CLI reference for garak ======================= :: garak LLM vulnerability scanner v0.17.0 ( https://github.com/NVIDIA/garak ) at 2026-09-09T12:00:19.862540 usage: python -m garak [-h] [--verbose] [--report_prefix REPORT_PREFIX] [--narrow_output] [--parallel_requests PARALLEL_REQUESTS] [--parallel_attempts PARALLEL_ATTEMPTS] [--skip_unknown] [--seed SEED] [--deprefix] [--eval_threshold EVAL_THRESHOLD] [--generations GENERATIONS] [--config CONFIG] [--target_type TARGET_TYPE] [--target_name TARGET_NAME] [--spec SPEC] [--probes PROBES] [--probe_tags PROBE_TAGS] [--detectors DETECTORS] [--extended_detectors] [--buffs BUFFS] [--buff_option_file BUFF_OPTION_FILE | --buff_options BUFF_OPTIONS] [--detector_option_file DETECTOR_OPTION_FILE | --detector_options DETECTOR_OPTIONS] [--generator_option_file GENERATOR_OPTION_FILE | --generator_options GENERATOR_OPTIONS] [--harness_option_file HARNESS_OPTION_FILE | --harness_options HARNESS_OPTIONS] [--probe_option_file PROBE_OPTION_FILE | --probe_options PROBE_OPTIONS] [--taxonomy TAXONOMY] [--confidence_interval_method {bootstrap,none}] [--bootstrap_num_iterations BOOTSTRAP_NUM_ITERATIONS] [--bootstrap_confidence_level BOOTSTRAP_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL] [--bootstrap_min_sample_size BOOTSTRAP_MIN_SAMPLE_SIZE] [--plugin_info PLUGIN_INFO] [--list_probes] [--list_detectors] [--list_generators] [--list_buffs] [--list_config] [--version] [--report REPORT] [--interactive] [--fix] LLM safety & security scanning tool options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --verbose, -v add one or more times to increase verbosity of output during runtime --report_prefix REPORT_PREFIX Specify an optional prefix for the report and hit logs --narrow_output give narrow CLI output --parallel_requests PARALLEL_REQUESTS How many generator requests to launch in parallel for a given prompt. Ignored for models that support multiple generations per call. --parallel_attempts PARALLEL_ATTEMPTS How many probe attempts to launch in parallel. Raise this for faster runs when using non-local models. --skip_unknown allow skip of unknown probes, detectors, or buffs --seed SEED, -s SEED random seed --deprefix remove the prompt from the front of generator output --eval_threshold EVAL_THRESHOLD minimum threshold for a successful hit --generations GENERATIONS, -g GENERATIONS number of generations per prompt --config CONFIG YAML or JSON config file for this run --target_type TARGET_TYPE, -t TARGET_TYPE, --model_type TARGET_TYPE, -m TARGET_TYPE module and optionally also class of the generator, e.g. 'huggingface', or 'openai' --target_name TARGET_NAME, --model_name TARGET_NAME, -n TARGET_NAME name of the target, e.g. 'timdettmers/guanaco-33b-merged' --spec SPEC, -S SPEC unified selection spec, e.g. 'probes.dan,-probes.dan.DanInTheWild,tag:owasp:llm01'. Selectors: probes.[.], buffs.[.], tag:, tier:; '-' excludes, tier:N is inclusive (tiers 1..N). --probes PROBES, -p PROBES DEPRECATED, use --spec. list of probe names to use, or 'all'. --probe_tags PROBE_TAGS DEPRECATED, use --spec 'tag:'. only include probes with a tag starting with this value (e.g. owasp:llm01) --detectors DETECTORS, -d DETECTORS list of detectors to use, or 'all' for all. Default is to use the probe's suggestion. --extended_detectors If detectors aren't specified on the command line, should we run all detectors? (default is just the primary detector, if given, else everything) --buffs BUFFS, -b BUFFS DEPRECATED, use --spec 'buffs.'. list of buffs to use. Default is none --buff_option_file BUFF_OPTION_FILE, -B BUFF_OPTION_FILE path to JSON file containing options to pass to buff --buff_options BUFF_OPTIONS options to pass to buff, formatted as a JSON dict --detector_option_file DETECTOR_OPTION_FILE, -D DETECTOR_OPTION_FILE path to JSON file containing options to pass to detector --detector_options DETECTOR_OPTIONS options to pass to detector, formatted as a JSON dict --generator_option_file GENERATOR_OPTION_FILE, -G GENERATOR_OPTION_FILE path to JSON file containing options to pass to generator --generator_options GENERATOR_OPTIONS options to pass to generator, formatted as a JSON dict --harness_option_file HARNESS_OPTION_FILE, -H HARNESS_OPTION_FILE path to JSON file containing options to pass to harness --harness_options HARNESS_OPTIONS options to pass to harness, formatted as a JSON dict --probe_option_file PROBE_OPTION_FILE, -P PROBE_OPTION_FILE path to JSON file containing options to pass to probe --probe_options PROBE_OPTIONS options to pass to probe, formatted as a JSON dict --taxonomy TAXONOMY specify a MISP top-level taxonomy to be used for grouping probes in reporting. e.g. 'avid-effect', 'owasp' --confidence_interval_method {bootstrap,none} method for CI calculation: 'bootstrap' (default) or 'none' to disable --bootstrap_num_iterations BOOTSTRAP_NUM_ITERATIONS number of bootstrap iterations for CI calculation (overrides config) --bootstrap_confidence_level BOOTSTRAP_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL confidence level for bootstrap CIs, e.g. 0.95 or 0.99 (overrides config) --bootstrap_min_sample_size BOOTSTRAP_MIN_SAMPLE_SIZE minimum sample size required for bootstrap CI calculation (overrides config) --plugin_info PLUGIN_INFO show info about one plugin; format as type.plugin.class, e.g. probes.lmrc.Profanity --list_probes list available probes. Use -v for a detailed markdown table with tier and description. Combine with --spec to filter, e.g. '--list_probes --spec probes.dan'. --list_detectors list available detectors. Usage: combine with --detectors/-d to filter for detectors that will be activated based on a `detector_spec`, e.g. '-- list_detectors -d misleading.Invalid' to show only that detector. --list_generators list available generation model interfaces --list_buffs list available buffs/fuzzes --list_config print active config info (and don't scan) --version, -V print version info & exit --report REPORT, -r REPORT process garak report into a list of AVID reports --interactive, -I Enter interactive probing mode --fix Update provided configuration with fixer migrations; requires one of --config / --*_option_file, / --*_options See https://github.com/NVIDIA/garak