# Scribed Glossary — Cryptographic Term Lookup

> 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/cryptographic?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-cryptographic-term-lookup-4e695d3b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gikXGvBHrabi8YOGUiPm-

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-cryptographic-term-lookup-4e695d3b
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the definition of 'cryptographic' from the Scribed glossary on PennyPress — it costs a penny per lookup and returns the term and its gloss in machine-readable form.

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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').

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-cryptographic-term-lookup-4e695d3b/health.json
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