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# Avocet — Email Classifier Training Tool
<div align="center">
<img src="docs/avocet-logo.svg" alt="Avocet" height="96" />
> *Part of the CircuitForge LLC internal infrastructure suite.*
# Avocet
**Status:** Internal beta — label tool and benchmark harness complete. Used to build training data for Peregrine's email classifier.
**Email classifier training tool — label, benchmark, fine-tune.**
[![Status: Internal Beta](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-internal%20beta-blue)]()
[![License: BSL 1.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSL%201.1-orange)](LICENSE)
[![Stack: Vue 3 + FastAPI](https://img.shields.io/badge/stack-Vue%203%20%2B%20FastAPI-brightgreen)]()
[![CircuitForge](https://img.shields.io/badge/by-CircuitForge-black)](https://circuitforge.tech)
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## What it does
## What is Avocet?
Avocet is the data pipeline for building and benchmarking email classifiers. It has two layers:
Avocet is the internal data pipeline Circuit Forge uses to build, evaluate, and fine-tune email classifiers. It implements a three-stage workflow: human labelers review emails one at a time in a drag-to-bucket UI and produce a ground-truth dataset; the benchmark harness scores any number of HuggingFace zero-shot models against that dataset and produces a ranked comparison; and the fine-tune harness adapts the best-scoring base model to the labeled distribution. The output feeds directly into Peregrine's email classification layer. No LLM API key required for the label tool or benchmark — all inference runs locally via HuggingFace Transformers.
**No LLM required.** Avocet uses zero-shot HuggingFace classification models — no API key, no cloud inference, no GPU required for the label tool. The benchmark harness can optionally export LLM-labeled emails from a Peregrine staging DB, but human labeling via the card-stack UI is the primary workflow.
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**Layer 1 — Label tool**
Card-stack UI for building ground-truth classifier benchmark data. Fetch emails from one or more IMAP accounts (with targeted date-range and sender/subject filters), review them card-by-card, and label each with a job-search category. Labeled output feeds the benchmark harness.
## Quick Start
**Layer 2 — Benchmark harness**
Scores HuggingFace zero-shot classification models against the labeled dataset. Supports slow/large model inclusion, visual side-by-side comparison on live emails, and export of LLM-labeled emails from a Peregrine staging DB.
```bash
git clone https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/avocet.git
cd avocet
# Copy config template and fill in your IMAP credentials
cp config/label_tool.yaml.example config/label_tool.yaml
# Start the label tool (Vue SPA + FastAPI, port 8503)
./manage.sh start
./manage.sh open
```
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## Features
- **Drag-to-bucket label UI** — ASMR-style card interface; drag emails into labeled buckets or discard without queuing noise into the training set
- **Targeted IMAP fetch** — pull emails by date range, sender, or subject filter across multiple accounts without flooding the queue
- **Email classifier benchmark** — score any HuggingFace zero-shot model against your labeled JSONL; side-by-side comparison on live IMAP emails
- **Planning benchmark** — evaluate LLMs on structured planning tasks; compare models head-to-head with verbose diff output
- **Writing style benchmark** — compare Ollama models on writing style coherence; scan local disk for existing outputs
- **Fine-tune harness** — HuggingFace Transformers fine-tuning from labeled ground truth; classifier adapter interface for swapping backends at runtime
- **Local inference first** — no API key required; GPU optional; designed to run on developer hardware
- **Hot-reload dev mode** — uvicorn `--reload` + Vite HMR (hot module replacement) for fast iteration on both API and UI
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## CLI Reference
All operations go through `manage.sh`.
### Label Tool
```bash
./manage.sh start # Build Vue SPA and start FastAPI on port 8503
./manage.sh stop # Stop FastAPI server
./manage.sh restart # Stop, rebuild, and restart
./manage.sh status # Show running state and port
./manage.sh logs # Tail the API log
./manage.sh open # Open http://localhost:8503 in browser
./manage.sh dev # Hot-reload: uvicorn --reload + Vite HMR
./manage.sh test # Run pytest suite
```
### Email Classifier Benchmark
```bash
./manage.sh benchmark [args] # Run benchmark_classifier.py
./manage.sh list-models # List available zero-shot models
./manage.sh score # Score models against labeled JSONL
./manage.sh score --include-slow # Include large/slow models
./manage.sh compare --limit 30 # Side-by-side comparison on live IMAP emails
```
### Planning Benchmark
```bash
./manage.sh plans-bench [args] # Run benchmark_plans.py
./manage.sh plans-list # List available models
./manage.sh plans-run <model> [args] # Run a single model (verbose)
./manage.sh plans-compare <m1> <m2> [...] # Compare models side-by-side
```
### Writing Style Benchmark
```bash
./manage.sh style-bench [args] # Run benchmark_style.py
./manage.sh style-list # List available Ollama models
./manage.sh style-run [args] # Run writing style benchmark
./manage.sh style-last # Print most recent benchmark report
```
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## Data Flow
```
IMAP accounts
→ fetch (targeted or wide)
→ email_label_queue.jsonl
email_label_queue.jsonl
→ label tool drag-to-bucket UI
→ email_score.jsonl (ground truth)
email_score.jsonl
→ benchmark harness
→ model rankings
best model
→ fine-tune harness
→ Peregrine classifier adapter
```
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## Stack
| Layer | Tech |
|-------|------|
| Label UI | Streamlit (port 8503, auto-increments on collision) |
| Layer | Technology |
|-------|-----------|
| Label UI | Vue 3 SPA (Vite) |
| API | FastAPI + uvicorn (port 8503) |
| Benchmark | Python + HuggingFace Transformers |
| Email fetch | IMAP (multi-account, targeted date/sender/subject filter) |
| Data | JSONL (`data/email_label_queue.jsonl`, `data/email_score.jsonl`) |
| Config | `config/label_tool.yaml` (gitignored — see `.example`) |
Conda environments:
- `job-seeker` — label tool UI
- `job-seeker-classifiers` — benchmark harness (separate env for heavy deps)
| Runtime | SQLite |
| Config | `config/label_tool.yaml` (gitignored — `.example` committed) |
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## Running
## Logo
```bash
./manage.sh start # start label tool UI (port collision-safe from 8503)
./manage.sh stop # stop
./manage.sh restart # restart
./manage.sh status # show running state and port
./manage.sh logs # tail label tool log
./manage.sh open # open in browser
```
Benchmark:
```bash
./manage.sh benchmark --list-models # list available zero-shot models
./manage.sh score # score models against labeled JSONL
./manage.sh score --include-slow # include large/slow models
./manage.sh compare --limit 30 # visual comparison on live IMAP emails
```
Dev:
```bash
./manage.sh test # run pytest suite
```
The Avocet logo (`avocet_v1_poly.svg`) lives in the shared graphics repo. Copy it to `docs/avocet-logo.svg` to render correctly in this README.
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## Data flow
## About
```
IMAP accounts → fetch (targeted or wide) → email_label_queue.jsonl
→ label tool card UI → email_score.jsonl
→ benchmark harness → model rankings
→ best model → Peregrine classifier adapter
```
Avocet is internal CircuitForge infrastructure, open source as a reference implementation. It is not a user-facing product. The primary consumer is [Peregrine](https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/peregrine), CircuitForge's job-search pipeline tool.
Targeted fetch: date range + sender/subject filter for pulling historical emails on specific senders or topics without flooding the queue.
Docs: [docs.circuitforge.tech/avocet](https://docs.circuitforge.tech/avocet)
Discard: removes an email from the queue without writing to the score file — for emails that don't belong in the training set.
## Forgejo-primary
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## Classifier adapters
`app/classifier_adapters.py` provides a common interface for swapping classifier backends. Falls back to the label name when no `LABEL_DESCRIPTIONS` entry is configured for a label (RerankerAdapter).
Avocet is developed and maintained on Forgejo at [git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/avocet](https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/avocet). GitHub and Codeberg are read-only mirrors.
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## License
BSL 1.1 — internal tool, not user-facing.
[Business Source License 1.1](LICENSE) — classifier training is an AI feature under the CircuitForge licensing model.
© 2026 Circuit Forge LLC
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