Prompt Inspector#

Prompt Inspector is a production-grade API service that detects prompt injection attacks, jailbreak attempts, and adversarial manipulations in real time.

📖 For detailed product information, features, and threat categories, see references/product-info.md

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Requirements#

Provide your API key via either:

• Environment variable: PMTINSP_API_KEY=your-api-key, or
• ~/.openclaw/.env line: PMTINSP_API_KEY=your-api-key

Get your API key at promptinspector.io by creating an app.

Manage custom sensitive words in your dashboard at promptinspector.io.

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Commands#

Detect a single text (Python)#

bash

# Basic detection — prints verdict and score
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/detect.py --text "..."

# JSON output
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/detect.py --text "..." --format json

# Override API key inline
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/detect.py --api-key pi_xxx --text "..."

Detect a single text (Node.js)#

bash

# Basic detection
node {baseDir}/scripts/detect.js --text "..."

# JSON output
node {baseDir}/scripts/detect.js --text "..." --format json

# Override API key inline
node {baseDir}/scripts/detect.js --api-key pi_xxx --text "..."

Batch detection from a file (Python)#

bash

# Each line in the file is treated as one text to inspect
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/detect.py --file inputs.txt

# JSON output for automation
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/detect.py --file inputs.txt --format json

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Output#

Default (human-readable)#

text

Request ID : a1b2c3d4-...
Is Safe    : False
Score      : 0.97
Category   : prompt_injection, jailbreak
Latency    : 34 ms

JSON ( --format json)#

json

{
  "request_id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
  "is_safe": false,
  "score": 0.97,
  "category": ["prompt_injection", "jailbreak"],
  "latency_ms": 34
}

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Threat Categories#

Prompt Inspector detects 10 threat categories:

• instruction_override
• asset_extraction
• syntax_injection
• jailbreak
• response_forcing
• euphemism_bypass
• reconnaissance_probe
• parameter_injection
• encoded_payload
• custom_sensitive_word

📖 For complete category descriptions, see references/product-info.md

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API at a Glance#

text

POST /api/v1/detect/sdk
Header: X-App-Key: <your-api-key>
Body:   {"input_text": "<text to inspect>"}

Response:

json

{
  "request_id": "string",
  "latency_ms": 34,
  "result": {
    "is_safe": false,
    "score": 0.97,
    "category": ["prompt_injection"]
  }
}

Full API reference: docs.promptinspector.io

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Notes#

• Keep text under the limit for your plan tier. Very long inputs may be rejected with HTTP 413.
• Use --format json when piping output to other tools.
• For bulk workloads, batch requests with --file to minimise round-trip overhead.
• Contact hello@promptinspector.io for enterprise plans and self-hosting support.