diff --git a/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts b/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
index d0c9c5577..376ab5876 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ export const createServer = async (port: number, host: string = '127.0.0.1') =>
   // ── Analyze API ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   // POST /api/analyze — start a new analysis job
-  app.post('/api/analyze', async (req, res) => {
+  app.post('/api/analyze', createRouteLimiter({ limit: 10 }), async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const { url: repoUrl, path: repoLocalPath, force, embeddings, dropEmbeddings } = req.body;
 
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ export const createServer = async (port: number, host: string = '127.0.0.1') =>
   const embedJobManager = new JobManager();
 
   // POST /api/embed — trigger server-side embedding generation
-  app.post('/api/embed', async (req, res) => {
+  app.post('/api/embed', createRouteLimiter({ limit: 20 }), async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const entry = await resolveRepo(requestedRepo(req));
       if (!entry) {
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/rate-limit.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/rate-limit.test.ts
index 099cc5feb..0087cfc87 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/rate-limit.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/rate-limit.test.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ describe('production routes — rate-limit middleware wiring', () => {
     expect(apiSource).toMatch(/app\.delete\('\/api\/repo',\s*createRouteLimiter\(/);
   });
 
+  it('POST /api/analyze is wired with createRouteLimiter', () => {
+    expect(apiSource).toMatch(/app\.post\('\/api\/analyze',\s*createRouteLimiter\(/);
+  });
+
+  it('POST /api/embed is wired with createRouteLimiter', () => {
+    expect(apiSource).toMatch(/app\.post\('\/api\/embed',\s*createRouteLimiter\(/);
+  });
+
   it('SPA fallback is wired with createRouteLimiter', () => {
     expect(apiSource).toMatch(/app\.get\(SPA_FALLBACK_REGEX,\s*createRouteLimiter\(/);
   });