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# Creating Your First Guardrail
> Build a production-ready guardrail profile step-by-step
This tutorial helps you build a reusable guardrail profile that protects both inputs and outputs for a production-facing deployment.
## What You Will Build
A guardrail profile that:
1. Uses Bud Sentinel probes for safety and PII categories.
2. Applies both input and output guard types.
3. Uses a tuned severity threshold.
4. Deploys to an existing project deployment.
```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart LR
A[Select Provider] --> B[Select Probes]
B --> C[Choose Deployment Type]
C --> D[Select Project and Deployment]
D --> E[Configure Profile Settings]
E --> F[Deploy and Validate]
```
## Prerequisites
* Access to Bud AI Foundry.
* A project with at least one active deployment.
* Permission to create and deploy guardrails.
## Step 1: Start the Workflow
1. Go to **Guardrails**.
2. Click **+ Add Guardrail**.
3. Confirm you can access the provider selection screen.
## Step 2: Choose Provider and Probes
1. Choose a provider (for example, **Bud Sentinel**).
2. Click **Next**.
3. Search probe catalog with tags (for example, Safety and PII).
4. Select the probes you need.
5. Review probe details to validate coverage.
## Step 3: Choose Deployment Type
1. Choose **Guardrail Endpoint** to deploy as a standalone guardrail endpoint.
2. Select **Add to Existing Deployment** so the profile protects an already-running endpoint.
## Step 4: Choose Project and Deployment
1. Pick your target project.
2. Select the deployment/endpoint you want to protect.
3. Continue to profile configuration.
## Step 5: Configure the Profile
Set:
* **Name**: `production-safety-guardrail`
* **Guard Types**: `input`, `output`
* **Severity**: start at medium and tune based on observed traffic
* **Description**: add policy intent and owner team
## Step 6: Deploy
1. Click **Deploy**.
2. Wait for the success state.
3. Open the guardrail detail page and validate:
* selected probes
* active deployment mapping
* status and timestamps
## Step 7: Validate with Test Prompts
Use known-safe and known-risk prompts to verify behavior and reduce false positives/negatives before broad rollout.
```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart LR
A[Test Prompt] --> B[Guardrail Evaluation]
B --> C{Violation?}
C -->|Yes| D[Block or Flag]
C -->|No| E[Allow]
```
## Best Practices