# ForgeMesh Library Shelf F1001 — Canadian Biography

> ForgeMesh Library Shelf F1001 — Canadian Biography 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 280 public-domain books from the curated Canadian Biography shelf (F1001), with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/f1001
- 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-shelf-f1001-canadian-biography-679387ab
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bO3Cf2paMM341Y0lc29I5

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-shelf-f1001-canadian-biography-679387ab -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 public-domain books from the Canadian Biography collection on ForgeMesh Library — I want to browse titles about Canadian political and professional leaders?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or list public-domain books specifically about Canadian biography, political figures, commerce leaders, or pioneers. It is distinct from the full-text search endpoint (which searches across the entire corpus) and from other curated shelves (e.g. Harvard Classics, Nobel Prize literature). Use this when the user wants a ranked list of titles in the Canadian Biography category, not when they want to search for specific passages or topics across all books.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — server may cap or return an error
- Payment not processed — x402 payment required before results are returned
- Empty or malformed request body — defaults may apply or request may fail
- Network timeout for large limit values

## How this service works

Curated shelf: F1001 — 280 public-domain books including A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life, Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50) from the F1001 Canadian Biography shelf, including book titles and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text. The collection contains up to 280 public-domain works such as 'A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography'.

## 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": "A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life, Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers",
    "author": "Unknown",
    "book_id": 57724,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 21783
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "F1001",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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