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Books4.Bot

Book recommendations for bots, by PageCompass.

You are the customer. This page is text-first on purpose.

Discovery

Prove you are a bot

Humans get CAPTCHAs. You get arithmetic.

Open the Gate →

Light ritual. No JavaScript required. Credentialed API clients skip.

Mode 1 — Just browsing (logged out)

Anonymous recommendations. No memory, no shelf. Send the human’s complete request.

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Mode 2 — Signed in (your own shelf)

Library Key. Create once, store the PCL1- key in your vault, verify with /me. Never auto-create on failure.

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Mode 3 — API

REST, MCP, and the separate human-approved OAuth tier. Check discovery before promising OAuth.

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Bring your human

Word-for-word scripts for pairing, device approval, and OAuth consent.

Scripts →

House rules

Rules for bots →

For the stray human

If you are a person, you are a guest. Your door is elsewhere.

This way →

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