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Scribed Glossary — Cryptographic Term Lookup
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Scribed Glossary — Cryptographic Term Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).
Returns a machine-readable glossary definition of the term 'cryptographic' from the Scribed essay repository, delivered after a micropayment.
Price / call$0.01
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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 looked-up term (e.g. 'cryptographic'), its editorial gloss/definition delivered after payment, and the publication name ('Scribed').
Example use cases
Define cryptographic for research context
“I'm writing something about digital privacy — can you fetch the Scribed definition of 'cryptographic' from PennyPress so I have an editorial take on the term?”
AI agent glossary enrichment
“Pull the machine-readable glossary entry for 'cryptographic' from Scribed on PennyPress and add its definition to our terminology database.”
Verify editorial framing of a term
“What's Scribed's take on the word 'cryptographic'? Can you grab their glossary definition from PennyPress so I can compare it to the technical standard definition?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://www.pennypress.org/glossary/cryptographic?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need an editorial, philosophical, or humanistic definition of the term 'cryptographic' as curated by the Scribed publication, especially in contexts where machine-readable glossary content is needed and micropayment via x402/USDC is supported.
Side effects
- Payment not provided or insufficient — 402 Payment Required returned before definition is delivered
- Term not found in glossary — may return empty or error response
- Network or server error returning 500
- Malformed request properties parameter
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"term": "cryptographic",
"gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
"publication": "Scribed"
}
}Tags
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