Agent skill
documenso-rate-limits
Implement Documenso rate limiting, backoff, and request throttling patterns. Use when handling rate limit errors, implementing retry logic, or optimizing API request throughput for Documenso. Trigger with phrases like "documenso rate limit", "documenso throttling", "documenso 429", "documenso retry", "documenso backoff".
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/main/plugins/saas-packs/documenso-pack/skills/documenso-rate-limits
SKILL.md
Documenso Rate Limits
Overview
Documenso uses a fair-use rate limiting model. There are no published per-minute request quotas -- instead, limits are based on your plan's document allowance and general API fair use. The paid plans (Individual and Team) include unlimited signing and API volume. The free plan has a document limit. If you hit a 429, implement exponential backoff and request queuing.
Prerequisites
- Documenso SDK installed
- Understanding of async/await patterns
- Completed
documenso-install-authsetup
Documenso Fair Use Model
| Plan | Documents | API Volume | Signing Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Limited (per plan) | Fair use | Fair use |
| Individual ($30/mo) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Self-Hosted | Unlimited | No limits | No limits |
Documenso explicitly does not price API usage -- they want developers to build on the platform without API cost concerns. The practical limit is abusive traffic patterns (thousands of requests per second).
Instructions
Step 1: Exponential Backoff with Jitter
// src/documenso/retry.ts
interface RetryConfig {
maxRetries: number;
baseDelayMs: number;
maxDelayMs: number;
}
const DEFAULTS: RetryConfig = { maxRetries: 5, baseDelayMs: 1000, maxDelayMs: 60000 };
export async function withRetry<T>(
fn: () => Promise<T>,
config: Partial<RetryConfig> = {}
): Promise<T> {
const { maxRetries, baseDelayMs, maxDelayMs } = { ...DEFAULTS, ...config };
let lastError: Error | undefined;
for (let attempt = 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) {
try {
return await fn();
} catch (err: any) {
lastError = err;
const status = err.statusCode ?? err.status;
// Don't retry client errors (except 429)
if (status && status >= 400 && status < 500 && status !== 429) {
throw err;
}
if (attempt === maxRetries) break;
// Exponential backoff with jitter
const delay = Math.min(baseDelayMs * 2 ** attempt, maxDelayMs);
const jitter = delay * (0.5 + Math.random() * 0.5);
console.warn(`Retry ${attempt + 1}/${maxRetries} in ${Math.round(jitter)}ms (status: ${status})`);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, jitter));
}
}
throw lastError!;
}
Step 2: Request Queue for Bulk Operations
// src/documenso/queue.ts
import PQueue from "p-queue";
// Limit concurrency to avoid overwhelming the API
const queue = new PQueue({ concurrency: 5, interval: 1000, intervalCap: 10 });
export async function queuedRequest<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
return queue.add(fn) as Promise<T>;
}
// Usage: bulk document creation
async function createBulkDocuments(
client: Documenso,
items: Array<{ title: string; pdfPath: string }>
) {
const results = await Promise.allSettled(
items.map((item) =>
queuedRequest(async () => {
const doc = await client.documents.createV0({ title: item.title });
const pdf = readFileSync(item.pdfPath);
await client.documents.setFileV0(doc.documentId, {
file: new Blob([pdf], { type: "application/pdf" }),
});
return doc;
})
)
);
const succeeded = results.filter((r) => r.status === "fulfilled").length;
const failed = results.filter((r) => r.status === "rejected").length;
console.log(`Bulk create: ${succeeded} succeeded, ${failed} failed`);
return results;
}
Step 3: Circuit Breaker for Outages
// src/documenso/circuit-breaker.ts
class CircuitBreaker {
private failures = 0;
private lastFailure = 0;
private state: "closed" | "open" | "half-open" = "closed";
constructor(
private threshold = 5, // failures before opening
private resetTimeMs = 30000 // time before half-open
) {}
async execute<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
if (this.state === "open") {
if (Date.now() - this.lastFailure > this.resetTimeMs) {
this.state = "half-open";
} else {
throw new Error("Circuit breaker is open — Documenso API unavailable");
}
}
try {
const result = await fn();
this.onSuccess();
return result;
} catch (err) {
this.onFailure();
throw err;
}
}
private onSuccess() {
this.failures = 0;
this.state = "closed";
}
private onFailure() {
this.failures++;
this.lastFailure = Date.now();
if (this.failures >= this.threshold) {
this.state = "open";
console.error(`Circuit breaker OPEN after ${this.failures} failures`);
}
}
}
// Usage
const breaker = new CircuitBreaker();
const doc = await breaker.execute(() => client.documents.findV0({ page: 1, perPage: 10 }));
Step 4: Python Retry
import time, random
def with_retry(fn, max_retries=5, base_delay=1.0):
for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
try:
return fn()
except Exception as e:
status = getattr(e, "status_code", None)
if status and 400 <= status < 500 and status != 429:
raise
if attempt == max_retries:
raise
delay = min(base_delay * (2 ** attempt), 60)
jitter = delay * (0.5 + random.random() * 0.5)
print(f"Retry {attempt + 1}/{max_retries} in {jitter:.1f}s")
time.sleep(jitter)
# Usage
docs = with_retry(lambda: client.documents.find_v0(page=1, per_page=10))
Error Handling
| Scenario | Response Code | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Rate limited | 429 | Exponential backoff with jitter |
| Server error | 500/502/503 | Retry up to 5 times |
| Documenso outage | Persistent 5xx | Circuit breaker, degrade gracefully |
| Auth error | 401/403 | Do NOT retry -- fix credentials |
Resources
Next Steps
For security configuration, see documenso-security-basics.
Recommended Agent Skills
Expand your agent's capabilities with these related and highly-rated skills.
dockerfile-generator
Dockerfile Generator - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: dockerfile generator, dockerfile generator Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
branch-naming-helper
Branch Naming Helper - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: branch naming helper, branch naming helper Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
readme-generator
Readme Generator - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: readme generator, readme generator Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
makefile-generator
Makefile Generator - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: makefile generator, makefile generator Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
gitignore-generator
Gitignore Generator - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: gitignore generator, gitignore generator Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
pre-commit-hook-setup
Pre Commit Hook Setup - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: pre commit hook setup, pre commit hook setup Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
Didn't find tool you were looking for?