# library.forgemesh.io Punch Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Punch 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 493 public-domain books from the Punch curated shelf, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/punch
- 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-punch-shelf-a10312ef
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YNvws5ioyrYZVSVlEokJo

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-punch-shelf-a10312ef -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the list of public-domain Punch magazine books available on the library shelf — show me up to 30 titles with links so I can browse the full text?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to browse or enumerate the curated Punch public-domain book collection specifically, including volumes of Punch or the London Charivari and associated children's verse titles. Prefer this over full-text search endpoints when you want a shelf-level overview rather than passage-level retrieval, and over other shelf endpoints when the user is specifically interested in Punch-related content.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely ignored or capped at 50
- Payment not processed (x402) — endpoint requires 0.003 USDC per call
- Empty or malformed request body — returns default 20 results or error
- Network timeout — retry with same parameters (idempotent)

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Punch — 493 public-domain books including The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete. 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 Punch shelf (up to 50 entries), each with title, metadata, and drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval of individual volumes. Includes titles such as The Posy Ring, Punch or the London Charivari Volume 99, and Punch or the London Charivari Volume 1 Complete.

## 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 Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children",
    "author": "Unknown",
    "book_id": 22922,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 7346
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Punch",
  "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-punch-shelf-a10312ef/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)