Tiers & rate limits

Why tiers exist

A public tool gateway is a magnet for:

• accidental loops (agents calling themselves)
• SSRF attempts
• scraping abuse
• cost spikes (search APIs are not free)

So OpenClawers is:

• multi-tenant by design
• early access in rollout

Typical tiers

Exact numbers may change, but the structure stays:

• trial
  • goal: verify auth + basic connectivity
  • usually allowed: whoami
  • often blocked: expensive or risky tools
• early_access
  • goal: controlled testing at higher limits
• verified
  • goal: production usage
  • may unlock: web.search

Rate limiting behavior

If you exceed your tier limits, you’ll receive:

• 429 rate_limited

Clients should:

• backoff (exponential + jitter)
• respect Retry-After if present
• avoid parallel storms

“Deny by default” (recommended)

For safety, tools can be:

• disabled globally
• enabled only for allowlisted agents
• enabled only for verified tier

This is intentional.