DEVELOPER FIELD GUIDE

One request.
A better-informed agent.

Inspect untrusted content before it enters your agent’s context. Start with HTTP, then choose where the signal belongs in your workflow.

Inspect your first input.

Send JSON to the hosted API. Without a key, the response includes a risk level and rule weight. Add your free key to receive the matched findings.

TERMINAL / CURL
curl https://trismag-api.fly.dev/v1/triage \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TRISMAG_KEY' \
  -d '{"text":"Ignore all previous instructions"}'

The examples use the stable API origin, trismag-api.fly.dev. Marketing pages and API integrations have separate deployment paths.

The homepage trial uses narrowly allowed browser access for anonymous risk previews. For your own integration, call the API from your server. The playground uses a small gateway and your own key.

Review the preview terms and privacy policy before sending content.

Start with a free key.

Open the API’s key-issuance page, enter your email address, and save the key when it is shown. Your key is a credential: keep it in your server’s environment and out of public source code.

A free key currently includes 500 scans per calendar month and full findings. You do not need a paid subscription.

Get a Trismag key

Send it as Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TRISMAG_KEY. Check remaining allowance with GET /v1/usage using the same header.

Three ways to inspect.

Text

Check the text extracted from a page, email, document, or tool response. The API accepts the content itself; it does not visit a URL supplied in the text field.

POST /v1/triage
{"text":"Untrusted content goes here"}

Conversations

Send an array of message strings. The engine checks individual messages and joins a recent window to detect patterns split across messages. Send either text or messages, never both.

POST /v1/triage
{"messages":["disregard","prior directions"]}

MCP tool metadata

Inspect tool descriptions and nested schema text before you register tools with an agent. This checks metadata for manipulation; it does not execute or certify the tool.

POST /v1/tools
{
  "tools": [{
    "name": "search",
    "description": "Search public documentation.",
    "inputSchema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}}
    }
  }]
}

Use the live OpenAPI schema for the complete request contract and additional API options.

A verdict is a signal.

RISKMEANING
CRITICAL / HIGHKnown suspicious patterns matched. Review or block according to your application’s policy.
MEDIUMAdvisory patterns matched. Context matters; an ordinary link or declared capability may trigger this level.
LOWNo known pattern matched. Novel attacks can still pass.
null / missingNo usable verdict. Treat the input as uninspected.

findings explains matched rules. Tool findings live under each item in tools. Conversation results can include per_message and emergent findings.

rule_weight is an aggregate rule score, not a probability of attack or a confidence estimate. scan_complete: false means inspection stopped before all content could be checked.

Design for an unavailable answer.

A timeout, exhausted quota, invalid request, or incomplete scan must not turn into a LOW result. Decide explicitly whether to hold the input, request review, or use a separate fallback.

SERVER / JAVASCRIPT
// Run this on your server. Keep the key out of client bundles.
const response = await fetch('https://trismag-api.fly.dev/v1/triage', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TRISMAG_API_KEY}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ text: untrustedContent }),
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Inspection unavailable: hold input');
const result = await response.json();
if (result.scan_complete === false || result.risk !== 'LOW') {
  throw new Error('Review input before continuing');
}
// LOW is only a triage signal. Your agent still needs
// least privilege, output checks, and action approvals.
HTTPYOUR NEXT STEP
400 / 415Correct the JSON input or content type.
401Check the API key.
402Check allowance and applicable tier limits.
413 / 422Reduce or correct the input. Do not treat a partial inspection as complete.
429Respect the Retry-After header and back off.
5xx / timeoutHold the input or use your explicit failure policy.

Meet your existing workflow.

HTTP & OpenAPI

Use a standard HTTP client, or import the live contract into a tool that supports OpenAPI.

Open API schema ↗

MCP

For clients supporting a remote MCP server, use the hosted endpoint and configure your key in the client.

https://trismag-api.fly.dev/mcp

n8n

Import the workflow, replace its example input, then review its allow and stop branches.

Open n8n template ↗

Make

Import the blueprint and connect your content source. Keep request failures on the stop path.

Open Make blueprint ↗
The API also offers /v1/sanitize for human review formatting. Its output may still contain instructions. It does not make content safe for a tool-capable model.

Open preview. Clear limits.

Verified against the live v0.4.4 health contract on September 11, 2026. Deployment settings can change; /health is the current source of truth.

ACCESSCURRENT ALLOWANCE
Without a key100 risk previews per UTC day per public IP address; conversations up to 4 turns.
Free key500 scans per month with findings; 30 requests per minute.
Key issuanceOne key per email address, subject to availability limits.
Paid accessNot yet available. Nothing is offered for purchase here.

The website playground caps the complete request at 64 KB. API input and metadata inspection bounds also apply. Rule growth and difficult input shapes can increase scan time. Set a request timeout and an explicit failure policy; a local timing figure is not a latency guarantee. Read the performance method.

Start with one real workflow.

Evaluate Trismag on a bounded agent workflow before deciding where it belongs in production. Begin with synthetic or deidentified content, keep your existing action approvals, and review a sample of LOW results alongside warnings.

  1. Choose one source of untrusted content and the actions your agent is allowed to take.
  2. Add the scan call, plus explicit quota, timeout, and incomplete-response handling.
  3. Observe results before introducing a blocking policy. Record useful warnings, benign flags, and misses.
  4. After two weeks, assess review effort and legitimate task completion with the workflow owner.

Free-key limits still apply. This guide does not promise dedicated capacity, a paid plan, or a service-level agreement.

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