# ForgeMesh Library – Notes and Queries Curated Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Notes and Queries Curated 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 219 public-domain 'Notes and Queries' periodical volumes with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/notes-and-queries
- 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-notes-and-queries-curated-shelf-b01d250a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uW_9UYl2v4wmzDDsSt_Ru

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-notes-and-queries-curated-shelf-b01d250a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the list of Notes and Queries volumes available in the public-domain library, showing me up to 30 results with links to read the full text?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to browse or list issues of the 'Notes and Queries' periodical from the public-domain corpus — particularly for genealogical, antiquarian, literary, or historical research into Victorian-era scholarship. It is preferred over a full-text search endpoint when the user wants a browseable ranked shelf rather than passage-level search results.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — server may return an error or cap silently at 50
- Empty result set if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not processed (x402 protocol failure) — request will not complete
- Network timeout if the library backend is slow to respond

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Notes and Queries — 219 public-domain books including Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc., Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.. 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 219 public-domain Notes and Queries periodical volumes (defaulting to 20, max 50), each with metadata and drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval of individual issues.

## 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": "Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.",
    "author": "Various",
    "book_id": 28476,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 1146
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Notes and Queries",
  "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-notes-and-queries-curated-shelf-b01d250a/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)