# library.forgemesh.io — RC (Medicine) Curated Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io — RC (Medicine) 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 in the RC (Medicine/Preventable Diseases) category with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/rc
- 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-rc-medicine-curated-shelf-afc7ff8d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GhfH6kg5WsXYhh_dVavEz

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-rc-medicine-curated-shelf-afc7ff8d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the top 30 public-domain books on medicine and preventable diseases from the forgemesh library shelf?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated list of public-domain medical and disease-related books from the RC classification, especially when you want drill-down routes for full-text access. Prefer it over full-text search when you want to browse the shelf rather than query for specific passages.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds max of 50 — may return error or cap at 50
- Payment failure via x402 protocol — call rejected without valid USDC payment
- Empty or malformed request body — may return default 20 results or an error
- Network timeout — endpoint temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Curated shelf: RC — 199 public-domain books including Preventable Diseases, Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases, The Home Medical Library, Volume 2 (of 6). 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 in the RC (Medicine) category — up to the requested limit (default 20, max 50) — each with metadata and drill-down routes for retrieving full text.

## 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": "Preventable Diseases",
    "author": "Hutchinson, Woods",
    "book_id": 21965,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 11329
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "RC",
  "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-rc-medicine-curated-shelf-afc7ff8d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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