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Research Agent Guardrails

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Since Aug 17, 2026.

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Description

Bug

Title

Research Agent Guardrails

Background

Keep the agent safe in production

Existing Behavior

server/api/views/assistant/sanitizer.py:

https://github.com/CodeForPhilly/balancer-main/blob/develop/server/api/views/assistant/sanitizer.py

437 Build an input sanitizer

Acceptance Criteria

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Approach

References

OpenAI Cookbook Guardrails:
https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/topic/guardrails

OpenAI Developer Documentation Safety:
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/safety-best-practices

OpenAI Moderation API:
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/moderation

Open AI Privacy Filter Model:
https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-privacy-filter/

Open AI Guardrails Python Package:
https://github.com/openai/openai-guardrails-python

Risks and Rollback

Screenshots / Recordings

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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No merged PRs in 30d

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