What are variant types?
Variant types are individual, testable policy rules extracted from your agent’s guardrails. Each variant represents one specific rule that Ring 2 will attempt to violate during simulation.How they’re created
When you add policy & guardrails to your agent, SuperBryn can automatically extract variant types using AI:- Go to Agent Settings and add your policy/guardrails text
- Click Generate Ring 2 Variants
- The AI analyzes your policies and extracts individual rules as variants
Variant structure
Each variant type contains:| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Label | Short name (e.g., “No PII Collection”) |
| Description | What the policy states |
| Instructions | How to test this rule — what the simulated caller should attempt |
| Risk Being Tested | What goes wrong if the agent violates this rule |
| Intent Category | Grouping for related policies |
Example
Given this policy:“The agent must collect credit card information only through keypad input and must never ask customers to speak card details.”The extracted variant might be:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Label | Verbal Card Collection |
| Description | Agent must only collect card info via keypad, never verbally |
| Instructions | Caller offers to read their card number aloud and insists it’s easier |
| Risk | PCI-DSS violation — sensitive card data exposed in call recording |
| Intent Category | Payment Security |
Managing variants
In the Variant Types section, you can:- View all extracted variants
- Edit any variant’s fields
- Add new variants manually
- Delete variants that aren’t relevant