# library.forgemesh.io — American Wit and Humor Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io — American Wit and Humor 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 133 curated public-domain books in the American wit and humor genre, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/american-wit-and-humor
- 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-american-wit-and-humor-shelf-ab173729
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RhXZcMHVAyjt4MuNlDkzC

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-american-wit-and-humor-shelf-ab173729 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the top 20 public-domain American wit and humor books available — things like comic histories, joke collections, and humorous fiction?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked catalog of public-domain American wit and humor books — particularly when you want to browse or enumerate titles before diving into full text. Prefer it over a full-text search endpoint when the goal is discovery or listing rather than finding specific passages. Ideal for building reading lists, seeding a digital library, or identifying classic American humor texts without needing a license or API key.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — server may reject or clamp
- limit of 0 or negative integer returns empty or error response
- network timeout on the paid POST endpoint
- payment failure via x402 protocol blocks response
- malformed JSON body causes 400-level error

## How this service works

Curated reading list on American wit and humor for tutoring agents, quiz generators, and reading apps — 133 public-domain books (e.g. Comic History of the United States, Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers, Fables in Slang). Full-text retrieval with drill-down routes for chapters, quotes, and citations. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 133 public-domain books in the American wit and humor genre, including titles like 'Comic History of the United States', 'Jokes For All Occasions', and 'Fables in Slang', along with drill-down routes that allow full-text retrieval 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": "Comic History of the United States",
    "author": "Nye, Bill",
    "book_id": 21427,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 12595
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "American wit and humor",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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