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Summary: Unified Python SDK for routing chat, RAG, agentic tool-gating, identity, and MCP traffic through DeepintShield - drop-in across the top agentic frameworks.
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 -->
<!-- Copyright 2026 DeepIntShield contributors -->

# deepintshield

Unified Python SDK for DeepIntShield - one import, any provider, any agent framework.

`deepintshield` lets you keep writing idiomatic OpenAI / Anthropic / Bedrock /
Google GenAI code **and** native agent-framework code (LangGraph, CrewAI,
OpenAI Agents SDK, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, PydanticAI, Temporal, AWS Strands,
Google ADK, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw) while automatically routing traffic through
the DeepIntShield gateway for guardrails, RAG filtering, agentic tool control,
and agent identity.

You pass a virtual key and base URL, plus a stable `agent_name` when the agent
differs from the SDK default (`deepintshield-agent`). The Agentic registry owns
the canonical subject, optional identity-provider selection, policy attributes,
and many-to-many Virtual Key associations; the selected provider configuration
supplies tenant and scope details. The SDK discovers that profile automatically,
so no identity GUIDs appear in your code.

Protection comes in two layers:

- **Transparent** - point any framework's *native* client at the gateway
  (`base_url` + a one-line header injector). Chat, embeddings, input/output and
  RAG-prompt guardrails, observability and identity all run server-side with
  **zero changes** to your agent code. Works for Python frameworks *and* any
  OpenAI-compatible platform (n8n, Flowise, Dify, raw HTTP).
- **Enforcement** - supported Python agent frameworks are guarded automatically
  at their ordinary compile/run boundary; explicit native hooks cover durable
  runtimes. This adds local **tool gating** (DENY / MASK / human approval) and
  **chunk-level RAG filtering** - the parts that physically can't be done at the
  wire because the tool runs in your process.

Traffic defaults to **`https://app.deepintshield.com`**. Override the gateway
with `base_url=` (or `DEEPINTSHIELD_BASE_URL`). Set `DEEPINTSHIELD_VIRTUAL_KEY`
and you're done.

---

## Install

```bash
pip install deepintshield                       # core (chat, RAG, agentic)
pip install 'deepintshield[openai]'             # + OpenAI SDK
pip install 'deepintshield[anthropic]'
pip install 'deepintshield[anthropic-mcp]'       # Anthropic's maintained MCP helpers
pip install 'deepintshield[bedrock]'
pip install 'deepintshield[genai]'
pip install 'deepintshield[langchain]'
pip install 'deepintshield[langchain-mcp]'       # maintained LangChain MCP adapter
pip install 'deepintshield[langgraph]'
pip install 'deepintshield[crewai]'              # CrewAI bind + tool gating
pip install 'deepintshield[openai-agents]'       # OpenAI Agents SDK
pip install 'deepintshield[llamaindex]'
pip install 'deepintshield[autogen]'             # AutoGen / AG2
pip install 'deepintshield[litellm]'
pip install 'deepintshield[pydanticai]'
pip install 'deepintshield[temporal]'            # Temporal durable-agent runtime
pip install 'deepintshield[strands]'             # AWS Strands integration
pip install 'deepintshield[google-adk]'          # Google ADK integration
pip install 'deepintshield[azure]'               # azure-identity for Entra agent identity
pip install 'deepintshield[mcp]'                # official MCP Python client
pip install 'deepintshield[all]'                # everything
```

## Configure

```bash
export DEEPINTSHIELD_VIRTUAL_KEY="<virtual-key>"
# Optional - point at a self-hosted or staging gateway.
export DEEPINTSHIELD_BASE_URL="https://gateway.example.com"
# Stable Agentic registry key and acting principal.
export DEEPINTSHIELD_AGENT_NAME="my-agent"
export DEEPINTSHIELD_REQUESTER="user@example.com"
```

Or pass explicitly:

```python
from deepintshield import DeepintShield

shield = DeepintShield(virtual_key="<virtual-key>")

# Self-hosted / staging override (default: https://app.deepintshield.com)
shield = DeepintShield(
    virtual_key="<virtual-key>",
    base_url="https://gateway.example.com",
)
```

---

## Chat

### Gateway provider breadth

The SDK's native client facades remain OpenAI, Anthropic, classic Bedrock, and
Google GenAI. They do not grow one method per gateway provider. OpenAI-compatible
clients can instead select any of the gateway's **29 built-in provider
identities** with a provider-qualified model. DeepSeek, Amazon Bedrock Mantle,
Sarvam AI, and Wafer are now available through that routing surface; operation
support differs by provider and model.

Configuration and capability matrices live in the canonical gateway guides:
[DeepSeek](../deepintshield_server/docs/providers/supported-providers/deepseek.mdx),
[Amazon Bedrock Mantle](../deepintshield_server/docs/providers/supported-providers/bedrock-mantle.mdx),
[Sarvam AI](../deepintshield_server/docs/providers/supported-providers/sarvam.mdx),
and [Wafer](../deepintshield_server/docs/providers/supported-providers/wafer.mdx).

### Core client (including streaming)

```python
from deepintshield import DeepintShield

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()
response = shield.chat(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
)

# Streaming is lazy and yields each decoded SSE data object. The terminal
# [DONE] event is consumed by the SDK and is not yielded.
with shield.chat(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
    stream=True,
) as stream:
    for chunk in stream:
        print(chunk)
```

Consume the stream fully, use it as a context manager, or call
`stream.close()` when stopping early so the HTTP response is released.

### Stable error codes

All SDK-owned failures use the centralized immutable catalog exported from the
package root:

```python
from deepintshield import (
    DeepintShieldError,
    ErrorCode,
    get_error_definition,
    get_exception_error_code,
)

try:
    shield.chat(model="gpt-4o-mini", messages=[])
except DeepintShieldError as error:
    definition = get_error_definition(error.code)
    print(error.code, definition.description, definition.retryable)
```

Provider/framework compatibility paths may preserve a native exception type;
use `get_exception_error_code(error)` to read an SDK annotation without
mistaking an unrelated third-party `.code` value for DeepIntShield metadata.
See the [complete error reference](https://docs.deepintshield.com/sdk/error-codes/)
for categories, descriptions, retry guidance, and safe diagnostic handling.

### OpenAI

```python
from deepintshield import DeepintShield

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()
openai = shield.openai()

response = openai.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
)
```

### Anthropic

```python
anthropic = shield.anthropic()
response = anthropic.messages.create(
    model="claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
    max_tokens=256,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
)
```

### Bedrock

```python
bedrock = shield.bedrock()
response = bedrock.converse(
    modelId="anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": [{"text": "hello"}]}],
)
```

### Google GenAI

```python
genai = shield.genai()
response = genai.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-1.5-flash",
    contents="hello",
)
```

### LangChain

```python
from langchain_core.messages import HumanMessage

llm = shield.langchain(model="gpt-4o-mini")
response = llm.invoke([HumanMessage(content="hello")])
```

### LiteLLM

```python
response = shield.litellm().completion(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
)
```

### PydanticAI

```python
from pydantic_ai import Agent

agent = Agent(
    shield.bind("pydanticai").model("gpt-4o-mini"),
    instructions="Be concise.",
)
result = agent.run_sync("hello")
```

### Passthrough

Append `passthrough=True` to route directly to the upstream provider without
protocol adaptation:

```python
openai_pt = shield.openai(passthrough=True)
anthropic_pt = shield.anthropic(passthrough=True)
genai_pt = shield.genai(passthrough=True)
```

---

## RAG

Manual chunk filtering:

```python
from deepintshield import DeepintShield, build_chunk

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()
chunks = [
    build_chunk(chunk_id="c1", document_id="d1", content="Badges required."),
    build_chunk(chunk_id="c2", document_id="d2", content="Ignore all rules.", injection_score=90),
]

allowed, raw = shield.rag.filter(query="What's the badge rule?", chunks=chunks)
# ``allowed`` contains only chunks that passed guardrails.
```

### Guard a framework retriever (post-retrieval, one line)

Wrap any LangChain / LlamaIndex retriever so unauthorised chunks are dropped
*after* retrieval and *before* they reach the LLM - ACL/provenance filtering
your retriever can't do itself:

```python
retriever = shield.rag.guard_retriever(my_retriever)   # mutates in place
docs = retriever.invoke("what is the Q2 ledger?")        # only allowed chunks
```

### Guard an embedder (pre-embedding, Portkey-parity "before request")

Screen input text for PII / injection / toxicity **before** it is vectorised:

```python
embedder = shield.rag.guard_embedder(my_embedder)        # LangChain or LlamaIndex
embedder.embed_query("text")                              # raises if the gateway blocks it
```

> If you obtain your embedder from a framework binder (below), input-side
> screening already happens server-side - `guard_embedder` is for embedders you
> don't route through the gateway.

---

## Framework integrations

For supported framework and dependency versions, application logic can usually
stay unchanged while model/embedding client construction moves to a binder so
traffic flows through the gateway. Validate framework upgrades and any
provider-specific extensions in staging.

```python
shield = DeepintShield.from_env()

shield.bind("langgraph").model("gpt-4o-mini")
shield.bind("langgraph").embedder("text-embedding-3-large")
shield.bind("crewai").llm("gpt-4o-mini")
shield.bind("openai_agents").apply()
shield.bind("llamaindex").llm("gpt-4o-mini")
shield.bind("autogen").model_client("gpt-4o-mini")
shield.bind("pydanticai").model("gpt-4o-mini")
```

These binders only route native model or embedding traffic through the gateway.
They are not required for automatic Agentic tool enforcement.

Framework-agnostic primitives - wire any SDK, in any language-compatible
client, by hand:

```python
base_url, headers = shield.connection()          # → ("…/openai", gateway headers)
client = shield.http_client()                    # httpx.Client pre-wired to the gateway
headers = shield.create_headers(provider="anthropic")   # Portkey-style header injector
```

> **Universal:** anything that speaks OpenAI-compatible HTTP gets transparent
> protection with *zero code* - set the Base URL to `shield.endpoint("openai")`
> and the key to your VK. That covers n8n, Flowise, Dify and raw HTTP, not just
> Python.

### Gateway-only protocol operations

Stored Responses lifecycle/compaction, named cached-content management,
Realtime WebSocket/WebRTC, Mistral OCR, and the durable webhook outbox are HTTP
gateway surfaces. This Python package does not claim first-party convenience
wrappers for them; use a compatible native SDK or raw HTTP and follow the
canonical [protocol](../deepintshield_server/docs/features/protocol-operations.mdx)
and [webhook](../deepintshield_server/docs/enterprise/durable-webhooks.mdx)
guides. Delegated MCP execution is supported by the `shield.mcp` request-header
path described below; its OAuth lifecycle remains a server-owned control-plane
operation.

## Agentic tool enforcement

Constructing `DeepintShield.from_env()` arms supported frameworks at their native
compile, run, and tool boundaries. LangGraph, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, AutoGen,
PydanticAI, the OpenAI Agents SDK, LiteLLM, Temporal, AWS Strands, and Google ADK
remain third-party code; do not add a DeepIntShield framework wrapper.

```python
from langgraph.graph import StateGraph, START, END
from deepintshield import DeepintShield

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()

def crm_read(s):  ...
def admin_grant(s): ...

g = StateGraph(State)
g.add_node("read_step", crm_read)
g.add_node("admin_step", admin_grant)
...
app = g.compile()

app.invoke({...})
```

For a new `DEEPINTSHIELD_AGENT_NAME`, the first native execution captures the
agent and topology, then stops with `agent_registration_pending`. Open the
registration in **Agentic → Work Queue**, then use the single **Review** form
there or in **Assets → Agents** to confirm identity, classify the observed tools,
grant an exact tool/action boundary, and select **Approve & activate**. Run the
unchanged application again with the same agent name. If the
capture endpoint could not be reached or did not persist the registration, the
stable code remains `agent_not_registered` instead; check gateway connectivity
and **Assets → Discovery**.

Governance exceptions expose a stable code as their message, not UI copy. Common
codes include `require_approval`, `guardrail_denied`, and
`governance_configuration_error`. The interface owns explanations and
remediation under **Work Queue**, **Policy & Access → Action approvals**, and
**Activity → Decisions**;
ordinary applications do not catch these outcomes just to format them.
`require_approval` returns immediately while the server retains its durable
decision ID. Review and resume/retry semantics belong to the interface, not an
SDK polling loop.

`DEEPINTSHIELD_REQUESTER` supplies the acting user or service account. Framework
objects retain their concrete client binding when multiple clients exist. Use
`shield.bind("framework")` only when native model or embedding traffic must also
route through the gateway.

> **Security follows the implementation, not the label.** Each node/tool is
> governed by its **function name** (`crm_read`), not the node label
> (`read_step`), and the decision is bound to a fingerprint of the function's
> **source** - so editing the body requires fresh attestation and policies
> target `crm_read`. Source-bearing reports require complete bounded coverage;
> missing or truncated executable source stops as
> `blueprint_coverage_incomplete`. A remote MCP tool is exempt only after the
> server matches it to a configured connection in the authenticated workspace.
> The required `static-v2` scan is deterministic; optional `model-v2` evidence
> may add findings but cannot erase static findings or approve code.
>
> **Trust boundary:** these client guards are cooperative defense-in-depth. A
> determined process can un-patch them or call a tool's raw function, so the
> gateway (MCP / LLM in the call path) remains the authoritative boundary.

New or changed code performs one bounded synchronous scan acknowledgement;
unchanged approved code avoids repeated scanner/model calls. This is not a
literal zero-latency or perfect-detection claim. Configure optional model review
in **Agentic → Policy & Access → Runtime policy → Blueprint protection** by
searching the workspace's protected Virtual Keys and selecting an allowed
model. The paged picker never loads the key secret and fails closed when the
key or workspace scope cannot be verified.

Legacy `govern()` and `guard()` instrumentation helpers remain idempotent for
existing applications. New integrations should use the framework's native
`compile()`, `invoke()`, `run()`, or `kickoff()` boundary.

### Durable and plugin runtimes (Temporal, Strands, Google ADK, Hermes, OpenClaw)

Temporal, Strands and Google ADK are armed automatically when the client is
created or the framework is imported later. Use each framework normally; older
explicit integration objects remain compatibility-only.

```python
# Temporal — the SDK injects its activity interceptor automatically:
worker = Worker(client, task_queue="q", activities=[...])

# AWS Strands — the final ToolExecutor boundary is automatic:
agent = Agent(model=..., tools=[...])

# Google ADK — normal, live and threaded tool dispatch are automatic:
runner = InMemoryRunner(agent=agent)

# Hermes Agent — the host plugin only has to construct the client. Import
# watching then arms model_tools.handle_function_call for every tool.
shield = DeepintShield.from_env()
```

Hermes still needs a small host plugin because it runs its own plugin loader.

**OpenClaw** (Node/TS runtime) integrates in two layers: the LLM leg is
zero-code config, generated from Python —

```python
cfg = shield.agentic.openclaw_config(models=[{"id": "gpt-4o-mini", ...}])
# merge cfg into openclaw.json; set agents.defaults.model.primary = "deepintshield/gpt-4o-mini"
```

— and in-process tool governance ships as a thin TypeScript plugin calling the
same REST `/decide` API (see [`examples/openclaw/`](examples/openclaw/README.md)).

| Framework | Required application change | Governed boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Temporal | none after client construction | injected `ActivityInboundInterceptor.execute_activity` |
| AWS Strands | none after client construction | final `ToolExecutor` dispatch |
| Google ADK | none after client construction | final normal/live/threaded tool dispatch |
| Hermes Agent | load the DeepIntShield host plugin | central `model_tools.handle_function_call` dispatcher |
| OpenClaw | config + TS plugin | `models.providers` + `before_tool_call` |

### Explicit decorator / decision probe

These are advanced framework-independent APIs, not required by a supported
framework's normal execution path:

```python
@shield.agentic.tool("db.write")
def write_ledger(row: dict) -> dict:
    return db.execute("INSERT INTO ledger …", row)

decision = shield.agentic.decide(tool="db.write", args={"amount": 12})
```

### Optional risk signals (OWASP Agentic gap operands)

For threats only your app can observe, pass an ABAC signal on a `decide()` and
evaluate it in your configured OPA/Cedar context policy:

| Signal | Threat | Policy operand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `memory_integrity` | T1 Memory Poisoning | `memory_integrity eq true` |
| `hallucination_risk` | T5 Cascading Hallucination | `hallucination_risk gte 0.8` |
| `goal_drift` | T7 Misaligned & Deceptive | `goal_drift eq true` |
| `comm_integrity` | T12 Agent Comm Poisoning | `comm_integrity eq true` |
| `delegation_depth` | T14 Human Attacks on MAS | `delegation_depth gt 4` (server-computed) |

```python
from deepintshield import ContextBag, DelegationContext

shield.agentic.decide(DelegationContext(
    tool="ledger.post", virtual_key=shield.virtual_key,
    context=ContextBag(hallucination_risk=0.91, goal_drift=True),
))
```

### Agent identity (Registry-managed)

On first run, the interface captures an unknown agent in quarantine under
**Agentic → Work Queue** and **Assets → Agents**. Select
**Review** to confirm its owner, identity provider, locked reporting Virtual Key,
observed tools, named actions, and exact access boundary in one form. After
activation, administrators can use **Identity & credentials** for later governance
changes. The SDK normalizes `agent_name` into
`X-Agent-Subject: agent:<registry-key>` and auto-discovers the selected profile
(`GET /api/agentic-new/credential-info`). The selector is only a lookup hint:
the gateway verifies that the profile is enabled and associated with the
authenticated key. A caller may omit it only when that key has one active
associated agent.

After validation, the SDK selects the profile's credential (Entra Agent ID FIC /
ZeroID RFC 8693 / generic OIDC) and attaches a fresh `X-Agent-Token` on every
decision. On Azure compute the Managed Identity is detected automatically -
**no GUIDs, authority, or scopes in your code.**

```python
shield = DeepintShield.from_env()
info = shield.agentic.credential_info     # ops visibility into the selected profile
print(info.provider_type, info.tenant_id, info.agent_configured)
```

## Guardrail stages (input / output / tool)

Programmatic guardrail evaluation when you want the result in hand rather than
transparent enforcement:

```python
@shield.agent.tool(action_class="write")
def write_file(path: str, content: str) -> None: ...

shield.agent.check_input("user message")
shield.agent.evaluate_tool(name="read_file", args={"path": "/tmp"}, action_class="read")
shield.agent.check_output("model reply")
```

Supported framework workflows do not add guard nodes or wrappers. Compile and
run the native graph after constructing the client:

```python
from langgraph.graph import END, START, StateGraph

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()

graph = StateGraph(AgentState)
graph.add_node("agent", agent_node)
graph.add_node("tools", tools_node)
graph.add_edge(START, "agent")
graph.add_edge("agent", "tools")
graph.add_edge("tools", END)
app = graph.compile()
app.invoke(initial_state)
```

---

## Multimodal guardrails (transparent)

Image generation, image edits, audio (TTS / transcription), video, embedding and
rerank requests are guarded **at the gateway** - no SDK changes and no extra code.
Keep using the native provider SDKs through DeepIntShield; when the operator
enables `GUARDRAILS_MULTIMODAL`, the gateway evaluates the text these requests
already carry (image/TTS/video prompts, transcripts) and the binary artifacts
themselves, blocking or flagging per your policies.

```python
client = shield.openai()

# Guarded automatically - the image prompt is evaluated before generation.
img = client.images.generate(model="gpt-image-1", prompt="a serene mountain lake")

# A blocked prompt surfaces as the provider SDK's normal HTTP error.
client.audio.speech.create(model="tts-1", voice="alloy", input="<disallowed text>")
```

For an explicit verdict (rather than transparent enforcement), `evaluate_guardrail`
returns a `GuardrailResult`; `result.mode` reports whether the verdict was
enforcing (`sync`) or observe-only (`shadow`).

---

## MCP

DeepIntShield now keeps only the gateway-specific boundary: it supplies the
governed `/mcp` URL and headers, opens an official `mcp.ClientSession`, and
turns failed canonical tool results into stable SDK errors. The official MCP
package owns transport, protocol types, discovery, and calls; maintained
framework adapters own their tool conversion.

```bash
pip install 'deepintshield[mcp]'
```

The 2.x line temporarily uses `mcp>=1.29,<2` because
`langchain-mcp-adapters` 0.3.2 requires MCP Python SDK 1.x. An MCP 2.x upgrade
is planned after the supported framework ecosystem converges.

### Official MCP session

```python
import asyncio

from deepintshield import DeepintShield, DeepintShieldError
from mcp.types import TextContent

shield = DeepintShield.from_env()


async def main() -> None:
    try:
        # The yielded object is an initialized official mcp.ClientSession.
        async with shield.mcp.connect() as session:
            listing = await session.list_tools()
            print([tool.name for tool in listing.tools])

            result = await session.call_tool(
                "DeepWiki-ask_question",
                arguments={
                    "repoName": "facebook/react",
                    "question": "What is Suspense?",
                },
            )
            # connect() translates any failed tool result into a coded
            # DeepintShieldError before call_tool() returns.
            for part in result.content:
                if isinstance(part, TextContent):
                    print(part.text)
    except DeepintShieldError as exc:
        if exc.code == "mcp_tool_approval_required":
            print("The MCP action is waiting for approval.")
        elif exc.code == "mcp_tool_authorization_denied":
            print("The MCP action was denied by policy.")
        elif exc.code == "mcp_tool_authorization_unavailable":
            print("MCP authorization is temporarily unavailable.")
        else:
            print(f"DeepIntShield error [{exc.code}]: {exc.description}")


asyncio.run(main())
```

For a third-party MCP framework, use the connection primitive:

```python
url, headers = shield.mcp.connection(
    identity=True,
    extra_headers={"X-MCP-Subject-Token": caller_access_token},
)
```

Pass that URL and header mapping to its Streamable HTTP adapter. Keep the
headers private: they contain the Virtual Key and may contain request-scoped
identity credentials. OAuth 2.1 discovery, PKCE, registration, refresh,
revocation, resource binding, and workspace authorization remain server-owned.

`connect()` checks every tool result automatically. When an external adapter
creates its own session and exposes a raw official `CallToolResult`, invoke
`shield.mcp.raise_for_result(result)` in its result interceptor before the
adapter places that result in model context.

Canonical GAF outcomes use one exception type and one simple string field:
`DeepintShieldError.code` is `mcp_tool_authorization_denied`,
`mcp_tool_approval_required`, or `mcp_tool_authorization_unavailable`.

The old `call`/`list_tools`, custom `Tool`/`MCPResult`, and
OpenAI/Anthropic/LangChain conversion-loop helpers remain deprecated 2.x
compatibility shims. Their removal is planned for SDK 3.0; new code should use
the official session or a maintained third-party adapter.

---

## Cost Optimization

The SDK automatically participates in the gateway's two cost-reduction layers
(both controlled by workspace switches under **Cost Optimization**):

- **Provider prompt caching** - every chat client returned by `shield.openai()`,
  `shield.anthropic()`, etc. ships an `httpx` request hook that injects
  Anthropic `cache_control` markers and an OpenAI `prompt_cache_key` so the
  provider reuses KV state for the static prompt prefix. Eligible cached tokens
  use the provider's current cached-input rate; verify model-specific pricing
  and cache requirements with the provider.
- **Gemini context caching** - opt in with `shield.genai_cached()` (drop-in
  for `shield.genai()`). The wrapper manages the `cachedContents` resource
  lifecycle behind the scenes; the first call with a new static prefix runs
  normally and the next call within the TTL window reuses the cache.
- **Semantic caching** - runs on the gateway; short-circuits requests whose
  embeddings match a previous response within the configured similarity
  threshold. The SDK doesn't need any code change to benefit; results flow
  back through the normal API.

### Per-request cache overrides

Workspace settings are the default, but any individual call can override
them by passing one of the following headers. Useful when one job needs a
different TTL, a stricter threshold, or wants to bypass the cache entirely
(evals, audits, debugging).

| Header | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| `x-deepintshield-cache-ttl` | Override the semantic cache TTL for this request (e.g. `30s`, `5m`, `3600`). |
| `x-deepintshield-cache-threshold` | Override the similarity threshold for this request (`0.0`–`1.0`). |
| `x-deepintshield-cache-type` | Force `direct` (hash-only) or `semantic` (similarity search) for this request. |
| `x-deepintshield-cache-no-store` | Set to `true` to read from the cache but skip writing the new response. |
| `x-deepintshield-cache-key` | Provide an explicit cache key for direct hash matching. |

Set them via the native provider SDK's `extra_headers` (or equivalent):

```python
shield.openai().chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    extra_headers={
        "x-deepintshield-cache-ttl": "30s",
        "x-deepintshield-cache-threshold": "0.9",
    },
)
```

For Anthropic, use the `extra_headers` parameter on `messages.create(...)`;
for Google GenAI, set them on `HttpOptions(headers=...)` when constructing
the client.

---

## More examples

See [examples/](https://github.com/deepintai/deepintshield/tree/main/examples) for runnable per-provider chat, RAG, agent, and MCP
scripts.
