diff --git a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/conduct.py b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/conduct.py
index 3c541e289e1..042e313d770 100644
--- a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/conduct.py
+++ b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/conduct.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ class ConductGuardrailConfigModelOptionalParams(LiteLLMBaseModel):
     )
     tool_name: str | None = Field(
         default="llm_call",
-        description="Conduct tool name the prompt is evaluated under. Match the tool your rules target.",
+        description=(
+            "Accepted for backward compatibility and ignored. "
+            "Prompts are evaluated against the workspace's prompt rules."
+        ),
     )
     timeout: float | None = Field(
         default=8.0,
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ class ConductGuardrailConfigModel(GuardrailConfigModel[ConductGuardrailConfigMod
         description="Conduct agent token. Env: CONDUCT_AGENT_TOKEN.",
     )
     api_base: str | None = Field(
-        default="https://api.conductai.ai",
+        default="https://gateway.conductai.ai",
         description="Conduct API base URL. The MCP endpoint is derived as <api_base>/mcp.",
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_conduct.py b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_conduct.py
index a7c777248c0..c3bdc54851f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_conduct.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_conduct.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ async def test_ui_offers_conduct_fields_without_the_package() -> None:
 
     assert fields["ui_friendly_name"] == "Conduct Guard"
     assert fields["api_key"]["required"] is True
-    assert fields["api_base"]["default_value"] == "https://api.conductai.ai"
+    assert fields["api_base"]["default_value"] == "https://gateway.conductai.ai"
     optional: Final = fields["optional_params"]["fields"]
     assert set(optional) == {"workspace_id", "tool_name", "timeout", "unreachable_fallback"}
     assert optional["unreachable_fallback"]["type"] == "select"