# Scribed — Full Essays Catalog (pennypress.org)

> Scribed — Full Essays Catalog (pennypress.org) is a paid API for AI agents from pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.27/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns a machine-readable catalog of all essays from the Scribed publication, covering themes of freedom, truth, and social structures, delivered after micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pennypress.org/essays/full?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.27/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-full-essays-catalog-pennypress-org-cedfa9d6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9mON0A6dyCIKIel5BBLz4

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 scribed-full-essays-catalog-pennypress-org-cedfa9d6
```

Example prompt: Pull the full catalog of essays from Scribed on pennypress — I want to see what's available on freedom and truth so I can decide which ones to read.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a machine-readable index of all available Scribed essays with pricing metadata before committing to individual purchases. Ideal for agents that need to browse, filter, or analyze the full catalog prior to selecting specific content. Prefer this over individual essay endpoints when you don't yet know which slug to request.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient — 402 Payment Required returned before content is delivered
- Network or server error returning 500 or 503
- Malformed request returning 400
- Catalog temporarily unavailable or empty array returned
- Payment processor failure preventing content unlock

## How this service works

A repository of essays on freedom, truth, and the structures around us, in machine-readable form. Free for humans. Pennies for machines.

## Output

A JSON object containing the publication name ('Scribed'), an overall price, and an array of essay objects each with a slug, type (e.g. 'fragment'), per-essay price, title, and content (delivered after payment). The catalog enumerates all available essays in machine-readable form.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "price": "$0.27",
  "essays": [
   {
    "slug": "example-slug",
    "type": "fragment",
    "price": "$0.01",
    "title": "Example title",
    "content": "(delivered after payment)"
   }
  ],
  "format": "json",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-full-essays-catalog-pennypress-org-cedfa9d6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from pennypress.org](https://www.zero.xyz/host/pennypress.org/llms.txt)