Guardrails and Red Teaming Playbook

[imolloy]

Guardrails and Red Teaming Playbook

Description:

Create comprehensive guide for implementing guardrails and conducting security testing of MCP deployments.

Scope:

• Input sanitization and validation guardrails
• Prompt injection detection and prevention
• Content filtering and data loss prevention
• Context isolation techniques
• Tool poisoning detection
• Resource content poisoning mitigation
• Red team testing methodologies
• Attack simulation scenarios
• Security testing automation
• Vulnerability assessment procedures

Deliverables:

• Guardrails implementation guide
• Prompt injection defense patterns
• Red team testing framework
• Attack scenario library
• Security testing automation tools
• Vulnerability assessment checklist

References:

• Whitepaper sections: 3.2.3 (Input Sanitization), 3.2.8 (Secure Tool Design)
• Threat categories: MCP-T3, MCP-T4, MCP-T6

[parmarmanojkumar]

Triage note (2026-03-17)

Summary:
Playbook request for guardrail patterns and red-teaming guidance.

Type:
conceptual

Recommendation:
Accept

Proposed wave:
Playbook wave 1

Proposed milestone/versioning:
playbook-v1.0

Related/dependencies: #51

Reasoning:
Aligns with the practical-guides stream; it turns threat modeling guidance into concrete guardrails and red-team scenarios.