# library.forgemesh.io Russian Literature Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Russian Literature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain Russian literature titles (19 books) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/russian-literature
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-russian-literature-shelf-095a9eb8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BQwz2MK30lIlE1LdLAQMh

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-russian-literature-shelf-095a9eb8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full ranked list of Russian literature titles available in the ForgemeshLibrary — show me up to 30 books so I can pick something to read?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to enumerate or browse the curated set of Russian literature titles available on the ForgemeshLibrary platform, especially when you want a ranked overview before drilling into a specific book's full text. Prefer this over generic web search when you want structured, machine-readable book metadata with direct full-text retrieval routes included.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid limit value (out of range or wrong type) returns a validation error
- Limit exceeding 50 is rejected or clamped
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents access
- Service temporarily unavailable returns a 5xx error
- Empty response if the shelf index is misconfigured

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Russian Literature — 264 public-domain books including Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain Russian literature books including titles like War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, and Anna Karenina, each with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of that book.

## 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": "Crime and Punishment",
    "author": "Dostoyevsky, Fyodor",
    "book_id": 2554,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 93752
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Russian Literature",
  "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-russian-literature-shelf-095a9eb8/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)