# library.forgemesh.io Tragedies (Drama) Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Tragedies (Drama) 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 tragedy plays with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/tragedies-drama
- 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-tragedies-drama-shelf-c38dd785
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8vSuVMkSSz3oDVGwcyRcc

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## 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-tragedies-drama-shelf-c38dd785 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain tragedy plays from the library — I want to see what's available, starting with the most historically significant ones like Hamlet or Doctor Faustus.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain tragedy plays with links to full texts, especially when you want historically significant works like Hamlet or Doctor Faustus without any licensing or API key requirements. Prefer this over generic web searches when you need structured, drill-down-ready literary data for the tragedy genre specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting more than 50 books (max limit exceeded)
- Payment failure via x402 protocol resulting in 402 response
- Network timeout if the library service is temporarily unavailable
- Empty or partial results if the indexed corpus has fewer than the requested number of titles

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Tragedies (Drama) — 10 public-domain books including The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
From the Quarto of 1604, Hamlet, The Duchess of Malfi. 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 tragedy plays including titles, authors, and drill-down route links for full-text retrieval. The list is ordered by historical popularity and includes works such as The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (Quarto of 1604), Hamlet, and The Duchess of Malfi.

## 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 Tragical History of Doctor Faustus\r\nFrom the Quarto of 1604",
    "author": "Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593",
    "book_id": 779,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 4165
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Tragedies (Drama)",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 860,
   "indexed": 860
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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