diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 02e4f386..d9c29697 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -358,3 +358,9 @@ discourse_ai:
   ai_bot_github_access_token:
     default: ""
     secret: true
+  ai_automation_max_triage_per_minute:
+    default: 60
+    hidden: true
+  ai_automation_max_triage_per_post_per_minute:
+    default: 2
+    hidden: true
diff --git a/discourse_automation/llm_triage.rb b/discourse_automation/llm_triage.rb
index b0b58629..84f78a9e 100644
--- a/discourse_automation/llm_triage.rb
+++ b/discourse_automation/llm_triage.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ if defined?(DiscourseAutomation)
       flag_post = fields.dig("flag_post", "value")
 
       begin
+        RateLimiter.new(
+          Discourse.system_user,
+          "llm_triage_#{post.id}",
+          SiteSetting.ai_automation_max_triage_per_post_per_minute,
+          1.minute,
+        ).performed!
+
+        RateLimiter.new(
+          Discourse.system_user,
+          "llm_triage",
+          SiteSetting.ai_automation_max_triage_per_minute,
+          1.minute,
+        ).performed!
+
         DiscourseAi::Automation::LlmTriage.handle(
           post: post,
           model: model,
@@ -66,7 +80,7 @@ if defined?(DiscourseAutomation)
           flag_post: flag_post,
         )
       rescue => e
-        Discourse.warn_exception(e, message: "llm_triage: failed to run inference")
+        Discourse.warn_exception(e, message: "llm_triage: skipped triage on post #{post.id}")
       end
     end
   end