# ForgeMesh Library — Shelf G (Public-Domain Books)

> ForgeMesh Library — Shelf G (Public-Domain Books) 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 439 public-domain books on the curated 'G' shelf, including CIA World Factbooks and classic travel literature, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/g
- 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-g-public-domain-books-82aaa638
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7B-eCejPBoQPVJygEgRqF

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-g-public-domain-books-82aaa638 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 public-domain books from the G shelf on ForgeMesh Library — I'm especially interested in reference works like the CIA World Factbook and classic travel books?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or enumerate the public-domain books catalogued under the 'G' shelf on ForgeMesh Library, especially for discovering CIA World Factbooks, classic travel literature, or other reference works in that curated collection. Use it when you want a ranked list with navigation routes rather than a full-text search across all books (use the full-text search sibling endpoint for that).

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — API may reject or cap the response
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol) — request returns a 402 status without a list
- No books match shelf G — unlikely but would return empty list
- Service unavailable — returns an error with no book data

## How this service works

Curated shelf: G — 439 public-domain books including The 2006 CIA World Factbook, The 2003 CIA World Factbook, The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1. 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 439 public-domain books from the G shelf, including titles like The 2006 CIA World Factbook, The 2003 CIA World Factbook, and The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1, 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": "The 2006 CIA World Factbook",
    "author": "United States. Central Intelligence Agency",
    "book_id": 27509,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 43777
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "G",
  "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-shelf-g-public-domain-books-82aaa638/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)