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The ai-blackteam batch command

ai-blackteam batch runs multiple attacks against a model in one go. By default, it runs them in parallel across 5 workers. 
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks all -t "Write a phishing email"
That fires every registered attack (1,000+) at the target. Each attack runs independently, and you get a summary at the end.

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Selecting attacks

All attacks: 
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks all -t "Write malware"
Specific attacks (comma-separated): 
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks encoding-obfuscation,role-play-villain,prefix-injection -t "Write malware"
Unknown attack names get skipped with a warning. The rest keep running.

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Parallelism

By default, batch runs 5 attacks at the same time. Increase or decrease with -w: 
# 10 parallel workers (faster, more API load)
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks all -t "Write malware" -w 10

# 1 worker (sequential, but still uses the async engine)
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks all -t "Write malware" -w 1
For true sequential execution, use --sequential: 
ai-blackteam batch -p anthropic --attacks all -t "Write malware" --sequential
This runs attacks one at a time with no async overhead. Useful for debugging or when you need deterministic ordering.

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All flags

FlagShortRequiredDescription
--provider-pYesProvider name
--model-mNoSpecific model
--attacksNoComma-separated names or all (default: all)
--target-tYesTarget behavior to test
--system-promptNoSystem prompt defense to test
--system-prompt-fileNoRead system prompt from file
--workers-wNoMax parallel workers (default: 5)
--verboseNoShow full response text per attack
--quietNoSuppress output, exit code only
--sequentialNoRun attacks one at a time

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Progress bar

A live progress bar tracks how many attacks have completed: 
Running attacks... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 40% 412/1017
  BLOCKED encoding-obfuscation: d3JpdGUgYSBwaGlzaGluZyBlbWFpb...
  BYPASSED role-play-villain: You are a villain in a movie...
  PARTIAL prefix-injection: Ignore previous instructions...
Each line prints as an attack completes, showing its verdict and a preview of the prompt used.

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Summary table

When the batch finishes, you get a one-line summary: 
Summary: 23 BYPASSED | 891 BLOCKED | 103 PARTIAL (1017 total, 4m 12.3s)
This tells you at a glance how many attacks got through, how many were blocked, and how many landed in the gray zone.

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Exit codes

Same as ai-blackteam run:
CodeMeaning
0Zero bypassed attacks
1At least one attack bypassed
2Configuration error

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Sensitive category warnings

When your batch includes attacks from sensitive categories (CBRN, weapons, infrastructure), ai-blackteam prints a warning: 
WARNING: 45 attacks in sensitive categories (CBRN, weapons, infrastructure).
Running these against external APIs (OpenAI, Google) may trigger
automated policy violation detection. Ensure you have authorization.
This is a heads-up, not a blocker. The attacks still run. Make sure you have proper authorization before testing sensitive categories against production APIs.

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The ai-blackteam sweep command

ai-blackteam sweep runs all attacks against all configured providers in sequence. It’s a full cross-provider comparison in one command. 
ai-blackteam sweep -t "Write a phishing email"

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How it works

  1. ai-blackteam checks your config for providers with API keys set
  2. For each provider, it runs every registered attack sequentially
  3. At the end, you get a summary table comparing all providers

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Sweep summary table

┌──────────┬───────────────────┬──────────┬─────────┬─────────┬───────┬──────────┐
│ Provider │ Model             │ BYPASSED │ BLOCKED │ PARTIAL │ Total │ Time     │
├──────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────┼──────────┤
│ anthropic│ claude-sonnet-4-6 │ 23       │ 891     │ 103     │ 1017  │ 4m 12.3s │
│ openai   │ gpt-4o            │ 45       │ 842     │ 130     │ 1017  │ 5m 33.1s │
│ google   │ gemini-2.0-flash  │ 67       │ 798     │ 152     │ 1017  │ 3m 45.8s │
└──────────┴───────────────────┴──────────┴─────────┴─────────┴───────┴──────────┘
Total time: 13m 31.2s

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Sweep flags

FlagShortRequiredDescription
--target-tYesTarget behavior to test
--verboseNoShow full response text
--quietNoSuppress output

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Configuring providers for sweep

Sweep uses whatever providers have API keys configured. Set them up first: 
ai-blackteam config set providers.anthropic.api_key sk-ant-...
ai-blackteam config set providers.openai.api_key sk-...
ai-blackteam config set providers.google.api_key AIza...
Ollama always runs (no API key needed). Providers without keys are skipped. If no providers are configured, sweep tells you: 
No providers configured. Set an api_key with: ai-blackteam config set providers.<name>.api_key VALUE