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Guardrail Defaults

This page lists the default settings for every guardrail. All settings can be changed from Settings > Guardrails in the dashboard.

PII Detection

SettingDefault
EnabledNo (requires whitelist configuration to avoid false positives)
Orange threshold0.5
Red threshold0.85
Whitelisted categoriesNone

Tone Analysis

SettingDefault
EnabledYes
DefinitionFlags emails with aggressive, threatening, or highly inappropriate language that could damage professional relationships or constitute harassment.

Content Policy

SettingDefault
EnabledYes
DefinitionFlags emails that violate acceptable use policies — spam, illegal content, phishing attempts, or material that violates organizational standards.
Knowledge baseEmpty
Strict modeOff

Prompt Injection Detection

SettingDefault
EnabledYes
ConfigurationNone (hardened detection, not configurable)

Rate Limiting

SettingDefault
EnabledYes
Global per hour100
Per domain per hour50
Per address per day10
Breach actionBlock
Warmup enabledYes
Warmup duration7 days
Warmup hourly limit20

Recipient Rules

SettingDefault
EnabledNo
Blocked addressesNone
Blocked domainsNone
Allowed addressesNone
Allowed domainsNone
Max To countUnlimited
Max CC countUnlimited
CC allowedYes
BCC allowedYes

Attachment Scanning

SettingDefault
EnabledNo
Default risk levelOrange

Duplicate Detection

SettingDefault
EnabledYes
Detection window24 hours
Threshold1

Compliance

SettingDefault
EnabledNo
DefinitionFlags emails that may violate CAN-SPAM requirements: missing or invalid unsubscribe mechanism, missing physical postal address of sender, or deceptive/misleading subject lines.

Agent Signal

SettingDefault
EnabledAlways (cannot be disabled)
Trigger pattern<!-- sluice: ... --> HTML comment

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