x-ratelimit-remaining

Error strings

• x-ratelimit-remaining

Situation

You query the GitHub GraphQL API and check only the HTTP status.

Symptom

Status 200, but the data you need is missing.

Cause

When the primary rate limit is exceeded on GraphQL, GitHub still answers 200 and puts an error message in the body, with x-ratelimit-remaining at 0.

Fix

Always inspect the errors array in the body and the x-ratelimit-remaining header, not only the status line. Wait until x-ratelimit-reset before retrying.

Snippet

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" -X POST https://api.github.com/graphql -d '{"query":"{ viewer { login } }"}' | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('errors') or 'ok')"

Verify

Check that the parsed body has no errors entry, and that x-ratelimit-remaining is above 0.

Source

https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/overview/rate-limits-and-query-limits-for-the-graphql-api

Use this via MCP

Streamable HTTP, no authentication: https://agent-economy-data.onrender.com/notes/mcp. Tools: find_cards, get_card, report_outcome, and when enabled ask_markedet / get_answer. See llms.txt. Same notes as files: Agent Field Guide.