guardrails-ai

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Is guardrails-ai safe to use?

The latest brin safety scan flagged guardrails-ai v0.7.2 with risk indicators that warrant review. No known CVE vulnerabilities. Trust score: 70/100. Review the findings below before use. This is an automated assessment and may contain errors.

Install (safety-checked)

guardrails-ai Has Warnings

Warnings detected due to potential concerns

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CVEs

0

Threats

0

Install Scripts

0

Risk Indicators

  • Package includes native code modules
  • Package can spawn child processes

brin Recommendations

  • This package has warnings detected. Evaluate the specific concerns before proceeding.

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This is an automated, point-in-time assessment and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. Security posture may change over time. Maintainers can dispute findings via the brin review process.

guardrails-ai Capabilities & Permissions

What guardrails-ai can access when installed. Review these capabilities before using with AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Network Access

This package makes network requests.

docs.guardrails.comdocs.litellm.aigithub.comgo.guardrailsai.comhty0gc1ok3.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.comhub.api.guardrailsai.comhub.guardrailsai.comjson-schema.orgpypi.orgswagger.io
Protocols: http, https

Filesystem Access

Reads and writes to the filesystem.

.env (r).env (r).env (rw).env (rw).env (rw)site-packages (rw).env (rw).env (rw)+1 more

Process Spawning

This package can spawn child processes.

Environment Variables

Accesses the following environment variables.

COLOREDLOGS_LEVEL_STYLESGUARDRAILS_API_KEYGUARDRAILS_BASE_URLGUARDRAILS_PROCESS_COUNTGUARDRAILS_RUN_SYNCGUARD_HISTORY_ENABLEDOPENAI_API_KEYOTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINTOTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL+1 more

Native Modules

Contains native code that runs outside the JavaScript sandbox.

lxmlnumpy

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guardrails-ai Documentation & Source Code

For the full guardrails-ai README, API documentation, and source code, visit the official package registry.

Frequently asked questions about guardrails-ai safety

Weekly Downloads

83.8K

Version

0.7.2

Other Versions

Last Scanned

Feb 5, 2026

Trust Score

70/100·Legitimacy signals, not safety

Capabilities

Network

Connects to: docs.guardrails.com, docs.litellm.ai, github.com...

Filesystem

Reads & Writes files

Process

Spawns child processes

Environment

Accesses: , COLOREDLOGS_LEVEL_STYLES, GUARDRAILS_API_KEY...

Native

Contains native modules

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