# ForgeMesh Library – History Religious Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – History Religious 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 religious history books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/history-religious
- 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-history-religious-shelf-394fceae
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_19nl6awOvBy8hCxBzEr0o

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-history-religious-shelf-394fceae -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the curated shelf of public-domain religious history books — show me up to 30 titles with links to read the full text?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain religious history books — especially for research, reading list generation, or text discovery workflows. Prefer it over general web search when you want reliable full-text drill-down routes and a stable, curated corpus including works like Josephus, Daemonologie, and similar classic religious-historical texts.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely capped or returns error
- Network timeout on the x402-gated endpoint if payment processing fails
- Empty or partial result if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) may cause a 400 validation error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: History - Religious — 1675 public-domain books including Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools, Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets. 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 religious history books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each entry containing the book title, author, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license or API key is required to access the texts.

## 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": "Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ",
    "author": "Bernstein, Aaron",
    "book_id": 37734,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 39047
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "History - Religious",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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