specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Sea Machines Robotics
providerId: sea-machines
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Marine
- Autonomy
- Robotics
- Maritime
- Telemetry
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  Sea Machines Robotics does not publish rate limits, quotas, or throttling
  policies for the SMLink Streaming-API or SMLink Control-API. These are
  partner-gated, vessel-side interfaces without a public developer reference,
  so request-rate, telemetry-frequency, and concurrency constraints are not
  disclosed. FleetViewer telemetry is documented at a 5-second sampling
  interval, but that is a product display characteristic rather than a stated
  API rate limit. No limits are reconciled in this artifact.
notes: >-
  Verify any SMLink throughput, sampling-frequency, or commanding constraints
  directly with Sea Machines during partner onboarding. Update on
  reconciliation if a technical reference is published.
sources:
- https://sea-machines.com/sea-machines-launches-marine-autonomy-apis-for-third-party-c2-systems/
- https://sea-machines.com/fleetviewer/
responseCodes: {}
limits:
- name: SMLink Streaming-API Telemetry Rate
  scope: vessel
  metric: messages
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Telemetry feed rate is not publicly documented; FleetViewer surfaces telemetry at 5-second intervals as a product feature.
- name: SMLink Control-API Command Rate
  scope: vessel
  metric: commands
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Commanding constraints are partner-gated and not publicly documented.
policies:
- name: Partner-Gated Access
  description: SMLink interfaces are limited to approved partners; any rate constraints are set per partner agreement rather than published tiers.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com