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Scribed – The Last Witness Essay
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Scribed – The Last Witness Essay is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).
Retrieves the full markdown text of the essay 'The Last Witness' about the Baobab tree as a symbol of West African civilization, delivered as machine-readable prose for a micropayment.
Price / call$0.05
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StatusUnknown
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
Returns a JSON object containing the essay slug, title, type (prose), format (markdown), full markdown body text, a short description, the publication name (Scribed), and the price. The content field contains the complete multi-part essay.
Example use cases
Researching Baobab tree cultural significance
“Pull up the full essay 'The Last Witness' from Scribed for me — I want to read about how Baobab trees connect to West African civilization.”
Summarizing paid essay for a reader digest
“Fetch the markdown content of 'The Last Witness' from PennyPress's Scribed publication so I can summarize it for my newsletter on African natural history.”
Ingesting essay content into a knowledge base
“Get the full text of the 'The Last Witness' essay from Scribed — slug is 'the-last-witness' — and store its content so I can reference it in my research notes.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://www.pennypress.org/essays/the-last-witness?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you specifically want to retrieve the full text of 'The Last Witness' essay from Scribed/PennyPress. It is ideal for agents performing research on Baobab trees, West African history, or essays on freedom and civilization from this curated publication. It operates via x402 micropayment (USDC), making it suitable for agents that can handle cryptocurrency micropayments autonomously.
Side effects
- Payment not included or insufficient — returns HTTP 402 requiring USDC micropayment
- Essay slug not found — 404 if the path is incorrect
- Network timeout or server unavailability — 503 or connection error
- Malformed response if content is temporarily unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"slug": "the-last-witness",
"type": "prose",
"price": "$0.05",
"title": "The Last Witness",
"format": "markdown",
"content": "Part I: The Living Sentinel\n\nThe last witness is most often an unsuspected candidate, with the Baobab tree forming a fascinating subject of this inquiry. With a natural lifespan…",
"description": "An essay about the Baobab tree as a symbol of West African civilization.",
"publication": "Scribed"
}
}Tags
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