rate-limiting-implementation

rate-limiting-implementation is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts. It costs 46 tokens per session (743 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of implementation patterns for limiting how often users or services can call an API or consume shared resources. It covers throttling, quotas, and backpressure, which slows or queues work when demand is too high.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to protect public APIs, enforce billing or service limits, control third-party API usage, manage database connections, and handle system load.
Why use it?
It helps prevent abuse, denial-of-service attacks, and overloaded services while keeping resource use fair across users.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to protect public APIs, enforce billing or service limits, control third-party API usage, manage database connections, and handle system load.

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Install with agentmods
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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill rate-limiting-implementation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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  • Socket pass 18 Mar 2026
  • Snyk pass 4 Mar 2026
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rate-limiting-implementation scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

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skills/rate-limiting-implementation/SKILL.md · 104 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 104 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Rate Limiting Implementation

Table of Contents

Overview

Implement rate limiting and throttling mechanisms to protect your services from abuse, ensure fair resource allocation, and maintain system stability under load.

When to Use

  • Protecting public APIs from abuse
  • Preventing DOS/DDOS attacks
  • Ensuring fair resource usage across users
  • Implementing API quotas and billing tiers
  • Managing system load and backpressure
  • Enforcing SLA limits
  • Controlling third-party API usage
  • Database connection management

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

interface TokenBucketConfig {
  capacity: number;
  refillRate: number; // tokens per second
  refillInterval: number; // milliseconds
}

class TokenBucket {
  private tokens: number;
  private lastRefill: number;
  private readonly capacity: number;
  private readonly refillRate: number;
  private readonly refillInterval: number;
  private refillTimer?: NodeJS.Timeout;

  constructor(config: TokenBucketConfig) {
    this.capacity = config.capacity;
    this.tokens = config.capacity;
    this.refillRate = config.refillRate;
    this.refillInterval = config.refillInterval;
    this.lastRefill = Date.now();

    this.startRefill();
  }

  private startRefill(): void {
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide Contents
Token Bucket Algorithm (TypeScript) Token Bucket Algorithm (TypeScript)
Redis-Based Distributed Rate Limiter Redis-Based Distributed Rate Limiter
Express Middleware Express Middleware
Sliding Window Algorithm (Python) Sliding Window Algorithm (Python)
Tiered Rate Limiting Tiered Rate Limiting
Adaptive Rate Limiting Adaptive Rate Limiting

Read the full file on GitHub · 104 lines

Changes

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Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 104 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 1bf958991c97

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rate-limiting-implementation is a skill published in the GitHub repository aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts (338 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 743 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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