Setup

Configuration

Configure Talos via CLI flags, environment variables, or a talos.toml file.

Every CLI flag has an environment variable and a talos.toml equivalent. Precedence: CLI flag > environment variable > config file > default.

talos.toml

Place a talos.toml at the root of your repo. Talos discovers it automatically.

talos.toml

[scan]
target   = "http://localhost:8000/agent"
adapter  = "langchain"
severity = "high"
[report]
out      = "./reports"
formats  = ["markdown", "sarif"]
redact   = true
[generator]
model    = "gpt-4o-mini"
seed     = 42

Environment variables

Variable	Purpose
`TALOS_TARGET`	Default --target URL
`TALOS_ADAPTER`	Default --adapter
`TALOS_MODEL`	LLM used for attack generation
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	Attack generator credentials (OpenAI)
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Attack generator credentials (Anthropic)
`TALOS_LOG_LEVEL`	One of `debug`, `info`, `warn`

Security

Never commit OPENAI_API_KEY or target credentials to your talos.toml. Keep them in environment variables or your CI secret store.

How Talos works

LangChain adapter