Guardrail Configurations

Guardrail configurations define the safety policies that protect your LLM interactions. A configuration specifies which safety checks (rails) to apply, the models to use, and the prompts to use for the safety checks.

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Overview

A guardrail configuration contains several properties that customize how the service interacts with models and applies safety checks. Most configurations define these core components:

1. Models – The models to use for each task.
2. Prompts – Prompt templates to use for each task.
3. Rails – Configuration that defines how to apply checks on the user input or LLM output.

A guardrail configuration also supports general options such as instructions and sample conversations that you can customize.

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In This Section

• Configuration Structure

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  Learn about models, prompts, and rails that make up a configuration.

• Manage Configurations

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  Create, list, retrieve, update, and delete guardrail configurations.

• Default Configurations

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  Built-in configurations available in the system workspace: default, content-safety, and self-check.