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Put guardrails on LLMs: validate outputs before they reach users.
★ 7.5k starsApache-2.0
View guide →Detect prompt injections and jailbreaks before they hit your LLM.
vigil-llm is an open-source ai agents project by deadbits (deadbits/vigil-llm on GitHub). It has 504 GitHub stars and 57 forks, is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 31 January 2024.
Choose one concrete task — narrow beats ambitious for a first run.
Fetch the source and skim the docs folder.
Set the environment variables or keys the project needs.
Execute the example workflow and watch what happens.
Catches prompt-injection attempts.
Flags known bypass techniques.
Signature-based scanning you can extend.
Layered detection approaches.
Integrates as middleware.
Built as a defensive layer.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/deadbits/vigil-llm.git
cd vigil-llmIsolate dependencies, then install requirements.
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtLaunch using the entry point shown in the README.
python -m vigil_llm # check README for the exact commandIt is an open-source project at deadbits/vigil-llm with 57 forks. Check the contributors tab and recent commits to judge how active maintenance is.
Yes — Apache 2.0 allows commercial use and modification. Keep the license and notice files, and note it includes a patent grant.
It was pioneering in 2024 but hasn't been pushed since January 2024 — evaluate against current threats first.
Multiple scanner types plus YARA rules inspect inputs before they reach the model.
Clone the repo and follow the README quickstart — the docs at https://vigil.deadbits.ai/ walk through setup.
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