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The specification, schemas, SDKs, integrations, and benchmark are Apache-2.0 and developed in the open, in one monorepo. Everything below happens on GitHub or Discord.

Where things happen

github.com

The monorepo

Spec, JSON Schemas, Python and JS SDKs, all integrations, and the benchmark harness in one repository.

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GitHub

Issues

Bugs, spec ambiguities, and feature requests. Small, well-scoped issues get picked up fastest.

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Discussions

Design questions, integration ideas, and anything that isn't yet a concrete issue.

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Chat

Ask questions and follow development in real time.

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CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

How to set up the monorepo, run the test suites, and get a change merged.

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GOVERNANCE.md

Governance

How decisions about the specification and the project are made, and by whom.

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Build on the contract

Add an integration

An integration is a plugin: a hook for one surface (agent, gateway, sandbox, or eBPF) built on an SDK — the SDK handles GuardEvent construction, auth, signing, and the wire; the plugin never hand-rolls HTTP. Start from the integrations directory and the closest existing example in the showcase.

Add a detector

A detector accepts a GuardEvent, returns a Verdict, and references categories from the published taxonomy — that's the whole interface. Validate against the JSON Schemas in your test suite, then run the neutral benchmark to see where you land. Detection quality is measured there, not claimed.

Self-certify conformance

Conformance is about speaking the wire, not detection quality, and is currently self-declared: state the version you target and the role you implement (detector, adapter, runtime, …), e.g. "OpenGuardrails v0 — detector + adapter conformant". The roles and their requirements are in CONFORMANCE.md.

Support the mission

Donations keep the protocol and benchmark open, neutral, and Apache-2.0 — never paywalled — and fund the research and integrations behind them.

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