# Scribed Penny Press Glossary — Bread-line Definition

> Scribed Penny Press Glossary — Bread-line 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 the term 'Bread-line' from the Penny Press essay collection, after a micropayment of $0.01 USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/bread-line?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-penny-press-glossary-bread-line-definition-b1da5974
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zL5JzPXZUHJwY3r4IdqTb

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-penny-press-glossary-bread-line-definition-b1da5974
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Penny Press definition of 'bread-line' from Scribed — the essay glossary that charges a penny per machine lookup?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need the Penny Press / Scribed glossary definition of the term 'bread-line' as used by its authors in their essays on freedom, truth, and social structures. It is ideal for agents performing automated literature research, terminology verification, or glossary enrichment in political philosophy or economic discourse contexts, and when micropayment-per-call (x402) is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not completed or rejected — definition withheld, HTTP 402 returned
- Term not found or URL path does not match a valid glossary entry — empty or error response
- Network timeout or server unavailability — no response
- Malformed request properties — may return an error or unexpected 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 canonical term name ('Bread-line'), its glossary definition or gloss as used across Penny Press essays, and the publication name ('Scribed'). The definition is delivered after successful micropayment of $0.01 USDC via x402.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

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