of 109
Tools with a description: 100% of 42
Typical description length: 688 characters

The tool set

Counted from the listing

Tools: 42
Size of the list: about 26,117 tokens for an agent to load (characters ÷ 4)
Naming: 42 of 42 names use snake_case

AI reading: easy to mix up

No pair found.

The AI items cover 0 of 42 tools: for a tool where two differently worded runs disagreed, that item is left out. They were not checked by hand, and no tool was called. “Easy to mix up” means two tools whose names or descriptions overlap without saying how they differ; the AI found none, comparing tools within groups of 40. We do not rate whether the tool set is complete or whether side effects are spelled out, because our AI reading of those was not reliable enough.

How do I add it to my client?

Config from the registry entry

From the remote endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

We connected to this URL on 2026-11-02 (a read-only session: no tool was called).

Add to CursorAn install link in the format Cursor documents, holding the Cursor config below.

Claude Desktop or claude.ai

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste:
https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp

Cursor · .cursor/mcp.json in a project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readingrate": {
      "url": "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code · .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "readingrate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (command line) · Bash or zsh terminal (macOS, Linux)

code --add-mcp '{"name":"readingrate","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"}'

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http readingrate https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp

Cline · cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline CLI: ~/.cline/data/settings/; in the editor: MCP Servers → Configure → Configure MCP Servers)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readingrate": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI · ~/.gemini/settings.json, or .gemini/settings.json in a project

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readingrate": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex · ~/.codex/config.toml, or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project

[mcp_servers.readingrate]
url = "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"

Zed · Zed settings file (command: zed: open settings file)

{
  "context_servers": {
    "readingrate": {
      "url": "https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Try it in the MCP Inspector · runs on your machine, opens in your browser · Node 22.19+

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.11.0 --server-url https://mcp.readingrate.com/mcp --transport http

The server runs on the operator's infrastructure; it may ask you to sign in when you first connect.
Zed's docs we read on 2026-10-26 describe remote servers by URL and do not name the transport.
The MCP Inspector lists the server's tools, resources and prompts; a tool you call there runs for real.

Built from the server's registry entry with each client's documented format (checked 2026-10-14; the Cursor link and the VS Code command 2026-10-19; the MCP Inspector command 2026-10-21; Cline, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex and Zed 2026-10-26). Values in < > are yours to fill in; this page never contains a key. Where the server needs a setting the entry does not declare, it can still fail to start.

Does the registry listing match what we found?

Feature #6

The registry checks an entry when it is published (each new version), and nothing re-checks it on a schedule. A difference below is about the listing, not a judgement of the publisher.

Registry says	We found	Result	Source · date
Remote endpoint mcp.readingrate.com/mcp	Session opened	matches	our test · 2026-11-02
No credential declared as required	Opened a session without any credential	matches	our test · 2026-11-02
Repository github.com/simonsbookclub/readingrate-plugin	Opens publicly	matches	api.github.com · 2026-11-02

Who made it?

Feature #7 · lineage

Facts about the publisher. We do not turn them into a trust score.

Namespace: com.readingrate
GitHub owner: a personal account (simonsbookclub)

Repository: github.com/simonsbookclub/readingrate-plugin
Stars: 0
Repository age: 0–30 days
Last push: 0–30 days ago
Archived: no
Security policy: none found (we looked for SECURITY.md in the repository and in its owner’s .github repository)

Source: the registry entry and api.github.com · 2026-11-02; security policy read from GitHub · 2026-11-02.

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Choosing

Record checks

Public records · not a safety rating

4 of 5 record checks met · 4 do not apply

Not ranked by downloads: a remote server publishes no download figure
Not ranked by stars: 0 stars (ranked from 10)

MetRegistry entry is active and says how to run itActive, with a package or a remote address.
MetSource repository link opensThe linked GitHub repository is public.
MetRepository is not archivedNot archived.
MetCode pushed to the repository in the 90 days before our checkLast push 0-30 days before our check.
Not metRepository publishes a security policy (SECURITY.md)No SECURITY.md in the places GitHub reads it from.What changes this check: GitHub's documentation describes adding a SECURITY.md from the repository's security settings: under Reporting, Security policy, Start setup. GitHub: adding a security policy
Does not applyPackage names its licence with a standard (SPDX) identifierRemote server: it ships no package.
Does not applyThe version the registry lists can be installed and is not withdrawnRemote server: it ships no package.
Does not applynpm package carries build provenance (attestation)Remote server: it ships no package.
Does not applyNo known critical or high advisory in the package or its dependenciesRemote server: it ships no package.

Read from public records only: the registry entry, npm/PyPI, GitHub and advisory databases, checked 2026-11-02 (security policy 2026-11-02). No tool was called. Only “met” and “not met” are counted, so the total differs between servers; a check that does not apply or that we could not run is listed, never counted against it. It is not a safety rating, and the same rules apply to every server. How each check works · Leaderboards · How we stay neutral

Common questions about com.readingrate/readingrate

Answered from the data above

Who publishes com.readingrate/readingrate?

The registry ties the namespace com.readingrate to the domain readingrate.com; only its owner can publish under it. Its linked repository is github.com/simonsbookclub/readingrate-plugin; GitHub reports its owner as simonsbookclub, a personal account. These are facts from the registry and GitHub, not a rating.

Is com.readingrate/readingrate safe to install?

We do not rate servers as safe or unsafe. 4 of its 5 applicable record checks are met (facts from public records, each listed on this page). What the records show: Its source repository opens publicly. Its repository had a push in the last 90 days. These are facts with their sources on this page, not a safety guarantee, and we did not run its tools.

Does com.readingrate/readingrate need an API key or sign-in?

It opened a session without any credential on 2026-11-02. The registry entry declares no required credential; no declaration is not a guarantee.

Has com.readingrate/readingrate been security tested?

Partly. 5 of the 16 checks that apply to it were exercised. It accepted a session without any credential and lists tools whose names suggest they change data. We did not call them. ProtocolProbe publishes no security verdict for a named server.

Does com.readingrate/readingrate publish a security policy?

We found no SECURITY.md in its repository (root, .github/ or docs/) or in its owner's .github repository.

Where is the source code of com.readingrate/readingrate?

In github.com/simonsbookclub/readingrate-plugin, which opens publicly.

Found this page useful?

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A quick, anonymous reaction — no account, no email. One per kind from your browser. The tally updates when the page is next refreshed, and it is only a rough count, never a safety rating or a measured number of people.

Compare with another server

Side by side: registry entry, our read-only session, the tools and the 18 classification fields. Same values as each page; no score.

Security testing

What did we test, and what did we leave out?

18 checks · features #1, #2

Open without sign-in

It accepted a session without any credential and lists tools whose names suggest they change data. We did not call them. No security score is given; a check we did not run is never counted as passed.

The 18 checks at a glanceour test · 2026-11-02

Inventory: exercised
Hidden instructions: exercised
Real execution: not run · our policy
Secret leak: not run · nothing to check it against
Internal addresses: not run · our policy
Unconfirmed changes: not run · our policy
Bad input: not run · our policy
Model requests: not run · nothing to check it against
Sensitive questions: not run · nothing to check it against
Folder boundary: not run · our policy
Log leaks: not run · nothing to check it against
Hidden content: exercised
Fake assistant turns: exercised
Token passthrough: not applicable
Token audience: not applicable
Sign-in redirect: not run · our policy
Consent handling: not testable from outside
Sign-in metadata: exercised

5 exercised11 not run (reason given)2 not applicable

Each check ends in exactly one state: exercised, not run (with the reason), or not applicable (with the reason). 5 of the 16 checks that apply to it were exercised. We do not publish security-check outcomes for named servers.

Exercised · 5

1Inventory
tool-listReads the declared tools, resources and prompts.exercised
2Hidden instructions
description-poisoningLooks for hidden instructions in tool descriptions.exercised
12Hidden content
audience-hidingChecks resources that hide content from the user.exercised
13Fake assistant turns
fake-assistant-turnChecks prompts that pose as the assistant's own words.exercised
18Sign-in metadata
oauth-url-schemeChecks the published sign-in metadata for unsafe URLs.exercised

Not run, with the reason · 11

3Real execution
real-executionCalls a tool and checks what really happens.This check calls the server's tools. ProtocolProbe calls no server's tools for anything it publishes; an operator can run this check on their own server with our self-test command.not run · our policy
4Secret leak
canary-leakPlants a fake secret and checks whether it leaks.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
5Internal addresses
ssrfChecks whether a tool can be steered to internal addresses.This check calls the server's tools. ProtocolProbe calls no server's tools for anything it publishes; an operator can run this check on their own server with our self-test command.not run · our policy
6Unconfirmed changes
write-without-confirmationChecks whether tools that change data act without asking.This check calls the server's tools. ProtocolProbe calls no server's tools for anything it publishes; an operator can run this check on their own server with our self-test command.not run · our policy
7Bad input
error-handlingSends bad input and watches how the server answers.This check calls the server's tools. ProtocolProbe calls no server's tools for anything it publishes; an operator can run this check on their own server with our self-test command.not run · our policy
8Model requests
samplingChecks whether the server asks the client's model to act for it.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
9Sensitive questions
elicitation-sensitive-dataChecks whether the server asks users for sensitive data.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
10Folder boundary
root-boundaryChecks whether the server reaches outside the folders it was given.This check calls the server's tools. ProtocolProbe calls no server's tools for anything it publishes; an operator can run this check on their own server with our self-test command.not run · our policy
11Log leaks
logging-side-channelChecks whether log messages carry data they should not.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
16Sign-in redirect
open-redirectChecks the sign-in redirect for abuse.Testing the sign-in redirect means sending probes to the operator's sign-in service, which we do not do.not run · our policy
17Consent handling
confused-deputyChecks consent handling when one service acts for another.Depends on the operator's own consent screen, which differs per server and cannot be tested from outside.not testable from outside

Does not apply to this server · 2

14Token passthrough
token-passthroughChecks whether the server forwards a user's token to other services.The server opened a session without sign-in, so there is no token flow to check.not applicable
15Token audience
token-audience-validationChecks whether tokens meant for another service are accepted.The server opened a session without sign-in, so there is no token flow to check.not applicable

Source: our own test, 2026-11-02, mcp-runtime-engine@0.1.0. Which checks count and why follows our published scoring model.

What happened during the test?

Feature #8

The steps in order, as the test record holds them.

0 msStarted a read-only session with the server's remote endpoint
368 msConnected after 0 redirects. No credential was sent or needed.
Read the inventory: 42 tools, 4 resources, 4 prompts.
2,443 msFinished: 5 checks exercised.

Reference

How is it classified?

18 fields

One value per field, each with its source. Fields written by AI models are marked. A field with no value says why.

TopicAI-classified

pending: added in the weekly update

listed 2026-11-02; not classified yet

Pricing modelAI-classified

pending: added in the weekly update

the website is not read yet

Programming language

not stated

GitHub detects no source language in this repository (docs-only or empty)

Hosting type

remote (hosted by the publisher)

registry · 2026-11-02

MCP capability

prompts, resources, tools

our test · 2026-11-02

Transport

streamable HTTP

registry · 2026-11-02

Required credentials

none declared

registry · 2026-11-02 · no declaration is not a guarantee

Package registry

does not apply

remote-only server: no package is shipped, so there is no package registry

Freshness

0–30 days

registry updatedAt · 2026-11-02

Lifecycle status

active

registry · 2026-11-02

License class

does not apply

remote-only server: ships no package, so there is nothing to look up in a package registry

Integrity hash

does not apply

remote-only server: ships no package, so there is nothing to look up in a package registry

Signature / provenance

does not apply

remote-only server: ships no package, so there is nothing to look up in a package registry

Dependency advisories

does not apply

ships no package, so there are no dependencies to audit

Popularity

does not apply

remote-only server: ships no package, so there is nothing to look up in a package registry

Publisher signals

owner: a personal account · repository age: 0–30 days · stars: 0–9

api.github.com · 2026-11-02

Maintenance

active

api.github.com · 2026-11-02

Environment

the publisher's infrastructure

where it runs, from the hosting type · 2026-11-02

“Not stated” means the source did not state it; “does not apply” means it does not apply to this kind of server; “our limit” means our own lookup failed. A linked value opens the directory filtered to the same value.

Cite or correct this page

Sources and corrections

Suggested citation

ProtocolProbe. “com.readingrate/readingrate: MCP server record.” Data checked 2026-11-02. https://protocolprobe.com/mcp/servers/com.readingrate/readingrate

Figures are valid for the date shown. Our facts on this page are CC BY 4.0: reuse them with a link and the check date. Quoted text (the publisher’s descriptions, website quotes, tool names) is not ours to license.

As JSON: this record in the API · API documentation.

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