# ForgeMesh Library – Sea Stories Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Sea Stories 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 50 public-domain sea-story books (322 titles including Moby Dick and Treasure Island) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/sea-stories
- 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-sea-stories-shelf-6b484ce9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KaT-47trkJDgPe5V7euPf

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-sea-stories-shelf-6b484ce9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me a list of up to 30 public-domain sea stories from the ForgeMesh library — I want classic maritime adventure books like Moby Dick or Treasure Island.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain sea and maritime fiction books without needing to construct a search query. Ideal for populating reading lists, research inventories, or digital library shelves focused on ocean and sailing literature. Prefer full-text search sibling endpoints if you need specific passages or keyword-level retrieval rather than a shelf browse.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — may return an error or be clamped
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient — request rejected
- Non-integer or negative limit value causing a validation error
- Service temporarily unavailable returning a 5xx error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Sea stories — 322 public-domain books including Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, The Adventures of Roderick Random, Treasure Island. 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 sea-story books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including book titles such as Moby Dick and Treasure Island, along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of each book.

## 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": "Moby Dick; Or, The Whale",
    "author": "Melville, Herman",
    "book_id": 2701,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 160099
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Sea stories",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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