# ForgeMesh Library — Environmental Issues Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Environmental Issues 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 books on environmental issues, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/environmental-issues
- 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-environmental-issues-shelf-a8001cc6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iaM3veWiR7y51ipqFXebm

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-environmental-issues-shelf-a8001cc6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the curated environmental issues bookshelf from ForgeMesh Library and give me the top 30 public-domain titles?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain books specifically categorized under environmental issues, and want immediate drill-down access to full texts. Prefer it over a general full-text search when the goal is browsing or discovering titles in this thematic shelf rather than searching for a specific passage or keyword.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter exceeds 50 — server may return an error or cap the result
- limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or error
- network/payment failure — x402 payment of $0.003 USDC must succeed before content is returned
- endpoint returns fewer than requested books if shelf has fewer qualifying titles

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Environmental Issues — 461 public-domain books including Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition. 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 books (up to 50, default 20) tagged under environmental issues, including titles like 'The Origin of Species' and 'Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts', along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text of each 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": "Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania",
    "author": "Gilson, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello)",
    "book_id": 23546,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 10338
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Environmental Issues",
  "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-environmental-issues-shelf-a8001cc6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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