# Scribed Glossary — Materialism Definition

> Scribed Glossary — Materialism Definition is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns the machine-readable glossary definition of 'materialism' from the Scribed essay repository, delivered after a micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/materialism?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-materialism-definition-34a1d5ce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LWrDF5P1fS_-TmRJSuqeF

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-materialism-definition-34a1d5ce
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Scribed definition of 'materialism' from their philosophy glossary? It costs a penny per lookup.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need the Scribed/pennypress.org essay-grounded definition of 'materialism' — particularly when you want a philosophical perspective aligned with themes of freedom, truth, and social structures, delivered in machine-readable form for agent pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received — 402 response returned, definition not delivered
- Term not found in glossary — empty or error response
- Micropayment processing failure — transaction rejected
- Network timeout accessing pennypress.org

## 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 ('materialism'), its gloss (the definition text, delivered after micropayment), 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": "materialism",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-materialism-definition-34a1d5ce/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.pennypress.org](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.pennypress.org/llms.txt)