From 4f61de8e0866376dda0fb57af52f9d7fbdf6048c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Gomide <lucaslg200@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:40:44 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: replace if/raise with assert

For this use case `assert` is more appropriate choice
---
 src/crewai/task.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/crewai/task.py b/src/crewai/task.py
index c75a2a9b6..0214ff8da 100644
--- a/src/crewai/task.py
+++ b/src/crewai/task.py
@@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
             raise e  # Re-raise the exception after emitting the event
 
     def _process_guardrail(self, task_output: TaskOutput) -> GuardrailResult:
-        if self._guardrail is None:
-            raise ValueError("Guardrail is not set")
+        assert self._guardrail is not None
 
         from crewai.utilities.events import (
             TaskGuardrailCompletedEvent,