PUBLIC_MODELS_GUIDE.md

# Medical AI Platform - Public Model Configuration

## Overview

This Medical AI Platform is designed to work **WITHOUT requiring HuggingFace authentication** for most use cases. All core medical AI models used are **public and freely available**.

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## Model Access Strategy

### Public Models (No Authentication Required)

The following models are public on HuggingFace and work without HF_TOKEN:

1. **Bio_ClinicalBERT** (`emilyalsentzer/Bio_ClinicalBERT`)
   - Document type classification
   - Clinical text understanding
   - **Public** - No auth needed

2. **BioGPT-Large** (`microsoft/BioGPT-Large`)
   - Clinical text generation
   - Medical summarization
   - **Public** - No auth needed

3. **Biomedical NER** (`d4data/biomedical-ner-all`)
   - Named entity recognition
   - Medical entity extraction
   - **Public** - No auth needed

4. **PubMedBERT** (`microsoft/BiomedNLP-PubMedBERT-base-uncased-abstract-fulltext`)
   - Medical text understanding
   - General analysis
   - **Public** - No auth needed

5. **SciBERT** (`allenai/scibert_scivocab_uncased`)
   - Drug interaction detection
   - Scientific text analysis
   - **Public** - No auth needed

6. **RoBERTa-SQuAD2** (`deepset/roberta-base-squad2`)
   - Medical question answering
   - **Public** - No auth needed

7. **BigBird-Pegasus** (`google/bigbird-pegasus-large-pubmed`)
   - Clinical summarization
   - Long document processing
   - **Public** - No auth needed

### When HF_TOKEN Is Needed

HF_TOKEN is **ONLY** required for:
- Gated models (e.g., some Google MedGemma models)
- Private organization models
- Models with specific access restrictions

**For this platform: HF_TOKEN is OPTIONAL**

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## Architecture Design

### Robust Fallback System

```
1. Try loading public model WITHOUT authentication
   ↓
2. If model requires auth AND HF_TOKEN available → Use token
   ↓
3. If model fails → Use alternative public model
   ↓
4. If all AI models fail → Fallback to keyword analysis
```

### Error Handling

The system gracefully handles:
- Missing HF_TOKEN (uses public models)
- Network connectivity issues (cached models)
- Model download failures (alternative models)
- Authentication errors (informative logs)

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## Deployment Configuration

### HuggingFace Spaces

**No HF_TOKEN required in Space secrets**

The platform will:
1. Check if HF_TOKEN exists
2. Log: "HF_TOKEN not configured - using public models"
3. Load all public models successfully
4. Provide full functionality

### Environment Variables

**Optional:**
```bash
HF_TOKEN=hf_xxx  # Only for gated models
```

**Always Available:**
```bash
TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/.cache/huggingface
HF_HOME=/app/.cache/huggingface
PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM=false
```

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## Code Implementation

### Model Loader (model_loader.py)

```python
# Get HF token from environment (optional - most models are public)
HF_TOKEN = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN", None)

if HF_TOKEN:
    logger.info("HF_TOKEN found - will use for gated models if needed")
else:
    logger.info("HF_TOKEN not found - using public models only (this is normal)")
```

### Loading Strategy

```python
def load_model(self, model_key: str):
    # Try without token first (works for public models)
    pipeline_kwargs = {
        "task": task,
        "model": model_id,
        "device": device,
        "trust_remote_code": True
    }
    
    # Only add token if it exists
    if HF_TOKEN:
        pipeline_kwargs["token"] = HF_TOKEN
    
    model = pipeline(**pipeline_kwargs)
```

### Error Messages

```python
if "401" in error or "unauthorized" in error:
    if not HF_TOKEN:
        logger.error("Model requires auth but HF_TOKEN not available")
        logger.error("Using public alternative")
    else:
        logger.error("Auth failed even with HF_TOKEN")
```

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## Testing Without HF_TOKEN

### Steps:

1. Deploy to HuggingFace Spaces **without adding HF_TOKEN secret**
2. Platform starts successfully
3. Logs show: "HF_TOKEN not configured - using public models"
4. Upload medical PDF
5. Bio_ClinicalBERT loads from public HuggingFace Hub
6. Analysis completes successfully
7. Results display AI classification

### Expected Logs:

```
INFO - HF_TOKEN not configured - using public models (Bio_ClinicalBERT, BioGPT, etc.)
INFO - This is normal - most HuggingFace models are public
INFO - Model Loader initialized on device: cuda
INFO - Loading model: emilyalsentzer/Bio_ClinicalBERT for task: text-classification
INFO - Successfully loaded model: emilyalsentzer/Bio_ClinicalBERT
INFO - Document classified as: radiology (confidence: 0.89, method: ai_model)
```

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## Benefits of This Approach

1. **Reliability**: No dependency on external secrets
2. **Simplicity**: Works out-of-the-box without configuration
3. **Robustness**: Handles token expiration gracefully
4. **Transparency**: Clear logs about model availability
5. **Flexibility**: Can still use HF_TOKEN for gated models if needed

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## Troubleshooting

### If Models Don't Load

**Issue**: "Failed to load model"

**Check:**
1. Is the model ID correct?
2. Is the model public on HuggingFace?
3. Does the model exist? (some may be renamed/moved)
4. Network connectivity to huggingface.co?

**Solution:**
- All models used are verified public
- Platform will fallback to keyword analysis if models fail
- Check logs for specific error messages

### If Authentication Errors Occur

**Issue**: "401 Unauthorized" or "Authentication required"

**This means:**
- Model is gated/private (not expected for our models)
- Model access changed to require auth

**Solution:**
1. Replace with alternative public model
2. Add HF_TOKEN if model is critical
3. Use keyword fallback (already implemented)

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## Verified Public Models

All models have been verified as public on HuggingFace Hub:
- ✅ Bio_ClinicalBERT - Public
- ✅ BioGPT-Large - Public
- ✅ biomedical-ner-all - Public
- ✅ PubMedBERT - Public
- ✅ SciBERT - Public
- ✅ RoBERTa-SQuAD2 - Public
- ✅ BigBird-Pegasus-PubMed - Public

Last verified: 2025-10-28

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## Conclusion

**The Medical AI Platform does NOT require HF_TOKEN for normal operation.**

All core functionality works with public HuggingFace models. The platform is designed to be robust, reliable, and work without external authentication dependencies.

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**Status**: Production Ready  
**Authentication**: Optional  
**Public Models**: 7+ verified  
**Fallback System**: Implemented