# ForgeMesh Library – Humour Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Humour 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 humour books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval, requiring no API key.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/humour
- 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-humour-shelf-19def319
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZS_4c-LSHtXUPvcWmy831

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-humour-shelf-19def319 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 30 public-domain humour books from ForgeMesh's curated shelf — I want the full ranked list with links so I can dig into the ones that interest me?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ranked catalogue of public-domain humour titles without having to search or filter — ideal for browsing, building reading lists, or seeding downstream full-text retrieval calls against ForgeMesh's drill-down routes. Prefer it over generic search APIs when you specifically want classic comedic literature that is definitively in the public domain.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting more than 50 books returns only 50 (max cap enforced)
- Malformed limit value (non-integer) may return a 400 error
- Payment not completed via x402 protocol results in 402 Payment Required
- Service unavailable returns 503 with no book data

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Humour — 4010 public-domain books including The Passionate Elopement, A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. 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 humour books, each with title, author, and drill-down route URLs for full-text retrieval. The list is ordered by historical popularity or curation rank. No authentication or license is required to use the results.

## 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 Passionate Elopement",
    "author": "MacKenzie, Compton",
    "book_id": 38177,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 43002
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Humour",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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