> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://anthale.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Anthale Policies for Guardrail Evaluation and Actions

> Create, review, update, and delete Anthale policies that decide which guardrails run, where they run, and how runtime actions are enforced.

A policy is the contract Anthale evaluates at runtime. This section covers creating, reviewing, updating, testing, and deleting policies.

<Info>Anthale evaluates the policy, then your application enforces the returned action.</Info>

## 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.

## 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.

## Common tasks

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  <Card title="Create a policy" icon="plus" href="/docs/learn/policies/create-a-policy">
    Add a new policy for a workflow or trust boundary.
  </Card>

  <Card title="View policies" icon="list" href="/docs/learn/policies/view-policies">
    Review the current policy inventory before making a change.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Update a policy" icon="pencil" href="/docs/learn/policies/update-a-policy">
    Change guardrails, actions, or rollout settings for an existing policy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Delete a policy" icon="trash" href="/docs/learn/policies/delete-a-policy">
    Retire a policy that should no longer be used.
  </Card>
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