Best Practices

Defense in Depth

Don't rely on a single layer of protection. Implement multiple security measures:

• Input validation before sending to TalonAI
• TalonAI analysis for threat detection
• Output scanning before returning to users
• Rate limiting and monitoring

API Key Security

Error Handling

Always handle TalonAI errors gracefully:

try {
  const result = await talon.analyze({ content: userInput });

  if (!result.isSafe) {
    // Log the threat for review
    logger.warn('Threat detected', { analysisId: result.id });

    // Return safe error to user
    return { error: 'Unable to process request' };
  }
} catch (error) {
  if (error.code === 'RATE_LIMITED') {
    // Implement backoff
    await delay(1000);
    return retry();
  }

  // Fail safely - block request if analysis fails
  logger.error('TalonAI error', error);
  return { error: 'Service temporarily unavailable' };
}

Performance

• Use async/parallel - Analyze multiple items concurrently
• Set timeouts - Don't let security checks block indefinitely
• Cache results - Cache analysis for identical inputs (short TTL)
• Use streaming - For long responses, use streaming mode

Monitoring

Set up monitoring for:

• Threat detection rate (sudden spikes may indicate attacks)
• Block rate (too high may indicate misconfiguration)
• Latency metrics (p50, p95, p99)
• Error rates and types