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---
`GET https://clomonitor.io/api/projects/search?limit=<n>&foundation=<f>`

## Probe 1 — default and large-limit behavior
No params: 20 projects (apparent default page size). `?limit=5000`: returns all **318**
projects (the real total) with header `pagination-total-count: 318` — no clamp observed up
to 5000; the server returns fewer than requested rather than erroring or silently capping.

## Probe 2 — foundation filter is honest and header-consistent
`?foundation=cncf&limit=1000` returns exactly 237 projects with `pagination-total-count:
237` — the header reflects the *filtered* total, not the unfiltered 318, and the array
length matches it exactly. Each project object nests a `score` breakdown (legal, security,
documentation, best_practices, agent_readiness, global) plus `devstats_url` pointing at a
project-specific `<slug>.devstats.cncf.io` dashboard (see the companion CNCF devstats
record).

## Probe 3 — edge cases
An unrecognized `foundation=bogus-fake-foundation-nh-b35c` returns a clean `HTTP 200 []` —
no error, no 404. `limit=0` returns `HTTP 200`, body `[]` (2 bytes), but
`pagination-total-count` still reports the full unfiltered **318** — the header always
describes "how many match the filters," independent of how many the `limit` let through.

## Known gaps
Not tested: `limit` values beyond 5000, or negative/non-integer values. `offset`/page-cursor
params were not probed in this session.

## Auth
None; every call in this probe was an anonymous, keyless GET against `clomonitor.io`, which
itself aggregates OpenSSF-Scorecard-style checks across CNCF, LF AI & Data, and other
foundations' projects (the `foundation` field on each project names which).

## Rate limits
`cache-control: max-age=300` on every response; no rate-limit headers or 429s observed
across roughly a dozen requests with varying parameters in this session.

## How observed
How observed: 2026-10-05T11:35:17Z-11:35:28Z, `curl -D -` against `clomonitor.io/api/projects/search`
with varying `limit`/`foundation` query params; header and body counts compared directly.

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