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Vantio Optics Node SDK — shield() for Sight Loop observe. Metadata only; no prompts. Upgrade path to Gate and Phantom Engine.
See what your AI agents are doing. Two lines of code.
npm install @vantio/agent-sdk
import { shield } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
await shield(async () => {
await runMyLLMAgent();
});
Wrap your agent in shield(). Vantio generates a trace ID, propagates it through every async hop in your agent's call tree, and streams metadata to your dashboard — without ever reading your prompts.
shield(callback, options?) — canonical interceptorimport { shield } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
const result = await shield(async () => {
return await runMyAgent();
});
// With options:
await shield(async () => { ... }, {
traceId: "custom-uuid", // optional — generated if omitted
});
withVantio() is an alias for shield() — use either.
reportAnomaly(event, opts?) — send metadata to your dashboardimport { shield, reportAnomaly } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
await shield(async () => {
await runMyAgent();
await reportAnomaly({
target_host: "api.openai.com",
bytes_severed: 14382,
// VantioActionTaken: "OBSERVED" | "ALLOWED" | "REDACTED" | "BLOCKED_HOST" | "BLOCKED_SIZE" | "BLOCKED_SPEND"
action_taken: "BLOCKED_HOST",
pid: process.pid,
});
});
Requires VANTIO_CLOUD_INGEST=true and VANTIO_API_KEY to be set. Non-fatal — telemetry failures never crash your agent.
Enforcement policy is served by the Vantio Pro control plane; the SDK applies it locally — Vantio is not a network proxy. The SDK ships two building blocks so you can fetch and enforce that policy yourself.
fetchPolicy(apiKey, opts?) — load the cloud-managed policyimport { fetchPolicy, type VantioPolicy } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
const policy: VantioPolicy = await fetchPolicy(process.env.VANTIO_API_KEY!);
// { enforce, redact_pii, pii_types, allowed_hosts,
// blocked_hosts, max_request_bytes, spend_cap_usd }
GETs /api/v1/config with the x-vantio-identity header. Fails open: on any error — network failure, non-2xx, malformed body, or timeout — it returns a permissive copy of DEFAULT_POLICY so an unreachable control plane can never block your agent. Options: ingestUrl, timeoutMs (default 5000), signal.
redactPII(text, piiTypes?) — strip PII locallyimport { redactPII } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
const { text, redactions } = redactPII("ssn 123-45-6789, mail a@b.com");
// text → "ssn [VANTIO_REDACTED:SSN], mail [VANTIO_REDACTED:EMAIL]"
// redactions → ["ssn", "email"]
A pure, side-effect-free function — nothing ever leaves your process. Supports ssn, email, credit_card, and phone (defaults to all four), using the same patterns and [VANTIO_REDACTED:LABEL] tokens as the CLI interceptor.
The VantioActionTaken union ("OBSERVED" | "ALLOWED" | "REDACTED" | "BLOCKED_HOST" | "BLOCKED_SIZE" | "BLOCKED_SPEND") is also exported for typing your own enforcement reporting.
getCurrentTraceId() — read the active trace IDimport { getCurrentTraceId } from "@vantio/agent-sdk";
await shield(async () => {
const id = getCurrentTraceId(); // always defined inside shield()
console.log(`Trace: ${id}`);
});
getCurrentTraceId(); // undefined — outside shield() frame
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
VANTIO_API_KEY | Your API key from vantio.ai/dashboard |
VANTIO_INGEST_URL | Ingest endpoint (default: https://vantio.ai) |
VANTIO_CLOUD_INGEST | Set to true to enable cloud routing |
VANTIO_AUDIT_MODE | Set to 1 to flag events as audit mode |
No code changes at all — use the CLI:
npx @vantio/cli run node agent.js
What never gets captured: prompts, completions, or any content from your requests.
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Vantio Optics Node SDK — shield() for Sight Loop observe. Metadata only; no prompts. Upgrade path to Gate and Phantom Engine.
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