FAQs

A guide to trying the gateway, choosing a workflow, and reading your results.

Getting started

What should I use for my first test?

Choose a synthetic example in the research workspace. Start with a fictional name and phone number so you can see exactly what gets masked. Use synthetic or already de-identified material throughout the demo. Automated masking can miss identifiers. See the privacy test results.

Where do I get a tester API key?

Contact the team to ask about demo access. Once you have a key, enter it in the workspace’s API key section. Keep the key out of clinical notes and contact messages.

Privacy and masking

Who finds identifiers, and who masks them?

The local language model identifies text such as names and phone numbers. The gateway replaces those spans with tokens such as [PERSON_001] and keeps the mapping locally so it can restore the original wording in a response. Microsoft Presidio provides an independent comparison.

What does a blocked result mean?

The local review or a configured rule withheld the request. Check the privacy decision for the reason. A blocked turn stops before cloud generation.

What can other visitors see in Audit Activity?

The public audit feed shows recent activity across testers, including the time, workflow, and outcome. It excludes note text, model responses, and API keys.

Using the workflows

Which workflows call a cloud model?

Choose Analyze PHI to inspect detections or Simulate round trip to preview masking and restoration locally. Cloud summary and Protected Chat can send requests to the cloud after local review and masking.

Can I test with a PDF or Word document?

In Protected Chat, attach one synthetic PDF with selectable text or a Word document in .docx format. Review the extracted text before sending it. The gateway can decline files with unsupported or unsafe features.