payment-ready until 2026-10-06
Paid public-domain knowledge base for AI agents: 61,000+ books, full-text search, chapters, quotes, ask-a-book retrieval Q&A, and 100+ curated subject shelves. x402 USDC on Base, from $0.003 per call.
Part of the ForgeMesh operator hub
Pay from $0.001 to $0.01 per request in USDC on Base, settled onchain via the x402 protocol, no signup, no API key needed.
measured since 2026-07-29 (start of our harvest window) · $2.60 all-time · settled via coinbase
VERDICT
ranking generation 3solid 89/100 #2 of 41 in Content by measured score
What the score read on this service: status online, 99.4% uptime 30d, 454ms response p95, x402 compliance 14 of 14, $0.001 price against the category, on-chain traction measured. Each of those is measured, and each is published in full below.
The score comes from our own monitoring, never from reviews, operator claims, or a language model: reliability, x402 compliance, price against the category, a deterministic risk flag, and a small on-chain traction term, weighted by ranking generation 3. It is not placement anyone can buy: the paid verify tier is reported beside it and is not one of its inputs. Every component below stays published and read-only.
It is a score inside Content, and only there: price and speed are scored against the whole category field, every listing in it that carries no danger flag, the scored service included, which here means 41 listings, this one among them. That set is wider than the 41 the position above is counted against, because a listing we have measured too little of to rank still sits in the field the price and the speed are normalized over. The same service in a different field would read differently. The same engine answers GET /api/v1/best, and asked for a different pool (the whole directory, or another filter) it returns a different number for this service under this same ranking generation. Neither is more correct: they answer different questions, and the methodology states which is which.
Bands on the 0 to 100 measured score: strong at 93 and above, solid from 75, mixed from 55, weak below 55. Price and speed are scored against the whole category field, every listing in it that carries no danger flag, the scored service included, so the score places a service in its own field.
ALTERNATIVES IN CONTENT
Other Content services in this directory, ordered by the same measured score. The figures are ours: 30-day uptime from our own probes, 30-day settlement volume read on-chain (a conservative undercount, and null where we cannot measure it, never a zero).
| SERVICE | BAND | SCORE | UPTIME 30D | VOL 30D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21millionpixels.art | solid | 91 | 100% | $46.39 |
| Supreme Audiobooks | solid | 89 | 100% | $0 |
| Skim | solid | 88 | 99.9% | $0.89 |
| penny402 | solid | 88 | 100% | $0.13 |
| Busker | solid | 88 | 100% | $0.05 |
5 of 40 other ranked services in Content · see the whole category
ASSESSMENT
updated 3h agoThe parts the verdict above is computed from, each with its proof. Click any chip. Measured values stay read-only; unknown is honest, and an unknown is never counted as a zero.
reliability 99.4%
- uptime · latest daily rollup
- 100%
- uptime 7d
- 100%
- uptime 30d
- 99.4%
- uptime 90d
- 99.4%
- response p95
- 454ms
- avg response
- 281ms
- total checks
- 2,309
Measured on the unpaid 402 handshake, not the paid call. A service can 402 correctly and still fail after payment.
compliance A (14/14)
14 of 14 x402 conformance checks pass. Full checklist below.
price $0.001 to $0.01 (p6 in Content)
- price (min)
- $0.001
- price (max)
- $0.01
- category percentile (min)
- p6 in Content
- category percentile (max)
- p20 in Content
- endpoints / prices
- 9 / 5
- model
- tiered
- stability
- 100%
risk clean
No deterministic risk flag. Risk fires only on an exact blocklist match, or a reserved-brand name with a mismatched verified payTo. Never from low uptime, a high price, or a model guess.
- domain age
- -
- registrar
- -
- hosting
- custom
- domain created
- ---
Identity facts, not a risk score.
traction $0.057 30d · 10 buyers
- volume 30d
- $0.057
- buyers 30d
- 10
- settlements 30d
- 19
- measured since
- 2026-07-29 (start of our harvest window)
- last settlement
- 2026-09-27
- top buyer share
- 49% of 30d volume (address, not entity)
- trend 7d vs 30d
- 0.45x the 30d daily rate
- networks
- eip155:8453
- volume all-time
- $2.60
- settlements all-time
- 665
- median settlement 30d
- $0.002
- max settlement 30d
- $0.02
- settled via
- coinbase ($0.06, 19 tx)
Conservative undercount: only USDC settlements via facilitators we measure are counted. A measured floor, not an estimate.
Top buyer share is part of the ranking score: a higher share lowers the traction part of the score, by up to half when one address holds all 30d volume.
CHANGES
1 in 30dPayout, price, and schema changes detected on this service's x402 wire. A payout rotation at an unchanged price shows up here even when nothing else moves. Full feed at /changes.
changes schema changed 14d ago (1 in 30d)
schema changed · 14d ago
endpoint added GET /book-chapter
endpoint added GET /book-metadata
endpoint added GET /book-of-the-day
endpoint added GET /book-quotes
endpoint added GET /book-search
schema added GET /book-chapter exact eip155:8453 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 USDC 2 300 {"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}
schema added GET /book-metadata exact eip155:8453 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 USDC 2 300 {"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}
schema added GET /book-of-the-day exact eip155:8453 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 USDC 2 300 {"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}
schema added GET /book-quotes exact eip155:8453 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 USDC 2 300 {"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}
schema added GET /book-search exact eip155:8453 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 USDC 2 300 {"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}
WHAT IT DOES
ai-derivedNo AI synthesis has been produced for this service yet.
ENDPOINTS
| METHOD | PATH | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | NETWORK | ASSET | 402 CHANNEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /adventure | $0.003 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /ask-alice-in-wonderland | $0.01 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /ask-art-of-war | $0.01 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /book-chapter | $0.005 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /book-metadata | $0.002 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /book-of-the-day | $0.001 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /book-quotes | $0.005 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /book-search | $0.005 | Base | USDC | header | |
| GET | /philosophy | $0.003 | Base | USDC | header |
9 endpoints
REQUEST / RESPONSE EXAMPLE
An unpaid request to GET /adventure returns HTTP 402 with the payment terms. Settle onchain via your facilitator, then retry with the X-Payment header.
// request
curl -i 'https://library.forgemesh.io/adventure'
// 402 response (captured by monitor) · 9 payloads · click to expand
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"error": "Payment required",
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"version": "2"
},
"payTo": "0x85df5380DEbe236AD6BF49dE788243924B080267",
"amount": "3000",
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
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"mimeType": "application/json",
"description": "Curated shelf of public-domain adventure fiction, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required."
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"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
},
"output": {
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"title": "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete",
"author": "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910",
"book_id": 74,
"subjects": [
"Adventure stories"
],
"download_count": 14288
}
],
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"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
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"mimeType": "application/json",
"description": "Ask a question about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for a tutoring agent, quiz generator, or reading app — get back the most relevant passages from the book itself, with chapter and location citations. Retrieval only, full-text search over the real book, not a generated summary or answer. No license, no API key required."
},
"extensions": {
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"bazaar": {
"info": {
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"body": {
"question": "what does the Cheshire Cat say"
},
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
},
"output": {
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"method": "full-text retrieval — returns the most relevant passages from the book for your question; no summarization or generation",
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"bodyType": "json"
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"output": {
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"example": {
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"title": "The Republic",
"author": "Plato",
"book_id": 1497,
"subjects": [
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"Utopias"
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"/literature-search"
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},
"extensions": {
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"bazaar": {
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"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
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"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
}
],
"resource": {
"url": "https://library.forgemesh.io/book-of-the-day",
"mimeType": "application/json",
"description": "Deterministic daily book pick from the indexed corpus, date-seeded so every caller gets the same answer on the same day. Optional date override for backfill. Returns book_id and drill-down routes. No license, no API key required."
},
"extensions": {
"info": {
"required": false
},
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"body": {},
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
},
"output": {
"type": "json",
"example": {
"date": "2026-07-29",
"year": "1999",
"title": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes",
"author": "Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930",
"book_id": 1661,
"pool_size": 865,
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}
},
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"input"
],
"properties": {
"input": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"properties": {
"body": {
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional YYYY-MM-DD override, defaults to today (UTC)"
}
}
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "http"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"output": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"required"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$",
"maxLength": 128,
"minLength": 16
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
},
"offer-receipt": {
"info": {
"offers": [
{
"format": "eip712",
"payload": {
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"payTo": "0x85df5380DEbe236AD6BF49dE788243924B080267",
"amount": "1000",
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"version": 1,
"validUntil": 1789415466,
"resourceUrl": "https://library.forgemesh.io/book-of-the-day"
},
"signature": "0xe3a97f1f798a00ec581b730ab73f31e48d406cd74c6986f224913f7e14d2578f59c2a01ec71c2e1c33643d362fa792c21e0eaa1dfa9c8bca7260b4387f43b19a1b",
"acceptIndex": 0
}
]
},
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"offers"
],
"properties": {
"offers": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"format",
"signature"
],
"properties": {
"format": {
"type": "string"
},
"payload": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"version",
"resourceUrl",
"scheme",
"network",
"asset",
"payTo",
"amount"
],
"properties": {
"asset": {
"type": "string"
},
"payTo": {
"type": "string"
},
"amount": {
"type": "string"
},
"scheme": {
"type": "string"
},
"network": {
"type": "string"
},
"version": {
"type": "integer"
},
"validUntil": {
"type": "integer"
},
"resourceUrl": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"signature": {
"type": "string"
},
"acceptIndex": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"x402Version": 2
}
] OVER TIME
All charts use the 7d selector; each series spans only the dates it has data for. Every series is also served as JSON at /api/v1/services/forgemesh-library/price, /scores, /volume and /buyers. On-chain volume and distinct buyers are measured over the service's settlement address and are a conservative undercount (only settlements that reach a measured facilitator are counted). The on-chain series roll up hourly, so the latest day can be up to about an hour behind; distinct buyers are counted per payout address, so a service that settles to more than one address is an upper bound.
UPTIME
7D UPTIME 100%
RESPONSE TIME
AVG RESP 281ms
PRICE (captured 402, USD)
Median across 9 endpoints. Use the selector to isolate one.
SUB-SCORES (uptime + x402 compliance)
checklist grew 11->14 on 2026-07-28; a step here is a metric change, not a regression
PILLARS OVER TIME (measured)
price percentile in Content
site signals present (of 6)
Measured site and economics pillars from the assessment history, so the latest value shown elsewhere on this page reads as a point on a trend rather than a permanent state.
VOLUME (on-chain settlement, USD)
DISTINCT BUYERS
COMPLIANCE
14/14 checks pass · grade Alast 402 captured 2026-09-14 · last up 2026-09-29
- 402 payload captured
- accepts[] array present
- payTo address recoverable
- payTo at accepts[0].payTo (conformant shape)
- payTo is a valid on-chain address
- atomic price declared
- atomic price in a sane range
- asset (token) address declared
- network resolves to CAIP-2
- payment scheme declared
- served over HTTPS
- declares the current x402 version (2)
- EIP-712 domain parameters present on every EVM entry
- x402 v2 envelope delivered in the payment-required header
SITE PILLARS
- homepage reachable
- openapi doc
- pricing page
- llms.txt
- robots.txt
- terms page
recent checks (18) live · click to expand
TIME STATUS RESP CAUSE
● OK 297ms
● OK 220ms
● OK 207ms
● OK 301ms
● OK 260ms
● OK 253ms
● OK 221ms
● OK 253ms
● OK 345ms
● OK 335ms
● OK 307ms
● OK 311ms
● SLOW 436ms
● OK 205ms
● OK 302ms
● OK 290ms
● OK 335ms
● OK 392ms
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