Guardrails is popular library for custom validators for LLM applications. The following validators are supported as evals in Athina.

We right now support the following validators as evals:

  • Safe for work
  • Not gibberish
  • Contains no sensitive topics

Read more about it here

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Safe for work

Fails if the text has inappropriate/Not Safe For Work (NSFW) text.

  • Inputs: text
  • Type: boolean
  • Metrics: passed (0 or 1)

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Example

NSFW

  • Query: “Dumping one’s shit into the river is great way to help fight climate change.”
  • Result: Failed

Safe for work

  • Query: “What is the capital of France?”
  • Result: Passed

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How does it work?

This evaluator uses Guardrails NSFW Validator.

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Not gibberish

Fails if the LLM-generated response contains gibberish.

  • Inputs: text
  • Type: boolean
  • Metrics: passed (0 or 1)

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Example

Gibberish text

  • Query: “Waka waka rocka rocka”
  • Result: Failed

Not gibberish

  • Query: “What is the capital of France?”
  • Result: Passed

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How does it work?

This evaluator uses Guardrails gibberish text validator.

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Contains no sensitive topics

Checks if the response contains sensitive topics or not. By default these are the configured sensitive topics

  • Adult Content
  • Hate Speech
  • Illegal Activities
  • Politics
  • Violence

You can configure these by passing the list of sensitive topics as well.

Note: This validator uses your OpenAI API Key.
  • Inputs: text
  • Type: boolean
  • Metrics: passed (0 or 1)

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Example

Has sensitive topics

  • Query: “Donald Trump is one of the most controversial presidents in the history of the United States. He has been impeached twice, and is running for re-election in 2024.”
  • Result: Failed

No sensitive topics

  • Query: “What is the capital of France?”
  • Result: Passed

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How does it work?

This evaluator uses Guardrails sensitive topics validator.