common_cents_info

Overview of Common Cents, the Penny Press collection of 20 author-curated quotations in five themed clusters: the themes, quote count, and payment info for the $0.01 full machine-readable set.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

essay_payment_info

Get the x402 payment details for one essay (price, network, asset, recipient wallet) so a machine buyer knows how to pay.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
slug*	string	Essay slug, e.g. river-of-time

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Essay slug, e.g. river-of-time"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

lexicon_lookup

Look up a term in the Penny Press Lexicon (the author's own definitions of his political-economy vocabulary). Returns free metadata — part of speech and the essays where the term appears — plus payment info for the $0.01 full definition.

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Argument	Type	Description
term*	string	The term or its slug, e.g. 'fiat-order'

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "term"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "term": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The term or its slug, e.g. 'fiat-order'"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

lexicon_snapshot_info

Payment details for the Penny Press Lexicon full dataset snapshot ($0.25): every author-defined term with part of speech, definition, verbatim usage example, and source essays, as versioned JSON.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_essays

List all published essays and fragments: titles, descriptions, prices, and reading URLs. Full text is free for humans at /read/{slug}; machine reads at /essays/{slug} are paid via x402 (USDC on Base).

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

witness_attest_info

How to attest a work's fingerprint with LitWit ($0.05): what to submit, what the tamper-evident receipt contains, and the x402 payment details. The service never sees your work — only its hash.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

witness_verify

Check whether a SHA-256 content hash has been witnessed by LitWit, the Penny Press literary notary. Free. Returns the matching attestation entries (entry id, sequence, timestamp, title) or an empty result.

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Argument	Type	Description
content_hash*	string	Hex SHA-256 fingerprint of the work

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "content_hash"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "content_hash": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Hex SHA-256 fingerprint of the work"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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