# ManyLives Puzzle Book Generator

> ManyLives Puzzle Book Generator is a paid API for AI agents from api.manylives.me, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Generates printable puzzle book pages (word search, sudoku, or maze) as SVG, with optional theming, difficulty, and seed for reproducibility

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.manylives.me/paid/puzzle/book?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/manylives-puzzle-book-generator-1b2cb4d8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6VdSvGXOVDUFuPdRujdk9

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 manylives-puzzle-book-generator-1b2cb4d8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Generate a medium-difficulty sudoku puzzle book page in 8.5x11 format with the seed 'summer-fun', and give me both the puzzle and answer as SVGs.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatically generated, print-ready puzzle pages (SVG format) with reproducible seeds, configurable difficulty, and themed or custom word lists — especially for publishing workflows, educational content, or on-demand puzzle book generation without requiring a paid subscription or account.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid 'kind' value — only 'word-search', 'maze', or 'sudoku' accepted
- Word list contains words with non-letter characters or outside 3-15 letter length
- Count out of range (must be 1-20)
- Grid size out of supported range (10-22)
- Invalid trim size specified
- Theme not recognized for word search
- Payment not provided or insufficient (x402 payment required at $0.01 USDC per call)

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object containing the puzzle kind, seed, trim, count, and an array of puzzle objects — each with its page number, solution verification note, clue count (for sudoku), and both a puzzle SVG and an answer SVG ready for printing or embedding.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "grid": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "word search grid 10-22 (default 15)"
  },
  "kind": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "sudoku"
   ],
   "description": "word-search, maze or sudoku (required)"
  },
  "seed": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "example-book"
   ],
   "description": "optional text: the same seed gives the same puzzles"
  },
  "trim": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "8.5x11"
   ],
   "description": "page size: 6x9, 7x10, 8x10, 8.25x11 or 8.5x11 (default 8.5x11)"
  },
  "count": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    2
   ],
   "description": "1-20 puzzles (default 1)"
  },
  "theme": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "word search: one of animals, ocean, space, fruit, garden, sports, christmas, kitchen"
  },
  "title": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "optional page title (default from the theme or kind)"
  },
  "words": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "word search: 5-25 words (letters only, 3-15 letters), or use theme"
  },
  "difficulty": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "medium"
   ],
   "description": "easy, medium or hard (word search: directions; sudoku: clues 40/32/27; maze: size)"
  },
  "large_print": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "optional true"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "kind": "sudoku",
  "seed": "book-1",
  "trim": "8.5x11",
  "count": 1,
  "puzzles": [
   {
    "n": 1,
    "check": "exactly one solution (counted)",
    "clues": 32,
    "page_svg": "<svg ...>",
    "answer_svg": "<svg ...>"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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