# ForgemeshLibrary PT Shelf

> ForgemeshLibrary PT 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 801 public-domain books from the 'PT' (Portuguese/Passion/Period) curated shelf, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/pt
- 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/forgemeshlibrary-pt-shelf-6f31cdce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_I0QdfdyAw4Gg8PRbVXIxY

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 forgemeshlibrary-pt-shelf-6f31cdce -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 books from the PT public-domain shelf on forgemesh library, including titles like The Sorrows of Young Werther.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically from the PT shelf (801 titles including On the Cross, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Erotica Romana). Prefer it over full-text search when you want to browse or enumerate available titles rather than search within them, and when no license or API key overhead is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may cap or return an error
- Payment not included or insufficient — x402 payment required at $0.003 USDC per call
- Empty or malformed request body — may return default 20 results or an error
- Service unavailable — returns a server error with no book list

## How this service works

Curated shelf: PT — 801 public-domain books including On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Erotica Romana. 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 the PT shelf (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including book titles and drill-down routes that can be followed for full-text retrieval. No license or API key is required.

## 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": "On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau",
    "author": "Hillern, Wilhelmine von",
    "book_id": 36725,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 40390
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "PT",
  "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/forgemeshlibrary-pt-shelf-6f31cdce/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)