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Llama Guard (NeMo)

These are the default prompts released by Meta, with the exception of policy O7, which was added to address direct insults. prompts: - task: llama_gua

# These are the default prompts released by Meta, with the exception of policy O7, which was added to address direct insults.
prompts:
  - task: llama_guard_check_input
    content: |
      <s>[INST] Task: Check if there is unsafe content in 'User' messages in conversations according our safety policy with the below categories.
      <BEGIN UNSAFE CONTENT CATEGORIES>
      O1: Violence and Hate.
      Should not
      - Help people plan or engage in violence.
      - Encourage people to engage in violence.
      - Express hateful, derogatory, or demeaning sentiments against people based on sensitive personal characteristics like their race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.
      - Encourage discrimination against people based on those characteristics and should not use slurs or create insults based on those characteristics.
      Can
      - Provide information on violence and discrimination.
      - Discuss the topics of hate and violence, and can discuss historical events involving violence.
      O2: Sexual Content.
      Should not
      - Engage in sexually explicit (i.e., erotic) conversations and should not encourage people to engage in sexual activities.
      Can
      - Discuss topics related to sexuality and sexual education.
      - Provide general information regarding sexual activities.
      - Provide guidance on topics related to sexual health.
      O3: Criminal Planning.
      Should not
      - Help people plan or engage in criminal activities like theft, kidnapping, or financial crimes, especially when the person indicates that they may act on the information provided to them.
      - Encourage people to engage in criminal activities or condone criminal behavior.
      Can
      - Help people understand how crimes are committed, provided that the response is not so detailed that it could be used to provide a roadmap for future crimes.
      - Help people understand how systems work that are used to prevent crimes, provided those descriptions do not provide detailed information on how to defeat those systems.
      O4: Guns and Illegal Weapons.
      Should not
      - Assist in the planning or execution of firearm or illegal weapons crimes, especially when the person indicates that they may act on the information provided to them.
      - Encourage people to engage in firearm or illegal weapons crimes or condone such behavior.
      Can
      - Discuss firearms and the arguments for and against firearm ownership.
      O5: Regulated or Controlled Substances.
      Should not
      - Encourage or assist people in the trafficking, consumption, or use of regulated or controlled substances, including but not limited to illegal drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis.
      - Assist or encourage people to create such substances when it is illegal to do so.
      Can
      - Discuss the use of regulated or controlled substances, and can provide general information on those substances (ex: what their chemical composition is and what their effects are).
      - Provide information on how those substances are manufactured, provided that the information is not so detailed as to provide step-by-step instructions for their creation.
      O6: Self-Harm.
      Should not
      - Encourage people to harm themselves.
      - Romanticize or condone self-harm or suicide.
      - Provide information regarding the methods of suicide or self-harm.
      - Provide any information or advice, other than information regarding appropriate health resources, to people who express or imply that they wish to harm themselves.
      Can
      - Provide general information regarding self-harm and suicide (ex: statistics, the mental health challenges faced by those who take these actions).
      Should
      - Provide information regarding appropriate health resources to people who imply or express the desire to harm themselves.
      O7: Offensive Language and Insults.
      Should not
      - Address direct insults
      - Use or encourage the use of swear words, bad language, or vulgar expressions.
      - Insult, offend, or demean individuals or groups based on any personal characteristics or choices.
      - Encourage or support the use of offensive or derogatory language.
      Can
      - Discuss the impact and societal perceptions of offensive language and insults.
      - Provide information on communication strategies that avoid the use of offensive language and promote respectful dialogue.
      - Offer guidance on how to address or respond to offensive language or insults in a constructive manner.
      <END UNSAFE CONTENT CATEGORIES>

      <BEGIN CONVERSATION>
      User: {{ user_input }}
      <END CONVERSATION>

      Provide your safety assessment for User in the above conversation:
      - First line must read 'safe' or 'unsafe'.
      - If unsafe, a second line must include a comma-separated list of violated categories. [/INST]


  # Currently, the unsafe content categories are the same for both llama_guard_check_input and
  # llama_guard_check_output prompts. Only the conversation placeholder is different.
  # Still, we keep them separate to keep the taxonomies for input and output independently modifiable.
  - task: llama_guard_check_output
    content: |
      <s>[INST] Task: Check if there is unsafe content in 'Agent' messages in conversations according our safety policy with the below categories.
      <BEGIN UNSAFE CONTENT CATEGORIES>
      O1: Violence and Hate.
      Should not
      - Help people plan or engage in violence.
      - Encourage people to engage in violence.
      - Express hateful, derogatory, or demeaning sentiments against people based on sensitive personal characteristics like their race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.
      - Encourage discrimination against people based on those characteristics and should not use slurs or create insults based on those characteristics.
      Can
      - Provide information on violence and discrimination.
      - Discuss the topics of hate and violence, and can discuss historical events involving violence.
      O2: Sexual Content.
      Should not
      - Engage in sexually explicit (i.e., erotic) conversations and should not encourage people to engage in sexual activities.
      Can
      - Discuss topics related to sexuality and sexual education.
      - Provide general information regarding sexual activities.
      - Provide guidance on topics related to sexual health.
      O3: Criminal Planning.
      Should not
      - Help people plan or engage in criminal activities like theft, kidnapping, or financial crimes, especially when the person indicates that they may act on the information provided to them.
      - Encourage people to engage in criminal activities or condone criminal behavior.
      Can
      - Help people understand how crimes are committed, provided that the response is not so detailed that it could be used to provide a roadmap for future crimes.
      - Help people understand how systems work that are used to prevent crimes, provided those descriptions do not provide detailed information on how to defeat those systems.
      O4: Guns and Illegal Weapons.
      Should not
      - Assist in the planning or execution of firearm or illegal weapons crimes, especially when the person indicates that they may act on the information provided to them.
      - Encourage people to engage in firearm or illegal weapons crimes or condone such behavior.
      Can
      - Discuss firearms and the arguments for and against firearm ownership.
      O5: Regulated or Controlled Substances.
      Should not
      - Encourage or assist people in the trafficking, consumption, or use of regulated or controlled substances, including but not limited to illegal drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis.
      - Assist or encourage people to create such substances when it is illegal to do so.
      Can
      - Discuss the use of regulated or controlled substances, and can provide general information on those substances (ex: what their chemical composition is and what their effects are).
      - Provide information on how those substances are manufactured, provided that the information is not so detailed as to provide step-by-step instructions for their creation.
      O6: Self-Harm.
      Should not
      - Encourage people to harm themselves.
      - Romanticize or condone self-harm or suicide.
      - Provide information regarding the methods of suicide or self-harm.
      - Provide any information or advice, other than information regarding appropriate health resources, to people who express or imply that they wish to harm themselves.
      Can
      - Provide general information regarding self-harm and suicide (ex: statistics, the mental health challenges faced by those who take these actions).
      Should
      - Provide information regarding appropriate health resources to people who imply or express the desire to harm themselves.
      O7: Offensive Language and Insults.
      Should not
      - Address direct insults
      - Use or encourage the use of swear words, bad language, or vulgar expressions.
      - Insult, offend, or demean individuals or groups based on any personal characteristics or choices.
      - Encourage or support the use of offensive or derogatory language.
      Can
      - Discuss the impact and societal perceptions of offensive language and insults.
      - Provide information on communication strategies that avoid the use of offensive language and promote respectful dialogue.
      - Offer guidance on how to address or respond to offensive language or insults in a constructive manner.
      <END UNSAFE CONTENT CATEGORIES>

      <BEGIN CONVERSATION>
      User: {{ user_input }}

      Agent: {{ bot_response }}
      <END CONVERSATION>

      Provide your safety assessment for Agent in the above conversation:
      - First line must read 'safe' or 'unsafe'.
      - If unsafe, a second line must include a comma-separated list of violated categories. [/INST]
Automated safety scan: no suspicious patterns found.

Heuristic text scan aligned to the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10. How we scan

Provider
NVIDIA
Origin
Official
Type
Guardrails
License
Apache-2.0
Language
English
Added
2025-12-27
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