# ForgeMesh Library — PA (Classical Antiquity) Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — PA (Classical Antiquity) 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 50 public-domain books in the PA (Classical Antiquity) subject category, including works like The Anabasis of Alexander, The Iliad, and The Odyssey, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/pa
- 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-pa-classical-antiquity-shelf-c2cc9660
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3O08Y1AfcaMWBEoZb-ihI

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-pa-classical-antiquity-shelf-c2cc9660 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the ForgeMesh library shelf for classical antiquity books — give me up to 30 titles so I can see what public-domain works like The Iliad and The Odyssey are available?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browsing experience of public-domain classical antiquity texts (PA subject category) and want drill-down access to full texts. Prefer it over a general full-text search endpoint when you want to discover what titles exist in this subject area rather than searching for specific passages. No API key is required — only a small x402 micropayment.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if x402 USDC payment is not processed correctly
- limit parameter out of range (must be 1–50) returns validation error
- Empty or truncated list if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Network timeout on the POST request

## How this service works

Curated shelf: PA — 349 public-domain books including The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, The Iliad, The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original. 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 PA (Classical Antiquity) category, including titles such as The Anabasis of Alexander, The Iliad, and The Odyssey. Each entry includes book metadata and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## 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 Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great",
    "author": "Arrian",
    "book_id": 46976,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 46244
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "PA",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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