# Scribed Glossary — August Term Definition

> Scribed Glossary — August Term Definition is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Returns the machine-readable glossary definition for the term 'august' from the Scribed essay repository, after a $0.01 USDC micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/august?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-august-term-definition-7e38877b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i70AH3L5vy_TJCGfEpeTW

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-glossary-august-term-definition-7e38877b
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the glossary definition of 'august' from Scribed on PennyPress — I need the machine-readable entry from their essay repository?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need the Scribed/PennyPress definition of the term 'august' from their curated essay glossary on freedom and truth. It is a narrowly scoped, single-term lookup rather than a general-purpose dictionary or search API. Prefer it when building systems that aggregate paywalled philosophical or political vocabulary, or when you need a machine-readable definition from this specific editorial voice for $0.01 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or invalid — 402 Payment Required response with no definition delivered
- Term not found — may return empty or null gloss if 'august' is not in the glossary
- Network or server error — 500 response with no content
- Malformed request — if properties parameter is incorrectly structured

## 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 term ('august'), its glossary definition (gloss), and the publication name ('Scribed'). The definition is only delivered after a $0.01 USDC micropayment via x402 protocol.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "term": "august",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

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