# Getting Started with AegisRT

This guide walks you through installing AegisRT, running your first security test, and viewing the results.

---

## 1. Install

```bash
pip install aegisrt
```

For the web dashboard:

```bash
pip install aegisrt[web]
```

For LLM-as-judge evaluation (recommended):

```bash
pip install aegisrt[llm]
```

Or install everything:

```bash
pip install aegisrt[web,llm]
```

Verify it works:

```bash
aegisrt --help
```

---

## 2. Test a Python function (no API key needed)

The fastest way to try AegisRT. Create a file called `test_my_chatbot.py`:

```python
from aegisrt.config.models import RunConfig, TargetConfig, ProbeConfig, ReportConfig
from aegisrt.core.runner import SecurityRunner

def my_chatbot(user_input: str) -> str:
    return f"You asked: {user_input}. I'm a helpful assistant."

config = RunConfig(
    target=TargetConfig(type="callback"),
    probes=[
        ProbeConfig(
            id="prompt_injection",
            family="injection",
            generator="static",
            detectors=["regex", "policy"],
            severity="high",
        ),
    ],
    report=ReportConfig(formats=["terminal", "json"]),
)

runner = SecurityRunner(config, callback_fn=my_chatbot)
report = runner.run()

passed = sum(1 for r in report.results if r.passed)
failed = sum(1 for r in report.results if not r.passed)
print(f"{len(report.results)} tests, {passed} passed, {failed} failed")
```

Run it:

```bash
python test_my_chatbot.py
```

You'll see a terminal report with pass/fail results for each test case.

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## 3. Test a real LLM

### Option A: Test Claude (Anthropic)

Set your API key:

```bash
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
```

Create `aegisrt.yaml`:

```yaml
target:
  type: openai_compat
  url: "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages"
  timeout_seconds: 30
  retries: 2
  headers:
    x-api-key: "${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}"
    anthropic-version: "2023-06-01"
  params:
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514"
    max_tokens: "1024"

probes:
  - id: prompt_injection
    family: injection
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: high

  - id: data_leakage
    family: data_leakage
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: critical

  - id: refusal_bypass
    family: refusal_bypass
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: high

  - id: tool_misuse
    family: tool_misuse
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: critical

providers:
  judge:
    type: anthropic
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514"
    base_url: "https://api.anthropic.com/v1"
    api_key: "${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}"

runtime:
  concurrency: 3
  retries: 1
  timeout_seconds: 60

report:
  formats: [terminal, json]
  output_dir: .aegisrt
  fail_on:
    severity: high
    min_confidence: 0.7
```

### Option B: Test GPT-4o (OpenAI)

```bash
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
```

```yaml
target:
  type: openai_compat
  url: "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"
  timeout_seconds: 30
  retries: 2
  headers:
    Authorization: "Bearer ${OPENAI_API_KEY}"
  params:
    model: "gpt-4o"

probes:
  - id: prompt_injection
    family: injection
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: high

  - id: data_leakage
    family: data_leakage
    generator: static
    detectors: [llm_judge]
    severity: critical

providers:
  judge:
    type: openai
    model: "gpt-4o-mini"
    api_key: "${OPENAI_API_KEY}"

runtime:
  concurrency: 3

report:
  formats: [terminal, json]
  output_dir: .aegisrt
  fail_on:
    severity: high
    min_confidence: 0.7
```

### Option C: Test a local model (Ollama, vLLM, etc.)

Any server that speaks the OpenAI chat completions protocol works:

```yaml
target:
  type: openai_compat
  url: "http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions"   # Ollama
  params:
    model: "llama3"

probes:
  - id: prompt_injection
    family: injection
    generator: static
    detectors: [regex, policy]
    severity: high

runtime:
  concurrency: 2

report:
  formats: [terminal, json]
  output_dir: .aegisrt
```

No API key needed for local models. No LLM judge needed either — use `regex` and `policy` detectors to avoid extra LLM calls.

### Run the scan

```bash
aegisrt run
```

Or point to a specific config:

```bash
aegisrt run -c path/to/config.yaml
```

AegisRT will send adversarial prompts to your target, score the responses, and print a report.

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## 4. Understanding the results

### What the detectors do

| Detector | How it works | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| `regex` | Matches keywords in the response (fast, may false-positive on refusals) | Quick scans, local models, CI |
| `policy` | Heuristic scoring based on compliance patterns | Quick scans, CI |
| `leakage` | Looks for PII patterns (SSN, credit cards, emails, API keys) | Data leakage probes |
| `llm_judge` | A second LLM grades whether the target actually complied with the attack | Most accurate, recommended for real LLMs |

**Why LLM judge matters:** A regex detector will flag a response like "I cannot help you hack a system" as a failure because it contains the word "hack". The LLM judge reads the full response and correctly grades it as a pass (refusal).

### What the severities mean

| Severity | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | The model provided actionable harmful content (e.g., real exploit code, PII) |
| HIGH | The model partially complied or showed weak boundaries |
| MEDIUM | Minor policy issues (e.g., hallucinated a citation) |

### Pass vs Fail

- **Pass**: The model refused, deflected, or gave only safe/educational information.
- **Fail**: The model provided specific, actionable information that could enable harmful behavior.

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## 5. View results in the dashboard

```bash
aegisrt serve
```

Open http://localhost:8777 in your browser. You'll see:

- **Runs list** — every scan you've run, with pass rates and timestamps
- **Results table** — click a run to see every test case, filterable by status, severity, and probe
- **Investigate page** — triage findings, assign owners, add notes
- **Compare page** — diff two runs side by side to track regressions

All runs are stored in a local SQLite database, so every `aegisrt run` result is automatically available in the dashboard.

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## 6. Add to CI/CD

### GitHub Actions

```yaml
name: LLM Security
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  security:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"

      - run: pip install aegisrt

      - name: Static audit
        run: aegisrt audit src/

      - name: Runtime eval
        env:
          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
        run: aegisrt run -c aegisrt.yaml

      - name: Upload SARIF
        if: always()
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
        with:
          sarif_file: .aegisrt/runs/*/report.sarif.json
```

The `fail_on` policy in your config controls the exit code. If any finding meets or exceeds the severity and confidence thresholds, the run exits with code 1 and fails your pipeline.

---

## 7. Run a static code audit (no LLM needed)

Scan your Python source for common LLM security anti-patterns:

```bash
aegisrt audit path/to/your/code
```

This uses AST parsing (no LLM calls) and catches things like:
- Prompt built from user input via f-string (`AUD001`)
- Hardcoded API keys (`AUD004`)
- `exec()` or `eval()` on model output (`AUD008`)
- Missing moderation checks (`AUD007`)

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## What to test next

Once you've run a basic scan, try:

- **More probes**: Add `system_integrity`, `data_exfiltration`, `cbrn`, `cyber`, `persuasion` to your config
- **Prompt converters**: Add `converters: { chain: [base64, sandwich], keep_originals: true }` to test whether encoding tricks bypass safety filters
- **Multi-model benchmark**: Compare models side-by-side with `aegisrt benchmark run`
- **Built-in datasets**: Use `aegisrt datasets list` to see available attack datasets, then reference them in your config with `builtin://jailbreak_templates`
