# ForgeMesh Library — SB Shelf (Horticulture & Gardening)

> ForgeMesh Library — SB Shelf (Horticulture & Gardening) 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 on horticulture, gardening, and botany (SB classification) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/sb
- 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-sb-shelf-horticulture-gardening-92fc7c6b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IXHB5nbVnB9ecSise3uWe

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-sb-shelf-horticulture-gardening-92fc7c6b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 30 public-domain books on gardening and horticulture from the ForgeMesh library — I want titles I can drill into for full text?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically want a curated browse list of public-domain gardening, horticulture, or botany books with paths to full-text retrieval. Prefer it over full-text search when you want a shelf overview rather than passage-level results, and over generic web search when you need structured, navigable book metadata with no licensing restrictions.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API returns an error or clamps to maximum
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) — call not fulfilled
- Empty result set if shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Network timeout on slow connections

## How this service works

Curated shelf: SB — 246 public-domain books including Amateur Gardencraft: A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover, The field and garden vegetables of America : $b containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use.. 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 SB (horticulture/gardening) classification, including titles and drill-down routes for retrieving full text. Up to 50 books per call, defaulting to 20.

## 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": "Amateur Gardencraft: A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover",
    "author": "Rexford, Eben E. (Eben Eugene)",
    "book_id": 25278,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 8822
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "SB",
  "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-sb-shelf-horticulture-gardening-92fc7c6b/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)