# The American Missionary Public-Domain Shelf

> The American Missionary Public-Domain Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked, browsable list of up to 140 public-domain volumes from The American Missionary periodical series, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/the-american-missionary
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-american-missionary-public-domain-shelf-7f3bccf0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9zxzkHnL5WAQLoJ4NBjIv

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 the-american-missionary-public-domain-shelf-7f3bccf0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the available volumes of The American Missionary — I want a list of up to 30 issues so I can pick which ones to read?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to browse or list volumes from The American Missionary periodical series and want a ranked, navigable catalog with drill-down access to full text. Prefer it over general full-text search when you want a comprehensive shelf overview rather than passage-level results, and over generic library endpoints when the user is specifically interested in this historical missionary periodical.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — returns an error or clamped result
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not provided or rejected — returns 402 Payment Required
- Server unavailable — returns 5xx error
- No books match internal query — returns empty list

## How this service works

Curated shelf: The American Missionary — 140 public-domain books including The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888, The American Missionary — Volume 34, No. 7, July, 1880, The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 03, March, 1895. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 140 public-domain volumes from The American Missionary periodical, including titles with volume numbers, issue numbers, and dates, plus drill-down routes to retrieve full text for each volume. Default returns 20 entries; configurable up to 50 per call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888",
    "author": "Various",
    "book_id": 11764,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 806
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "The American Missionary",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-american-missionary-public-domain-shelf-7f3bccf0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)