# Scribed Glossary — Pax Americana Definition

> Scribed Glossary — Pax Americana 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 'Pax Americana' from the Scribed essay repository, gated by a $0.01 USDC micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/pax-americana?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-pax-americana-definition-3ac37094
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2RRAyGSZ9A6PFmVLsw5gr

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-pax-americana-definition-3ac37094
```

Example prompt: What's the Scribed definition of 'Pax Americana'? Look it up from the PennyPress glossary — I'm okay paying the penny for it.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need a curated, essay-quality definition of 'Pax Americana' as defined by the Scribed political philosophy repository, and when a $0.01 USDC micropayment per lookup is acceptable. Prefer this over general web search when you want a structured, machine-readable JSON response from a single authoritative source with a consistent schema.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not made or insufficient funds — 402 Payment Required returned, definition withheld
- Invalid or malformed request — no term content returned
- Service unavailable — no response or network error
- Term not found in glossary — empty or error response

## 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 ('Pax Americana'), its glossary definition (gloss, delivered after payment is confirmed), 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": "Pax Americana",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

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