# library.forgemesh.io — DA Curated Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io — DA 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 50 public-domain books from the 'DA' subject shelf (1,732 titles), with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/da
- 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-da-curated-shelf-e16540b6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0zBjRmEa0-Cf4KahFN2tF

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-da-curated-shelf-e16540b6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 public-domain books from the DA subject shelf on library.forgemesh.io — I'm looking for historical diaries, letters, and similar primary sources?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or enumerate public-domain books specifically within the 'DA' subject category — covering historical diaries, letters, and primary English sources — rather than performing a full-text keyword search across the entire corpus. Prefer this over the full-text search endpoint when you want a curated shelf overview rather than passage-level retrieval, and over sibling shelves when your interest is specifically DA-classified works like Pepys' Diary or Henry VIII correspondence.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely returns an error or defaults to max
- Request with no body returns default 20 results
- Network or payment failure (x402) prevents access
- Shelf may return fewer than requested results if fewer than 'limit' books exist in index

## How this service works

Curated shelf: DA — 1732 public-domain books including The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With Notes, The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete, Cornish Characters and Strange Events. 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 book entries from the DA subject shelf (up to 50 results), each including book title, author, and drill-down routes that can be used for full-text retrieval of individual works.

## 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": "The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With Notes",
    "author": "Henry VIII, King of England",
    "book_id": 32155,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 38325
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "DA",
  "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-da-curated-shelf-e16540b6/health.json
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