Content moderation

Text or an image against YOUR policy → allow, review, or block, with the categories and excerpts that drove the call.

POST/v1/moderate$0.02/item, 2 credits, charged only on success300 calls a minute per key

The example in the published schema

charged 0 credits

auth (bearer key)
per-key throttle
validate body
balance precheck
run the capability
charge credits ON SUCCESS ONLY
JSON

A successful call costs 2 credits, $0.02/item. A failed call costs nothing.

The request body/v1/moderate

{
  "text": "This supplement cures anxiety in 3 days, guaranteed — DM me for a discount code.",
  "policy": "No medical claims. No off-platform solicitation."
}

The responsepublished example

// sending the call
// 0 credits charged so far

curl https://api.thecompound.tech/v1/moderate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COMPOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"This supplement cures anxiety in 3 days, guaranteed — DM me for a discount code.","policy":"No medical claims. No off-platform solicitation."}'

Scored

6 of 6 field checks passed when the eval suite last ran against production, on 2026-07-08. Every endpoint's score

The Content & moderation guide has this endpoint with its example response. The reference has every parameter.

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