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AB-011
Rate Limits Declared
🤖 Machine-Readable
Pillar: Discovery
Moderate effort
Severity: low
Est. cost: $10-50
Gap: documentation
Fix: deterministic
What it means
Your site declares its rate limits in a machine-readable format.
Why it matters
Without rate limit info, agents may get blocked for making too many requests. With it, they pace themselves.
Evidence expected
This rule is verified by:
http html Source: Website content
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What's wrong
No rate limit info. Agents get blocked unexpectedly.
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What's right
Rate limits are declared, so agents know exactly how fast they can make requests.
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