# ForgeMesh Library – Satire Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Satire 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 10 curated public-domain satire books (including Candide, Gulliver's Travels, and Northanger Abbey) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/satire
- 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-satire-shelf-d11b22c5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ri3rd7x95O4GptQm-Yf0E

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-satire-shelf-d11b22c5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full curated list of public-domain satire books — things like Candide and Gulliver's Travels — and show me all of them?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked shelf of public-domain satire titles with links to full-text retrieval — particularly for literary discovery, reading list generation, or routing to specific satire works like Candide or Gulliver's Travels. Prefer it over generic web search when you want structured, reliable metadata for classic satire books without dealing with licensing or scraping.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting more than 50 books returns an error or is capped at the maximum
- Invalid limit value (non-integer or negative) may return a validation error
- Service unavailability returns a network or 5xx error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in a 402 response before data is returned

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Satire — 136 public-domain books including Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World, Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 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 10 (or limit-specified number) public-domain satire books, each with title, author, and a drill-down route for full-text retrieval. No license or API key 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": "Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World",
    "author": "Swift, Jonathan",
    "book_id": 17157,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 31354
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Satire",
  "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-satire-shelf-d11b22c5/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)