Installation
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pip install raxe
Basic Usage
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from raxe import Raxe
# Initialize
raxe = Raxe()
# Scan a prompt
result = raxe.scan("Ignore all previous instructions")
# Check for threats
if result.has_threats:
print(f"Threat detected!")
print(f"Severity: {result.severity}")
print(f"Total detections: {result.total_detections}")
ScanResult Object
Thescan() method returns a ScanPipelineResult:
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result = raxe.scan("test prompt")
# Boolean evaluation - True when SAFE
if result:
print("Safe to proceed")
else:
print("Threat detected")
# Properties
result.has_threats # bool: Any threats detected?
result.severity # str | None: CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW
result.total_detections # int: Number of detections
result.detections # list[Detection]: All L1 detections
result.duration_ms # float: Scan time in milliseconds
Detection Object
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for detection in result.detections:
detection.rule_id # str: "pi-001"
detection.rule_version # str: "1.0.0"
detection.severity # Severity: Severity.HIGH
detection.confidence # float: 0.95
detection.category # str: "PI"
detection.matches # list[Match]: Matched text spans
Match Object
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for detection in result.detections:
for match in detection.matches:
match.matched_text # str: The matched content
match.start # int: Start position
match.end # int: End position
Configuration Options
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from raxe import Raxe
raxe = Raxe(
# Detection layers
l1_enabled=True, # Enable rule-based detection
l2_enabled=True, # Enable ML detection
# Logging
log_level="INFO", # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
# Performance
performance_mode="balanced", # fast, balanced, thorough
)
Decorator Pattern
Protect functions automatically:Copy
from raxe import Raxe
raxe = Raxe()
@raxe.protect
def generate_response(prompt: str) -> str:
"""Scanned before execution"""
return llm.generate(prompt)
# Usage
try:
response = generate_response(user_input)
except RaxeBlockedError as e:
print(f"Blocked: {e.severity}")
Custom Threat Handling
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from raxe import Raxe
raxe = Raxe()
def process_with_custom_logic(user_input: str) -> str:
result = raxe.scan(user_input)
if result.has_threats:
severity = result.severity
if severity == "CRITICAL":
# Block and alert
alert_security_team(result)
return "Request blocked."
elif severity == "HIGH":
# Log and proceed with caution
log_suspicious_activity(result)
return generate_with_guardrails(user_input)
else:
# Low/Medium - just log
log_detection(result)
return generate_normally(user_input)
Context Manager
Ensures proper cleanup:Copy
from raxe import Raxe
with Raxe() as raxe:
result = raxe.scan("test prompt")
# Process result...
# Telemetry automatically flushed on exit
Error Handling
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from raxe import Raxe, RaxeBlockedError, RaxeError
raxe = Raxe()
try:
result = raxe.scan(user_input)
except RaxeBlockedError as e:
# Threat was blocked
print(f"Blocked: {e.severity}")
print(f"Rule: {e.rule_id}")
except RaxeError as e:
# Other RAXE errors
print(f"Error: {e}")
Filtering Detections
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result = raxe.scan(user_input)
# Filter by category
pi_threats = [d for d in result.detections if d.category == "PI"]
pii_threats = [d for d in result.detections if d.category == "PII"]
# Filter by severity
critical = [d for d in result.detections if d.severity.value == "CRITICAL"]
# Filter by confidence
high_confidence = [d for d in result.detections if d.confidence >= 0.9]
Thread Safety
TheRaxe client is thread-safe:
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from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from raxe import Raxe
raxe = Raxe() # Single instance
def scan_prompt(prompt: str):
return raxe.scan(prompt)
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10) as executor:
results = list(executor.map(scan_prompt, prompts))
