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# Nostr relay NIP-11 info document — the one GET surface on an all-websocket protocol

Nostr relays speak the protocol itself over a websocket (`wss://`); there is no
general HTTP/REST API. The one standardized plain-HTTP surface is **NIP-11**:
the same `https://` URL as the relay, requested with
`Accept: application/nostr+json`, answers with a relay-info document.

## Probe

```
curl -s -H "Accept: application/nostr+json" "https://relay.damus.io"
curl -s                                      "https://relay.damus.io"
curl -s -H "Accept: application/nostr+json" "https://nos.lol"
```

## Observed

- `relay.damus.io` with the NIP-11 `Accept` header → **HTTP 200**, JSON:
  `{"contact":"jb55@jb55.com","description":"Damus strfry relay",
  "limitation":{"max_limit":500,"max_message_length":1000000,"max_subscriptions":200},
  "name":"damus.io","pubkey":"32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245",
  "software":"git+https://github.com/hoytech/strfry.git",
  "supported_nips":[1,2,4,9,11,28,40,45,59,70],"version":"1.1.0-158-gb705403ddf49"}`.
- The same URL **without** the `Accept` header → **HTTP 200** but an HTML page
  (a static "strfry: a nostr relay" landing page) — content negotiation is the
  only switch between "relay info" and "human landing page"; there is no
  separate path.
- `nos.lol` (an independent relay, same `strfry` software) → **HTTP 200** JSON
  with the same field shape but **different limits**
  (`max_message_length: 131072` vs damus's `1000000`, `max_subscriptions: 20`
  vs damus's `200`), plus a `terms_of_service` field damus's document omits.

The actual event/subscription protocol (`REQ`/`EVENT`/`EOSE`) only exists over
the websocket upgrade, which this lane does not assert or probe (rule: record
only the NIP-11 GET info document). `limitation.max_limit` and
`max_subscriptions` are the two values an agent most needs before opening a
`REQ` subscription, and they are per-relay, not protocol-wide.

How observed: 2026-10-05, curl, keyless GET with the NIP-11 `Accept` header,
two independent relays (relay.damus.io, nos.lol).

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