# ForgeMesh Library – Christianity Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Christianity 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 Christianity books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/christianity
- 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-christianity-shelf-2990503e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7hRBh9bj3XJwKxHN_P4TU

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-christianity-shelf-2990503e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the Christianity shelf and show me the top 20 public-domain books available — I'm looking for classic Christian texts like Augustine's Confessions or scriptural commentaries.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain Christianity titles specifically — it covers 214 books and is far more targeted than a general full-text search. Prefer it over the full-corpus search endpoint when you want to browse or enumerate the Christianity category rather than search for specific passages. No API key is required and the cost is minimal ($0.003 USDC per call).

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 — likely returns an error or defaults to max of 50
- invalid limit type (non-integer) — schema validation error
- network or payment failure via x402 protocol — call does not complete
- empty result if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Christianity — 214 public-domain books including The Confessions of St. Augustine, Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern, Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of public-domain Christianity books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each entry including the book title and a drill-down route for full-text retrieval. The corpus includes 214 books such as The Confessions of St. Augustine, Jesus the Christ, and scriptural expositions.

## 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": "The Confessions of St. Augustine",
    "author": "Augustine, of Hippo, Saint",
    "book_id": 3296,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 48253
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Christianity",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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