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library.forgemesh.io – Ask The Art of War is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Retrieves the most relevant verbatim passages from Sun Tzu's The Art of War in response to a natural-language question, with chapter and location citations.
Price / call$0.01
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How this service works
Ask a question about The Art of War and get back the most relevant passages from the text 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 ordered list of verbatim passages from The Art of War most relevant to the query, each annotated with its chapter number and location within the text. No generated summaries or AI-composed answers — raw source text only.
Example use cases
Strategy research for a business presentation
“Pull up to 10 passages from The Art of War that talk about knowing your enemy and competitive intelligence — I need the chapter references too.”
Philosophy deep-dive on leadership
“What does The Art of War say about the qualities of a good general? Show me the most relevant passages from the text, up to 6 of them.”
Academic quote sourcing
“Find me passages from The Art of War that discuss the importance of speed and timing in conflict — I need exact quotes with chapter and location so I can cite them properly.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/ask-art-of-warWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need verbatim, citable passages from The Art of War with chapter and location references, rather than a paraphrased summary or AI-generated answer. Ideal for research, academic citation, philosophy agents, or any task requiring source-accurate quotes from this specific text. Prefer over general web search when accuracy and provenance of the exact text matter.
Side effects
- Question too vague to match any passages — returns empty or low-relevance results
- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 15 — may be clamped or rejected
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) — endpoint returns 402 before executing query
- Network timeout for slow or overloaded requests
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max passages (default 5, max 15) |
| question | string | Your question about the book, e.g. "what does it say about deception?" |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 2,
"title": "The Art of War",
"author": "Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.",
"method": "full-text retrieval — returns the most relevant passages from the book for your question; no summarization or generation",
"book_id": 132,
"passages": [
{
"text": "…All warfare is based on [deception]…",
"chapter": 1,
"location": "chapter 1, passage #12"
}
],
"question": "what does it say about deception"
}
}Tags
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