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# Configuration Schema

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This page lists every field on `AuditConfig` and its four sub-models. Defaults match the pydantic definitions in `nemo_auditor.entities`; the NeMo Platform entity store validates writes against these schemas.

## `AuditConfig`

| Field         | Type               | Default    | Description                                     |                                          |
| ------------- | ------------------ | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `name`        | `str`              | *required* | Unique configuration name within the workspace. |                                          |
| `workspace`   | `str`              | *required* | Workspace the configuration is persisted in.    |                                          |
| `description` | \`str \\           | None\`     | `None`                                          | Free-form description shown in listings. |
| `system`      | `AuditSystemData`  | *defaults* | Garak runtime knobs — see below.                |                                          |
| `run`         | `AuditRunData`     | *defaults* | Per-probe generation settings — see below.      |                                          |
| `plugins`     | `AuditPluginsData` | *defaults* | Probe and detector selection — see below.       |                                          |
| `reporting`   | `AuditReportData`  | *defaults* | Report file layout — see below.                 |                                          |

The entity store also adds the standard `NemoEntity` fields on retrieval: `id`, `entity_type` (`"auditor_audit_config"`), `created_at`, `updated_at`, and `project`.

## `AuditSystemData`

Controls garak's process-level behavior.

| Field                 | Type        | Default | Description                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------- | ----------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `verbose`             | `int` (0–1) | `0`     | Garak verbosity level. `0` for normal output, `1` for verbose.                                                               |                                                                                                                     |
| `narrow_output`       | `bool`      | `False` | When `True`, garak narrows its terminal output. Useful for log scraping.                                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `parallel_requests`   | `bool`      | `False` | Enable parallel request dispatch to the target.                                                                              |                                                                                                                     |
| `parallel_attempts`   | \`bool \\   | int\`   | `False`                                                                                                                      | Enable parallel attempts, or set an explicit attempt count. Higher values speed up audits but increase target load. |
| `lite`                | `bool`      | `True`  | Run only fast probe variants. Recommended for iterative development. Set to `False` to include slower, more thorough probes. |                                                                                                                     |
| `show_z`              | `bool`      | `False` | Show garak's z-score column in reports.                                                                                      |                                                                                                                     |
| `enable_experimental` | `bool`      | `False` | Allow probes marked experimental to run.                                                                                     |                                                                                                                     |

`AuditSystemData` rejects unknown fields (`model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")`).

## `AuditRunData`

Controls how each probe is executed.

| Field            | Type          | Default                                                          | Description                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `seed`           | \`int \\      | None\`                                                           | `None`                                                                                | Random seed for reproducible runs.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `deprefix`       | `bool`        | `True`                                                           | Strip prompt prefixes from responses before detection.                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `eval_threshold` | `float` (0–1) | `0.5`                                                            | Detector score threshold above which a response is flagged as a hit.                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `generations`    | `int` (≥1)    | `5`                                                              | Generations per probe. Lower for fast iteration; raise for statistical confidence.    |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `probe_tags`     | \`str \\      | None\`                                                           | `None`                                                                                | Comma-separated tag filter (`"owasp:llm06,payload:hallucination"`). Intersects with `plugins.probe_spec`. See [Selecting Probes](/documentation/vulnerability-scanning/configurations/selecting-probes). |
| `user_agent`     | `str`         | `"garak/{version} (LLM vulnerability scanner https://garak.ai)"` | HTTP `User-Agent` garak sends. The `{version}` placeholder is substituted at runtime. |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

## `AuditPluginsData`

Controls probe, detector, generator, buff, and harness selection.

| Field                           | Type                      | Default  | Description                                                                                                                     |                                                                           |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `model_type`                    | \`str \\                  | None\`   | `None`                                                                                                                          | Garak generator type override. Normally set on the target instead.        |
| `model_name`                    | \`str \\                  | None\`   | `None`                                                                                                                          | Garak model name override. Normally set on the target instead.            |
| `probe_spec`                    | `str`                     | `"all"`  | Comma-separated probe selection. See [Selecting Probes](/documentation/vulnerability-scanning/configurations/selecting-probes). |                                                                           |
| `detector_spec`                 | `str`                     | `"auto"` | Detector selection — `"auto"` lets each probe pick its detectors.                                                               |                                                                           |
| `extended_detectors`            | `bool`                    | `False`  | Enable garak's extended detector set.                                                                                           |                                                                           |
| `buff_spec`                     | \`str \\                  | None\`   | `None`                                                                                                                          | Comma-separated buff selection (prompt mutations applied before sending). |
| `buffs_include_original_prompt` | `bool`                    | `False`  | When buffs are active, also send the original prompt.                                                                           |                                                                           |
| `buff_max`                      | \`str \\                  | None\`   | `None`                                                                                                                          | Maximum number of buffed variants per prompt.                             |
| `detectors`                     | `dict[str, ModuleConfig]` | `{}`     | Per-detector configuration overrides.                                                                                           |                                                                           |
| `generators`                    | `dict[str, ModuleConfig]` | `{}`     | Per-generator configuration overrides. Normally set on the target instead.                                                      |                                                                           |
| `buffs`                         | `dict[str, ModuleConfig]` | `{}`     | Per-buff configuration overrides.                                                                                               |                                                                           |
| `harnesses`                     | `dict[str, ModuleConfig]` | `{}`     | Per-harness configuration overrides.                                                                                            |                                                                           |
| `probes`                        | `dict[str, ModuleConfig]` | `{}`     | Per-probe configuration overrides.                                                                                              |                                                                           |

## `AuditReportData`

Controls where reports land and how they are summarized.

| Field                   | Type     | Default        | Description                                                                                                                                                       |                                                 |
| ----------------------- | -------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `report_prefix`         | `str`    | `"run1"`       | Filename prefix for the produced reports. `report_prefix="quick-scan"` yields `quick-scan.report.jsonl`, `quick-scan.report.html`, and `quick-scan.hitlog.jsonl`. |                                                 |
| `taxonomy`              | \`str \\ | None\`         | `None`                                                                                                                                                            | Optional taxonomy label included in the report. |
| `report_dir`            | `str`    | `"garak_runs"` | Sub-directory of `$XDG_DATA_HOME/garak/` where garak writes its raw output. The plugin then copies the produced files into the local results sink.                |                                                 |
| `show_100_pass_modules` | `bool`   | `True`         | Include 100%-pass modules in the report summary. Set to `False` to hide them for a tighter "failures only" view.                                                  |                                                 |