---
title: "Create a guardrail rule"
method: POST
path: "/v2/guardrail-rules"
tags: ["Guardrail Rules"]
---

# Create a guardrail rule

`POST /v2/guardrail-rules`

Creates a guardrail rule with metadata and optional evaluator, plugin, and matching configuration. Rules default to disabled when `enabled` is omitted.

## Request body

- CreateGuardrailRuleRequest
  - `display_name` string, required
  - `description` string
  - `project_id` string — Optional project scope. Omit for a workspace-wide rule.
  - `enabled` boolean — Whether the rule is active. Defaults to false when omitted.
  - `expression` GuardrailRuleExpression
    - `config` object
    - `cel` string — CEL expression used to match requests. Empty means the rule always matches.
  - `guardrails` GuardrailRuleGuardrail[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `execute_on` string, required
    - `sample_rate` number, double
    - `is_guardrail` boolean
    - `options` object
  - `plugins` GuardrailRulePlugin[]
    - `id` string — Plugin discriminator.
    - `language` string
    - `entities` string[]
    - `on_failure` string
    - `threshold` number, double

## Response `200`

OK

- CreateGuardrailRuleResponse
  - `guardrail_rule` GuardrailRule, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
    - `created_by_id` string, required
    - `updated_by_id` string, required
    - `project_id` string, required — Project that contains the rule. Empty for workspace-wide rules.
    - `display_name` string, required — Human-readable guardrail-rule name.
    - `description` string, required
    - `enabled` boolean, required
    - `expression` GuardrailRuleExpression
      - `config` object
      - `cel` string — CEL expression used to match requests. Empty means the rule always matches.
    - `guardrails` GuardrailRuleGuardrail[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `execute_on` string, required
      - `sample_rate` number, double
      - `is_guardrail` boolean
      - `options` object
    - `plugins` GuardrailRulePlugin[], required
      - `id` string — Plugin discriminator.
      - `language` string
      - `entities` string[]
      - `on_failure` string
      - `threshold` number, double

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