add DEFAULT_PARAMS to base types that are configurables

garak/buffs/base.py

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class Buff(Configurable):
     bcp47 = None  # set of languages this buff should be constrained to
     active = True
 
+    DEFAULT_PARAMS = {}
+
     def __init__(self, config_root=_config) -> None:
         self._load_config(config_root)
         module = self.__class__.__module__.replace("garak.buffs.", "")

garak/detectors/base.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Detector(Configurable):
     # we focus on LLM output for detectors
     modality: dict = {"out": {"text"}}
 
+    DEFAULT_PARAMS = {}
+
     def _set_description(self):
         if "description" not in dir(self):
             try:

garak/harnesses/base.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Harness(Configurable):
 
     active = True
 
+    DEFAULT_PARAMS = {}
+
     def __init__(self, config_root=_config):
         self._load_config(config_root)
         logging.info("harness init: %s", self)

garak/probes/base.py

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class Probe(Configurable):
     # we focus on LLM input for probe
     modality: dict = {"in": {"text"}}
 
+    DEFAULT_PARAMS = {}
+
     def __init__(self, config_root=_config):
         """Sets up a probe. This constructor:
         1. populates self.probename based on the class name,