| name | setup |
| description | Set up, install, and configure CONFIDE local de-identification — installs Python deps (natasha, scrubadub, phonenumbers, pymorphy2), ensures Ollama + pulls the default qwen2.5:3b model, detects optional llama.cpp, and writes the optimal-default config so confide:anon and confide:red work with zero further config. Everything is local-first; raw text never leaves the machine. Use when the user says "set up confide", "install confide", "configure confide de-id", "confide setup", or "get confide ready". |
confide:setup
One-shot installer + optimal-default config writer for the CONFIDE local de-identification
toolkit. After running this, confide:anon (redact a transcript) and confide:red (residual
re-identification risk check) work with no further configuration.
Local-first: all detection and redaction run on the user's machine. Readiness checks and
config writing never read, print, or transmit any transcript text or PII — only booleans and
the config path.
When to use
Trigger phrasings: "set up confide", "install confide", "configure confide de-id",
"confide setup", "get confide ready to anonymize".
How to run
The entrypoint is scripts/setup.py. It imports the shared core (shared/confide_core.py)
for the canonical DEFAULTS — do not redefine preferences here.
-
Check readiness (default, no install):
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --check
Prints a ✓/✗ table: Python deps importable (natasha, scrubadub, phonenumbers, pymorphy2),
Ollama reachable (GET ollama_host/api/tags), the anon_model pulled, llama.cpp on PATH
(optional), and whether the config exists. Booleans only — no PII.
-
Install everything (best-effort, tolerates failures):
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --install
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --install --with-presidio
- pip-installs:
natasha scrubadub phonenumbers pymorphy2 pymorphy2-dicts-ru "setuptools<81"
(setuptools<81 supplies pkg_resources for pymorphy2). Optional presidio-analyzer behind
--with-presidio.
- If
ollama is on PATH, runs ollama pull qwen2.5:3b.
- Each step reports ✓/✗; a failed step never aborts the others.
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Write the optimal-default config (idempotent):
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --write-config
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --reconfigure
python3 skills/setup/scripts/setup.py --show
On first run with no config present, the script writes the defaults automatically.
--write-config will not clobber an existing (user-customized) config; use
--reconfigure to force-reset.
Config lives at ~/.config/confide/config.json.
Chosen optimal preferences (from SPEC.md)
Written from confide_core.DEFAULTS:
| Key | Value | Why |
|---|
engine | ollama | zero-config, Metal-accelerated, handles long docs (llama.cpp 400s on long RU) |
anon_model | qwen2.5:3b | fast local LLM layer for quasi-PII |
red_attacker_model | qwen2.5:3b | local default; it is a floor — a stronger attacker is the true ceiling |
languages | ["ru", "en"] | bilingual corpus |
layers | ["regex", "natasha", "llm"] | deterministic → RU NER → quasi-PII |
redaction_style | typed_placeholder | [PERSON], [DATE], … (reversible map kept locally, never shipped) |
privacy.local_only | true | raw text never leaves the machine |
privacy.cloud_apis | false | cloud disabled by default |
privacy.cloud_only_on_synthetic | true | cloud attacker only opt-in on synthetic/consented data |
ollama_host | http://localhost:11434 | local Ollama |
Notes
- llama.cpp is optional (reproducible engine) — detected and recorded if present, never required.
- The bigger attacker model for
confide:red is optional; the local 3b default under-reports risk.
- Importable functions for programmatic / tested use:
readiness(), ensure_config(reconfigure=False),
install(with_presidio=False), show_config().