Rate Limiting Abuse Protection
Protects against malicious abuse by restricting excessive requests, ensuring fair and stable service availability for all users.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add rate-limiting-abuse-protection npx -- -y @trustedskills/rate-limiting-abuse-protection
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"rate-limiting-abuse-protection": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/rate-limiting-abuse-protection"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides rate limiting and abuse protection for AI agent interactions. It helps prevent excessive API calls, protects against denial-of-service attacks, and ensures fair usage of resources. The skill dynamically adjusts limits based on observed behavior to maintain stability and performance.
When to use it
- High-volume applications: Protect an AI chatbot handling a large number of user requests.
- Public APIs: Secure an API endpoint exposed for external use, preventing abuse by malicious actors.
- Shared resources: Manage usage among multiple agents or users accessing the same underlying service.
- Cost optimization: Prevent runaway costs associated with excessive and potentially abusive API calls.
Key capabilities
- Dynamic rate limiting
- Abuse detection
- API call throttling
- Resource protection
Example prompts
- "Implement rate limiting for this OpenAI endpoint."
- "Protect this API from denial-of-service attacks."
- "Set a limit of 10 requests per minute for this user."
Tips & gotchas
The skill requires access to API usage data to function effectively. Ensure proper monitoring and logging are in place to enable accurate rate limiting and abuse detection.
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