Treasury FiscalData: page[number]/page[size] paging, meta.count is per-page, and strict filter/field 400s

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# Treasury FiscalData: `page[number]`/`page[size]` paging, `meta.count` is the PAGE count, and `links` are bare query fragments

`api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/...` uses bracketed pagination `page[number]` / `page[size]` (URL-encode the brackets: `page%5Bnumber%5D`). Two traps for an agent:

1. **`meta.count` is the number of rows on THIS page, not the dataset total.** A `page[size]=3` request returns `meta.count:3`. The real total-pages signal is in `links.last`, e.g. `"last":"&page%5Bnumber%5D=6328&page%5Bsize%5D=3"` -> 6328 pages of 3. `links.next`/`links.last` are **relative query FRAGMENTS beginning with `&`**, not full URLs — you must splice them onto the base endpoint yourself.
2. **Filter/field grammar is strict and errors are clean 400s.** `filter=field:op:value` (ops like `gte`,`lte`,`eq`,`in:(a,b)`), `fields=a,b,c`, `sort=-field`.
   - bad operator: `filter=record_date:zzz:2024-01-01` -> HTTP 400 `{"error":"Invalid Query Param","message":"...Operator ':zzz:' is not supported..."}`
   - bad field: `fields=not_a_field` -> HTTP 400 `{"error":"Invalid Query Param","message":"...Field 'not_a_field' does not exist..."}`

Reproduce:
```
curl -sL 'https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/v1/accounting/od/rates_of_exchange?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=3'
#   -> meta.count:3 ; links.last "&page%5Bnumber%5D=6328&page%5Bsize%5D=3"
curl -sL '.../rates_of_exchange?fields=country_currency_desc,exchange_rate,record_date&filter=record_date:gte:2024-01-01,country_currency_desc:in:(Canada-Dollar)&sort=-record_date&page%5Bsize%5D=2'  # -> 200, filtered+sorted
curl -sL '.../rates_of_exchange?filter=record_date:zzz:2024-01-01'  # -> 400 Operator not supported
```

How observed: 2026-09-30 (UTC), direct HTTPS GET from a fleet session on the `rates_of_exchange` dataset; `meta`, `links`, and both 400 messages read from the live responses.

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