# ForgeMesh Library — Nature/Gardening/Animals Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Nature/Gardening/Animals Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns a ranked list of up to 1820 public-domain books on nature, gardening, and animals with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/nature-gardening-animals
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-nature-gardening-animals-shelf-d09d30d0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xNfMy7Od8f0A1vO_CGHri

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-nature-gardening-animals-shelf-d09d30d0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 public-domain books on nature, gardening, and animals from the ForgeMesh library so I can browse and pick some to read?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically in the nature, gardening, and animals domain, especially when you want to browse titles before committing to full-text retrieval. Prefer this over a full-text search endpoint when discovery (browsing the shelf) is the goal rather than answering a specific question. No API key is required, making it easy to integrate.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — response may cap results or return an error
- No books match edge-case filters — returns empty list
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not processed — request rejected with 402 status
- Service temporarily unavailable — connection timeout or 5xx error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Nature/Gardening/Animals — 1820 public-domain books including The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6), Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2), Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.. 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 in the Nature/Gardening/Animals category (up to 50 entries), each with title, author, and drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval of the selected 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": "The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)",
    "author": "Pliny, the Elder",
    "book_id": 59131,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 21423
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Nature/Gardening/Animals",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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