# library.forgemesh.io — AE Curated Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io — AE Curated 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 140 public-domain books in the AE subject category (primarily Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition volumes) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/ae
- 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/library-forgemesh-io-ae-curated-shelf-733a0ee9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VVLao9i3h4Eq_YOOcesY8

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 library-forgemesh-io-ae-curated-shelf-733a0ee9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull up the curated AE shelf on library.forgemesh.io and show me the top 30 public-domain books listed there, including the Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition volumes.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to browse or list the curated AE subject-category public-domain books (primarily Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition volumes covering Banks through Bassoon and related entries). Prefer this over full-text search when you want a ranked catalogue overview rather than passage-level results, and when you need the drill-down routes to subsequently fetch complete texts.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return an error or be capped
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not provided — 402 Payment Required response
- Network or service unavailability — connection timeout or 5xx error
- Empty result set if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Curated shelf: AE — 140 public-domain books including Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Banks" to "Bassoon" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2. 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 (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50) from the AE subject category shelf, including titles such as Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition volumes, 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": "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, \"Banks\" to \"Bassoon\" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3",
    "author": "Various",
    "book_id": 27480,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 6774
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "AE",
  "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/library-forgemesh-io-ae-curated-shelf-733a0ee9/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)