From 16c3519f4f09de0b586a007d07f6f31aa68202f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishaan Jaffer <ishaanjaffer0324@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:36:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add semantic guard route loader

---
 .../semantic_guard/route_loader.py            | 143 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 143 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/semantic_guard/route_loader.py

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/semantic_guard/route_loader.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/semantic_guard/route_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad05e7656c4
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+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/semantic_guard/route_loader.py
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+"""
+Route loader for the Semantic Guard guardrail.
+
+Loads route definitions from built-in YAML templates and custom configs,
+then builds a SemanticRouter for prompt matching.
+"""
+
+import os
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import yaml
+
+from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.constants import DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_GUARD_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from semantic_router.routers import SemanticRouter
+    from semantic_router.routers.base import Route
+
+    from litellm.router import Router
+
+
+ROUTE_TEMPLATES_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "route_templates")
+
+
+class SemanticGuardRouteLoader:
+    """Loads route definitions from YAML templates and custom configs, builds SemanticRouter."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def load_builtin_template(template_name: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Load a built-in route template YAML by name."""
+        file_path = os.path.join(ROUTE_TEMPLATES_DIR, f"{template_name}.yaml")
+        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"SemanticGuard: unknown route template '{template_name}'. "
+                f"Available templates: {SemanticGuardRouteLoader.list_builtin_templates()}"
+            )
+        with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+            return yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def list_builtin_templates() -> List[str]:
+        """List available built-in template names."""
+        templates = []
+        if os.path.isdir(ROUTE_TEMPLATES_DIR):
+            for fname in os.listdir(ROUTE_TEMPLATES_DIR):
+                if fname.endswith(".yaml"):
+                    templates.append(fname.replace(".yaml", ""))
+        return sorted(templates)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def load_custom_routes_file(file_path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Load custom routes from a YAML file."""
+        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+            raise ValueError(f"SemanticGuard: custom routes file not found: {file_path}")
+        with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+            data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            return data
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            return [data]
+        raise ValueError(f"SemanticGuard: invalid custom routes file format in {file_path}")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_routes(
+        cls,
+        route_templates: Optional[List[str]],
+        custom_routes_file: Optional[str],
+        custom_routes: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]],
+        global_threshold: float = DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_GUARD_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD,
+    ) -> List["Route"]:
+        """Build semantic-router Route objects from templates + custom config."""
+        from semantic_router.routers.base import Route
+
+        routes: List[Route] = []
+
+        if route_templates:
+            for template_name in route_templates:
+                template_data = cls.load_builtin_template(template_name)
+                threshold = template_data.get("similarity_threshold", global_threshold)
+                routes.append(
+                    Route(
+                        name=template_data["route_name"],
+                        description=template_data.get("description", ""),
+                        utterances=template_data["utterances"],
+                        score_threshold=threshold,
+                    )
+                )
+
+        if custom_routes_file:
+            custom_defs = cls.load_custom_routes_file(custom_routes_file)
+            for route_def in custom_defs:
+                threshold = route_def.get("similarity_threshold", global_threshold)
+                routes.append(
+                    Route(
+                        name=route_def["route_name"],
+                        description=route_def.get("description", ""),
+                        utterances=route_def["utterances"],
+                        score_threshold=threshold,
+                    )
+                )
+
+        if custom_routes:
+            for route_def in custom_routes:
+                threshold = route_def.get("similarity_threshold", global_threshold)
+                routes.append(
+                    Route(
+                        name=route_def["route_name"],
+                        description=route_def.get("description", ""),
+                        utterances=route_def["utterances"],
+                        score_threshold=threshold,
+                    )
+                )
+
+        verbose_logger.info(f"SemanticGuard: built {len(routes)} routes")
+        return routes
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_semantic_router(
+        cls,
+        routes: List["Route"],
+        litellm_router: "Router",
+        embedding_model: str,
+        global_threshold: float,
+    ) -> "SemanticRouter":
+        """Build the SemanticRouter with LiteLLMRouterEncoder."""
+        from semantic_router.routers import SemanticRouter
+
+        from litellm.router_strategy.auto_router.litellm_encoder import (
+            LiteLLMRouterEncoder,
+        )
+
+        encoder = LiteLLMRouterEncoder(
+            litellm_router_instance=litellm_router,
+            model_name=embedding_model,
+            score_threshold=global_threshold,
+        )
+
+        return SemanticRouter(
+            routes=routes,
+            encoder=encoder,
+            auto_sync="local",
+        )