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Great Expectations Passage Retrieval
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Great Expectations Passage Retrieval is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Retrieves the most relevant verbatim passages from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in response to a natural-language question, with chapter and location citations.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Ask a question about Great Expectations and get back the most relevant passages from the book itself, with chapter and location citations. Retrieval only — full-text search, not a generated summary or answer. No license, no API key required.
Output
An array of verbatim passage excerpts from Great Expectations, each accompanied by chapter number and location citation within the book, ranked by relevance to the submitted question. Up to 15 passages returned (default 5).
Example use cases
Literary essay research on social class
“Find me passages in Great Expectations where Dickens discusses wealth, social class, or becoming a gentleman — I need up to 10 citations with chapter references for an essay I'm writing.”
Identifying a character's first appearance
“Search Great Expectations for the first scenes where Miss Havisham appears and describe what she's doing — give me 5 relevant passages with their locations in the book.”
Fact-checking a plot detail
“I can't remember how Joe Gargery reacts when Pip comes back wealthy — can you pull the most relevant passages from Great Expectations about that reunion, up to 6 excerpts?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/ask-great-expectationsWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need verbatim, cited passages from Great Expectations specifically — not a summary or AI-generated answer. Ideal for literary research, essay writing, fact-checking plot details, or locating exact quotes with chapter references. Prefer this over general web search when you need authoritative, primary-source text from the novel itself.
Side effects
- Question string is empty or missing — returns validation error
- Limit parameter exceeds 15 — likely capped or returns error
- Highly abstract or off-topic question yields low-relevance passages
- Payment of $0.01 USDC not fulfilled — returns 402 Payment Required
- Network timeout on retrieval backend
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max passages (default 5, max 15) |
| question | string | Your question about the book, e.g. "who is Pip's secret benefactor?" |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 3,
"title": "Great Expectations",
"author": "Dickens, Charles",
"method": "full-text retrieval — returns the most relevant passages from the book for your question; no summarization or generation",
"book_id": 1400,
"passages": [
{
"text": "…\"Yes, Pip, dear boy, I've made a gentleman on you! It's me wot has done it!\"…",
"chapter": 39,
"location": "chapter 39, passage #310"
}
],
"question": "who is Pip's secret benefactor"
}
}Tags
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