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Sentinel LLM AI Security

Sentinel LLM AI Security

Sentinel Labs

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Real-time LLM prompt security scanning. Screen prompts for injection, PII, jailbreak, toxicity, and hallucination threats directly in VS Code. 19-agent parallel security mesh with <72ms P99 latency.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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SENTINEL — LLM Trust & Safety for VS Code

SENTINEL Agents Latency

Real-time LLM prompt security scanning directly in VS Code.

Screen any text for prompt injection, PII leakage, jailbreak attacks, toxicity, hallucination, and 14+ other threat categories — powered by SENTINEL's 19-agent parallel security mesh.

Features

🔍 Screen Selected Text

Right-click any selected text and choose "SENTINEL: Screen Selected Text" to instantly scan it through all 19 security agents.

📊 Trust Score

Get a 0-100 trust score for any highlighted text. Scores below 70 indicate potential threats.

📄 Full File Scan

Scan all string literals in the current file for potential prompt injection or PII leakage.

🛡️ Sidebar Dashboard

  • Gateway Status — Live connection health, agent count, FAISS vector count
  • Scan Results — History of all scans with decision/score/latency
  • Agent Mesh — All 19 agents organized by version tier

🎨 Inline Decorations

After scanning, threat scores appear inline next to the scanned text:

  • 🔴 ⛔ BLOCK 85% — High-risk content blocked
  • 🟡 ⚠️ WARN 45% — Moderate risk, content sanitized
  • 🟢 ✅ SAFE 12% — Content is safe

⚡ Auto-Scan on Save

Enable in settings to automatically scan all string literals when you save a file.

19-Agent Security Mesh

Tier Agents Capabilities
v1 Core InjectionScout, PIISentinel, JailbreakGuard, ToxicityScreener, HallucinationProbe, ContextAnchor, ComplianceTagger FAISS ANN, SpaCy NER, Detoxify, NLI grounding
v2 Enterprise ResponseSafety, MultilingualGuard, LocaleComplianceRouter, ToolCallSafety, BrandGuard, TokenAnomaly Universal model support, SSRF detection
v3 Intelligence PromptLineage, IntentClassifier, AdversarialRephrasing 13-label intent, semantic mutation detection
v4 Advanced JailbreakPatternDetector, CostAnomalyDetector, AgenticLoopBreaker 65+ signatures, DAN attacks, loop detection

Configuration

Setting Default Description
sentinel.gatewayUrl http://localhost:8000 SENTINEL Gateway URL
sentinel.tenantId "" Your tenant ID
sentinel.apiKey "" API key (Pro tier)
sentinel.autoScan false Auto-scan on save
sentinel.showInlineScores true Show inline decorations
sentinel.blockThreshold 0.7 Block threshold (0-1)
sentinel.warnThreshold 0.35 Warning threshold (0-1)

Getting Started

  1. Install the extension
  2. Start your SENTINEL Gateway (uvicorn sentinel.gateway.main:app)
  3. Open Settings → search "SENTINEL" → set your Gateway URL
  4. Select any text → Right Click → Screen with SENTINEL

Requirements

  • A running SENTINEL Gateway (self-hosted or cloud)
  • pip install sentinel-guardrails-sdk[server] for self-hosted

Links

  • GitHub
  • Documentation
  • PyPI Package

License

MIT © SENTINEL Labs

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