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+`siftfy` is a small, typed client built for Python developers who need to keep
+spam out of contact forms, signups, comments, reviews, and moderation queues —
+the everyday content-moderation use case — without training, tuning, or hosting
+a model. Add a few lines and call `predict()`; it lets you branch on a single
+score so you can block or flag spam before it lands.
+
+### At a glance
+
+- **In:** a string of text. **Out:** a calibrated `spam_probability` (0–1) plus a
+  coarse `"low" | "medium" | "high"` bucket.
+- Sync (`Siftfy`) and async (`AsyncSiftfy`) clients, fully type-hinted (ships `py.typed`).
+- Automatic retries with backoff on transient failures; typed exceptions for the rest.
+- One dependency (`httpx`), Python 3.9+. Free tier: 10,000 requests/month.
+
+**Good fit:** real-time spam scoring of user-submitted text when you want a hosted,
+calibrated probability and would rather not run ML infrastructure.
+**Not a fit:** fully offline/air-gapped environments, or when you need to own and
+retrain the model yourself — Siftfy is a hosted API.
+
+```python
+from siftfy import Siftfy
+
+client = Siftfy(api_key="sk_live_...")
+result = client.predict("Win a free iPad — click here!")
+
+result.spam_probability  # 0.97
+result.likelihood        # "high"
+```
+
 ## Requirements
 
 Siftfy supports Python 3.9 and newer.
@@ -34,6 +63,27 @@ print(result.likelihood)        # "high"
 Get an API key at [siftfy.io](https://siftfy.io) — the free tier covers
 10,000 requests/month at no cost.
 
+## In a request handler
+
+What it looks like wired into a real endpoint — reject the submission when the
+score crosses your threshold, accept it otherwise:
+
+```python
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
+from siftfy import Siftfy
+
+app = FastAPI()
+siftfy = Siftfy(api_key="sk_live_...")
+
+@app.post("/contact")
+def contact(message: str):
+    result = siftfy.predict(message)
+    if result.spam_probability > 0.8:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Message flagged as spam")
+    # ... persist / notify / queue the legitimate message
+    return {"ok": True}
+```
+
 ## Runnable examples
 
 Use these when wiring Siftfy into a real form, signup flow, or moderation