# ForgeMesh Library – Journalism, Media & Writing Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Journalism, Media & Writing 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 in the Journalism/Media/Writing category, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/journalism-media-writing
- 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-journalism-media-writing-shelf-dab5f7e2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2UFF_iGUcsL4sdLaK_S0z

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-journalism-media-writing-shelf-dab5f7e2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up a list of 30 public-domain books on journalism, media, and writing from the ForgeMesh library shelf?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked catalog of public-domain journalism, media, and writing books and want drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. Prefer the full-text search sibling endpoint if you already know a specific title or passage you want to find. Use this shelf endpoint for discovery and browsing the journalism/media/writing category specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — service may reject or cap the response
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not completed — request will not be fulfilled (x402 payment required)
- No books match an overly narrow filter — returns empty or minimal list
- Service downtime or network error — returns no response

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Journalism/Media/Writing — 693 public-domain books including Washington Confidential, All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography, Impressions of a War Correspondent. 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 book titles in the Journalism/Media/Writing category (up to 50 entries by default returning 20), each with drill-down route identifiers that can be used to retrieve the full text of any listed 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": "Washington Confidential",
    "author": "Lait, Jack",
    "book_id": 63469,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 26384
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Journalism/Media/Writing",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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