Unkey · Capability
Unkey Rate Limiting
Workflow capability for standalone rate limiting using the Unkey platform. Enables platform engineers, backend developers, and API teams to protect any endpoint from abuse with global rate limiting, per-identifier overrides, and multi-limit batch checks — without requiring API key management.
What You Can Do
POST
Limit
— Apply rate limiting check for a single identifier
/v1/ratelimits
POST
Multi limit
— Apply multiple rate limit checks in one request
/v1/ratelimits/multi
GET
List overrides
— List all rate limit overrides for a namespace
/v1/ratelimits/overrides
PUT
Set override
— Set a rate limit override for a specific identifier
/v1/ratelimits/overrides
GET
Get override
— Get rate limit override for an identifier
/v1/ratelimits/overrides/{identifier}
DELETE
Delete override
— Delete a rate limit override
/v1/ratelimits/overrides/{identifier}
MCP Tools
apply-rate-limit
Apply a rate limiting check for a user, IP, or custom identifier
apply-multi-rate-limit
Apply multiple rate limit checks simultaneously in a single request
set-rate-limit-override
Set a custom rate limit override for a specific identifier
idempotent
get-rate-limit-override
Get the rate limit override configuration for a specific identifier
read-only
list-rate-limit-overrides
List all rate limit overrides configured for a namespace
read-only
delete-rate-limit-override
Remove a rate limit override for a specific identifier
idempotent
APIs Used
unkey