# library.forgemesh.io DS Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io DS 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 'DS' subject shelf (823 titles), including works by Rizal and Tibetan travel literature, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/ds
- 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-ds-shelf-91b0a5c6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xMtc8zF1njnTaZAb1t8qc

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-ds-shelf-91b0a5c6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 books from the DS shelf on the ForgemMesh library — I'm looking for public-domain titles on Asian history, Tibet, or Rizal's life that I can read in full.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to browse or discover public-domain books specifically within the DS Library of Congress subject classification — covering Asian history, Southeast Asian literature, Tibetan travel accounts, and Mughal-era memoirs. Prefer this over full-text search when you want a curated, ranked overview of available titles rather than passage-level retrieval.

## Known failure modes

- Exceeding the max limit of 50 returns an error or truncated list
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Empty result if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Malformed limit parameter (non-integer or negative) may return default or error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: DS — 823 public-domain books including Rizal's own story of his life, In the forbidden land : $b an account of a journey into Tibet, capture by the Tibetan lamas and soldiers, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release, The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur). 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 from the DS subject shelf (up to 823 titles, capped by the limit parameter), including book titles, authors, and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of each work.

## 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": "Rizal's own story of his life",
    "author": "Rizal, José",
    "book_id": 48438,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 42428
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "DS",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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