Prompt safety & content policy checker
Few things waste time like a carefully crafted prompt that gets rejected for a single trigger word. This checker scans your prompt for the terms and patterns that most commonly cause content policy rejections on DALL·E 3, Midjourney and Stability AI, then suggests safer wording — entirely in your browser.
Why policies differ by platform
Each image generation platform has its own content policy, and the differences matter in practice:
DALL·E 3 (OpenAI) enforces strict rules on named real people, political figures, violence, and trademarked characters. It is also sensitive to implied harm and will refuse prompts that could produce realistic images of specific private individuals. The platform has moderation built into the model itself, so it can infer intent even when individual trigger words are absent.
Midjourney has its own community guidelines that restrict gore, sexual content, and many adult themes outright, even in its standard modes. It is also sensitive to certain specific stylistic requests that have been flagged for misuse.
Stability AI through its API tends to be more permissive but still blocks illegal content, CSAM, and some categories of extremist imagery. The exact filter depends on which model and deployment configuration you use.
This means a prompt that passes on one platform may be rejected on another, and vice versa. The checker lets you select your target so the right set of flags applies.
How it works
The tool runs your prompt against per-platform word lists grouped by policy category — real public figures, violence and gore, sexual content, self-harm, hateful imagery, illegal activity, and trademarks. Each platform has its own policy, so selecting your target tunes which terms are flagged and how severely. Matches are reported with the category, the severity, and a suggested safer alternative where one exists. It is a heuristic, not the real classifier — it catches the obvious, common triggers so you fix them before submitting.
Rewriting around flags
The goal is to preserve your creative intent while removing the trigger. A few rewriting patterns that usually work:
- Real person → fictional description. Instead of naming a celebrity, describe the visual qualities you want: hairstyle, general features, era of dress.
- Named brand → generic descriptor. A prompt asking for a trademarked superhero can often be reworded as the archetype: “a caped hero in red and blue costume.”
- Violent term → visual outcome. “Battle scene” may be flagged while “a ruined medieval city with dramatic storm lighting” gets the same atmosphere across without the trigger.
Tips and notes
- A clean result is necessary, not sufficient. Real filters are multimodal and far more capable; this only removes the obvious triggers.
- Avoid real names. “A specific celebrity” reliably triggers DALL·E 3 — describe a fictional person with the look you want instead.
- Describe, don’t name brands. Replace trademarked characters and logos with a generic description of the same idea.
- Soften, don’t omit, intensity. “Dramatic red lighting” often passes where graphic-violence wording is blocked, while keeping the mood you wanted.