Prompt Guard

Definitions

1. A safeguard or validation layer intended to protect prompts or detect dangerous prompt conditions such as injection, policy violations, or malformed context. Prompt guards are one part of broader AI security and safety design.

   In plain English: A safeguard that protects against unsafe or malicious prompt behavior.

   Example: "The gateway ran a prompt guard before tool execution so obviously adversarial instructions could be blocked early."

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