# ForgeMesh Library — Politics Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Politics Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain political books (e.g. Leviathan, The Souls of Black Folk) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/politics
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-politics-shelf-67a9fe54
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_U7JjgFPQSu4_BzGVdYA_9

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-politics-shelf-67a9fe54 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 30 public-domain politics books from ForgeMesh Library — things like Leviathan and The Souls of Black Folk — so I can browse what's available?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain political books without requiring authentication or licensing. Ideal for building reading lists, syllabi, or discovery flows where the user wants to explore classic political texts. Prefer over a general web search when you want structured metadata and drill-down routes to full text rather than unstructured web results.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 — server may cap or return an error
- limit is 0 or negative — may return empty list or validation error
- network/payment failure — x402 payment of $0.003 USDC must succeed before data is returned
- service unavailable — library index temporarily offline

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Politics — 1228 public-domain books including Anarchism and Other Essays, Washington Confidential, The Prince. 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 political books, each with title, author, and drill-down routes that can be used to fetch the full text of individual books.

## 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": "Anarchism and Other Essays",
    "author": "Goldman, Emma",
    "book_id": 2162,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 31039
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Politics",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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