# POST /v1/capabilities/guardrails/dry-run - Evaluate guardrail checks against sample text.
Source:
POST
/v1/capabilities/guardrails/dry-run
Select code samplecURL (shell:curl)
```js
const url = 'https://app.everruns.com/api/v1/capabilities/guardrails/dry-run';
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: '{"config":{},"stage":"output","text":"the model said something darn surprising","tool_name":"bashkit_exec"}'
};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
```
```sh
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.everruns.com/api/v1/capabilities/guardrails/dry-run \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "config": {}, "stage": "output", "text": "the model said something darn surprising", "tool_name": "bashkit_exec" }'
```
* Production APIapp.everruns.com/api/v1/capabilities/guardrails/dry-run
## Request Bodyrequired
Media typeapplication/json
Request body for the `dry_run_guardrails` operation: evaluate a guardrails capability config against sample content without a session.
object
**config**
required
The `guardrails` capability config to evaluate (same shape persisted in `AgentCapabilityConfig.config`).
object
**stage**
required
Pipeline stage to evaluate.
string
Allowed values: output tool\_use tool\_output
##### Example
```plaintext
output
```
**text**
required
Sample content: model output, serialized tool arguments, or tool output, depending on `stage`.
string
##### Example
```plaintext
the model said something darn surprising
```
**tool\_name**
Tool name for `tool_use` stage checks (`tool_pattern` rules).
string | null
##### Example
```plaintext
bashkit_exec
```
## Responses
### 200
Triggered checks for the sample content
Media typeapplication/json
Response for the `dry_run_guardrails` operation.
object
**blocked**
required
Whether any hit would block (i.e. the content would be suppressed or the tool call refused when this config runs active).
boolean
**hits**
required
All triggered checks, in config order.
Array\