api-rate-limit-handler SKILL.md skillA
api-rate-limit-handler from francostino/opencode-skills-collection is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add francostino/opencode-skills-collection/api-rate-limit-handler@git:20260901.b256fcbPins git:20260901.b256fcb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- francostino/opencode-skills-collection
- Path
bundled-skills/api-rate-limit-handler/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260901.b256fcb, committed Sep 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 27, 2026
- Size
- 9,755 bytes
- Repository stars
- 87
- License
- MIT
Implement bounded, idempotency-aware API throttling, backoff, and retry handling for 429 and transient 5xx responses.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# API Rate Limit Handler ## Overview A skill for implementing production-grade rate limiting, exponential backoff, and retry strategies when integrating with external APIs. Prevents cascading failures, respects upstream quotas, and keeps your application resilient under load. ## When to Use This Skill - Use when calling external APIs that enforce rate limits (OpenAI, Stripe, GitHub, etc.) - Use when you receive 429 Too Many Requests or 5xx errors and need graceful recovery - Use when building a client that must respect `Retry-After` headers - Use when designing a system that fans out to multiple API providers - Use when the user says "handle rate limits", "add retry logic", "backoff strategy", or "don't get throttled" ## How It Works ### Step 1: Classify the response Determine whether a failed request is retryable or terminal. | Status | Classification | Action | |--------|---------------|--------| | 200-299 | Success | Return response | | 400, 401, 403, 404 | Terminal client error | Do not retry — fix the request | | 408, 429 | Retryable (rate limit / timeout) | Retry with backoff | | 500, 502, 503, 504 | Retryable (server error) | Retry with backoff | …
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How to install
mdr add francostino/opencode-skills-collection/api-rate-limit-handler@sha256:05f1666468827608The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260901.b256fcb, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 27, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026, about one every 5 days.
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| git:20260901.b256fcb latest | 2026-09-01 | b256fcb | 9,755 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260827.2a689f0 | 2026-08-27 | 2a689f0 | 9,682 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
francostino/opencode-skills-collection · 87 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2vjuqaewlvjmhnkh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=francostino/opencode-skills-collection/api-rate-limit-handler GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/05f1666468827608d37ef3d98d546b5c2c60ae3e2be683d05e5708fa75bda3c7
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