# Scribed Glossary — Venerable Term Lookup

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

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pennypress.org/glossary/venerable?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-venerable-term-lookup-93d0b50c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_skTfEPOI8tty0j-uYF5sZ

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-venerable-term-lookup-93d0b50c
```

Example prompt: Look up the definition of 'venerable' from the Scribed glossary on PennyPress — it costs a penny per lookup and returns a machine-readable gloss.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need the Scribed/PennyPress curated definition of 'venerable' — a philosophically framed, editorially authored gloss — rather than a general dictionary or Wikipedia definition. Useful when building agents that consume paid, human-authored glossary content with micropayment-gated access.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient — 402 Payment Required with payment instructions returned
- Invalid or missing properties parameter — may return empty or malformed response
- Term not found in glossary — possible 404 or empty gloss field
- Network or server error — 5xx response with no content

## 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 ('venerable'), its gloss (full 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": "venerable",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

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