Quickstart

Get up and running with SignalVault in under 5 minutes.

1. Create an account

Sign up for free and create your first app from the dashboard.

2. Get your API key

In your app's Settings tab, create an API key. Copy it — you'll only see it once.

3. Send requests

Pick whichever approach fits your stack:

Option A: Proxy (recommended)

The fastest way to get started — no new packages required. Just point your existing OpenAI (or Anthropic) client at SignalVault's proxy by changing the baseURL:

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
  baseURL: 'https://api.signalvault.io/proxy/openai/v1',
  defaultHeaders: {
    'X-SignalVault-Key': 'sv_live_...',
  },
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'gpt-4o',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
});

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
  baseURL: 'https://api.signalvault.io/proxy/anthropic/v1',
  defaultHeaders: {
    'X-SignalVault-Key': 'sv_live_...',
  },
});

const message = await client.messages.create({
  model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
  max_tokens: 1024,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
});

Every request is automatically logged, scanned, and governed — your application code stays unchanged. See the Proxy docs for supported providers and advanced options.

Option B: SDK (Node.js / Python)

Our SDKs wrap the OpenAI client and automatically send audit events for every request:

npm install @signalvaultio/node openai

import SignalVaultClient from '@signalvaultio/node';

const client = new SignalVaultClient({
  apiKey: 'sk_live_...',
  openaiApiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
  baseUrl: 'https://api.signalvault.io',
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'gpt-4',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
});

See the Node.js SDK or Python SDK docs for full details.

Option C: REST API

Send events directly to POST /v1/events from any language or HTTP client:

curl -X POST https://api.signalvault.io/v1/events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "type": "ai.request",
    "request_id": "req_abc123",
    "environment": "production",
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4",
    "payload": {
      "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
    }
  }'

Works from Go, Rust, Java, Ruby, PHP — anything that can make an HTTP request. See the API Reference for full documentation.

That's it — requests appear in your dashboard with guardrail checks applied automatically.