How to handle rate limits when you can't change the rate-limit in the external model provider ?

[manuel-koch]

I just started using Claude models with Continue and immediately hit rate limit errors like the following when asking a question in the chat that involves multiple tool calls ( e.g. searching in code base for a topic / issue ).

{"type":"rate_limit_error","message":"This request would exceed your organization's rate limit of 10,000 input tokens per minute (org: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, model: claude-sonnet-4-6). For details, refer to: https://docs.claude.com/en/api/rate-limits. You can see the response headers for current usage. Please reduce the prompt length or the maximum tokens requested, or try again later. You may also contact sales at https://www.anthropic.com/contact-sales to discuss your options for a rate limit increase."}

Is there a way to "slow down" or "reduce speed" of Continue when sending request to the model provider ?
I.e. I can't change the minute-rate-limit within the Claude account, but just getting "slower" results would be fine for me.

Looking at the recent issues I saw tons of those regarding rate-limit, thus assuming this seems to be a general issue for lots of users.
How do you workaround such external limitations ?
Is there a configuration that could be used to stay below a given rate-limit and still being able to send a chat message that triggers more tool calls and automatic follow-up actions of the model ?