llm-safecall 0.2.2
A safety+observability layer for LLM calls: policy guardrails, secret scanning, sanitization, schema validation, retries, budgets, and logs.
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.10

# 🧠 llm-safecall (Python)

**Secure, fail-safe, and observable LLM calls for Python.**

`llm-safecall` is a **framework-agnostic, enterprise-grade safety and observability layer** for interacting with large language models (LLMs).  
It enforces policy guardrails, validates structured outputs, scans for secrets, applies circuit breakers and retries, and guarantees fail-safe operation.

> **Fail-safe by default. Secure by design. Enterprise ready.**

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## 🚀 Why use `llm-safecall`

| Problem | Solution |
|----------|-----------|
| Prompt injection or data exfiltration | Policy engine with prompt heuristics, secret scanning, and sanitization |
| Invalid or unstructured outputs | Schema-based validation (Pydantic v2) with auto-repair and JSON-only enforcement |
| Hallucinated shell commands or URLs | Output sanitization + URL allowlists |
| Sensitive data exposure | Automatic redaction and structured logs |
| Network instability | Retries with jitter + circuit breaker |
| High latency or cost | Local caching + budget & rate limiting |
| App-breaking exceptions | **Fail-safe mode** ensures graceful recovery |

> **Predictable. Auditable. Secure.**

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## ⚙️ Installation

```bash
pip install llm-safecall
# or for development / optional providers:
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pip install ".[openai]" ".[anthropic]"
```

Requires **Python ≥3.10**.

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## ✨ Quickstart

```python
from pydantic import BaseModel
from llm_safecall import SafeCall, OpenAIProvider, PolicyEngine, PolicyConfig

class Output(BaseModel):
    title: str
    summary: str

policy = PolicyEngine(PolicyConfig(
    outbound_url_allowlist=["https://docs.company.com/"],
    allow_shell_output=False,
))

safe = SafeCall(
    llm=OpenAIProvider(model="gpt-4o-mini"),
    output=Output,
    policy=policy,
    timeout_s=15,
    retries=2,
    redact=["email", "phone"],
)

result = safe.generate("Return a JSON with keys title and summary.")
print(result.model_dump())         # validated Output
print(result._report.model_dump()) # observability info
```

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## 🔒 Fail-Safe Guarantee

`llm-safecall` **never breaks your code.**

| Scenario | Result |
|-----------|---------|
| Validation fails | Returns `{}` or fallback value |
| Provider error | Returns safe fallback |
| Policy violation | Returns sanitized fallback |
| Redaction triggered | Sensitive data removed |
| All fails | Returns quietly, logs structured event |

> **Worst case:** nothing happens.  
> **Best case:** you get a secure, validated, policy-compliant result.

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## 🧱 Policy Engine

Policies can be defined in **YAML** or **Python** — enforcing safety both **before** and **after** LLM calls.

### Example YAML
```yaml
allowed_urls:
  - "https://docs.mycompany.com"
disallowed_patterns:
  - "os.system"
  - "subprocess"
  - "open('"
```

### Example Python config
```python
from llm_safecall import PolicyEngine, PolicyConfig

policy = PolicyEngine(PolicyConfig(
    outbound_url_allowlist=[
        "https://intranet.company.com/",
        "https://docs.company.com/",
    ],
    allow_shell_output=False,
    max_input_chars=20000,
    max_output_chars=10000,
))
```

Load from file:

```python
from llm_safecall import load_policy
policy = load_policy("policy.yml")
```

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## 🧩 Key Features

### ✅ Safety & Policy
- Prompt-injection detection (`reveal system prompt`, `ignore instructions`, etc.)
- Secret scanning (AWS/GCP keys, Slack tokens, GitHub PATs)
- Output sanitization (blocks shell commands, restricts URLs)
- Redaction for sensitive fields (e.g. phone numbers, emails)
- JSON-only enforcement when schema is defined

### ⚙️ Reliability
- Retries with exponential jitter
- Circuit breaker with cooldown
- Timeout control
- Local caching for consistent results

### 📊 Observability
- Structured JSON logs (`event=llm_call_start|end|error|cache_hit`)
- Unique `call_id` per call
- Attached `CallReport` (latency, tokens, model)
- SIEM/ELK-friendly log output

### 💰 Governance
- Optional daily **budget caps**
- Token bucket **rate limiter**
- Redaction + logging control for compliance

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## 🌊 Streaming (guarded)

```python
for chunk in safe.stream_generate("Explain quantum encryption."):
    print(chunk, end="", flush=True)
```

If any error or policy violation occurs, it yields a fallback token and ends gracefully — **no crash, no broken coroutine.**

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## 🤖 For Agents & Copilots

> ### ⚠️ Mandatory wrapper for copilots and orchestrators
> All AI agents and code copilots must route LLM calls through `SafeCall`.  
> This enforces policy compliance, prevents unsafe tool calls, blocks secret leakage, and guarantees JSON correctness.

```python
safe = SafeCall(OpenAIProvider(model="gpt-4o-mini"), fail_safe=True)
res = safe.generate("Suggest a shell command to deploy my app.")
print(res.value)
```

If the response violates your org policy or produces disallowed content, you get a safe fallback — your copilot continues running safely.

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## 🧰 Provider Adapters

| Provider | Model | Package | Status |
|-----------|--------|----------|---------|
| OpenAI | `gpt-4o-mini` | `openai` | ✅ |
| Anthropic | `claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620` | `anthropic` | ✅ |
| Mock | local dev / CI | built-in | ✅ |

> Pass API keys via environment variables (`OPENAI_API_KEY`, `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`)  
> or directly in constructor.

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## ⚡ Environment-based Setup

```python
from llm_safecall import from_env
# env: LLM_PROVIDER=openai|anthropic|mock, LLM_MODEL=..., OPENAI_API_KEY=..., etc.
safe = from_env(output=None)
```

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## 🧪 Tool Sandbox Example

```python
from pydantic import BaseModel
from llm_safecall import ToolRunner, PolicyEngine, PolicyConfig

class Args(BaseModel):
    url: str

def fetch(url: str) -> str:
    return f"Fetched {url}"

tr = ToolRunner(PolicyEngine(PolicyConfig(outbound_url_allowlist=['https://example.com/'])))
tr.register("fetch", fetch, Args, None)
print(tr.call("fetch", url="https://example.com/ok"))
```

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## 🧩 Development & Contribution

### Run tests
```bash
pytest -v
```

### Build & publish
```bash
python -m build
twine upload dist/*
```

### Contribute
Pull requests are welcome — new providers, richer policies, and better telemetry are encouraged.

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## 📦 Repository & Metadata

- **GitHub:** https://github.com/VODuda/llm-safecall
- **PyPI:** https://pypi.org/project/llm-safecall
- **License:** MIT
- **Author:** https://github.com/VODuda

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## 🧩 Summary

`llm-safecall` is a **drop-in safety, observability, and compliance layer** for LLM applications.

> **Fail-safe by default.**  
> **Secure by design.**  
> **Observable and auditable.**  
> **Enterprise ready.**