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A policy is the contract Anthale evaluates at runtime. This section covers creating, reviewing, updating, testing, and deleting policies.
Anthale evaluates the policy, then your application enforces the returned action.

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What a policy controls

  • Which guardrails run for a request.
  • Whether the policy applies on the input path or the output path.
  • Which action Anthale returns when a guardrail triggers.

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When to create a separate policy

Create a separate policy when two flows have different trust boundaries, different risk tolerances, or different enforcement goals. A customer-facing chat assistant, an internal copilot, and a retrieval enrichment step usually should not share the same policy unchanged.

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Common tasks

Create a policy

Add a new policy for a workflow or trust boundary.

View policies

Review the current policy inventory before making a change.

Update a policy

Change guardrails, actions, or rollout settings for an existing policy.

Delete a policy

Retire a policy that should no longer be used.
Last modified on March 19, 2026