# ForgeMesh Library – Art Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Art Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain art books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval, drawn from a curated shelf of 9 classic titles.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/art
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-art-shelf-67adf3c9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XlUVnGimLldxHeuocPpED

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-library-art-shelf-67adf3c9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the curated list of public-domain art books from ForgeMesh Library — show me up to 10 titles with links so I can read the full text?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain art books specifically — particularly classic titles like The Practice and Science of Drawing, Language of Flowers, or Turner's Sketches. Prefer it over generic web search when you want authoritative shelf curation, consistent rankings, and direct drill-down routes for full-text access without needing an API key or copyright clearance.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may clamp or return error
- Payment not processed (x402) — endpoint requires $0.003 USDC per call
- Empty result if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Malformed limit parameter (non-integer) may cause validation error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Art — 1569 public-domain books including Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete, A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2). Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain art books, each entry including the title, author, rank, and a drill-down route that can be used to retrieve the full text of that book.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi",
    "author": "Vasari, Giorgio",
    "book_id": 25326,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 23867
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Art",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-art-shelf-67adf3c9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)