# ForgeMesh Library Shelf F206 — American Sketches & Regional Literature

> ForgeMesh Library Shelf F206 — American Sketches & Regional Literature 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 133 public-domain books from curated shelf F206, focused on American regional and plantation sketches including Sandhills, Blue Ridge Country, and related titles, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/f206
- 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-f206-american-sketches-regional-literature-9e081dc9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6I_HHxtqyw05cHwf1rx3W

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-f206-american-sketches-regional-literature-9e081dc9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 books from the public-domain regional sketches shelf — I'm looking for things like Sandhills or Blue Ridge Country writing?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or list public-domain books specifically from the American regional sketches collection (Sandhills, Blue Ridge Country, plantation sketches), especially when you want a ranked starting list before drilling into full text. Prefer it over the full-text search endpoint when you want discovery and browsing rather than querying for specific passages.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 — API likely caps or errors
- limit of 0 or negative integer — may return empty list or error
- payment not processed (x402) — request blocked without valid USDC micropayment
- shelf temporarily unavailable — server error response
- malformed request body — schema validation error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: F206 — 133 public-domain books including Sandhills sketches, Blue Ridge Country, Plantation sketches. 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 from shelf F206 (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including book titles and drill-down routes that allow the agent to retrieve full text for 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": "Sandhills sketches",
    "author": "Haynes, Williams",
    "book_id": 78048,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 11741
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "F206",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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