# ForgeMesh Library — Law & Criminology Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Law & Criminology 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 Law & Criminology category with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/law-criminology
- 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-law-criminology-shelf-ba6f4c14
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XLKxD-7TbtW5v997MMpmZ

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-law-criminology-shelf-ba6f4c14 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 public-domain law and criminology books from ForgeMesh Library — I want titles I can drill into for full text.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain law and criminology texts without needing a search query — ideal for building reading lists, discovering classic legal works, or exploring the breadth of available titles. Prefer the full-text search sibling endpoint when you have a specific question or keyword to look up across the corpus.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may return an error or cap results silently
- Network timeout if the library index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment failure via x402 protocol resulting in 402 status before content is returned
- Empty result if the shelf index is being rebuilt or is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Law & Criminology — 527 public-domain books including By Advice of Counsel, The Life of John Marshall, Volume 4: The building of the nation, 1815-1835, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921. 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 books in the Law & Criminology category, including titles (e.g. 'By Advice of Counsel', 'The Life of John Marshall Volume 4', 'The Journal of Negro History Volume 6'), along with drill-down routes that allow full-text retrieval of each book. No license or API key is required.

## 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": "By Advice of Counsel",
    "author": "Train, Arthur Cheney",
    "book_id": 11987,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 29402
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Law & Criminology",
  "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-law-criminology-shelf-ba6f4c14/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)