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And the ID hierarchy (series -> event -> market)\n   is NOT embedded: a market names its `event_ticker` but has no `series_ticker` field at all;\n   getting from a market to its series requires `GET /events/{event_ticker}` as an\n   intermediate hop, since only the event object carries `series_ticker`. The ticker-prefix\n   convention (series ticker is a string-prefix of the event ticker) is observable but not a\n   documented contract.\n\nAn agent writing one pagination helper for \"prediction market APIs\" cannot reuse logic across\neven these five endpoints: three different cursor encodings (none, plaintext-decodable,\nopaque) and two different mapping strategies (fully embedded vs. multi-hop by ID).\n\n## One-line guards\n- Don't assume a cursor is opaque or that it is meaningful — treat it as an opaque token to\n  echo back either way, but don't rely on its format being stable across vendors.\n- To get event->market on Polymarket Gamma: no extra call needed (embedded). 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