Glossary

Every term Andorg uses, in plain words. If a definition here is unclear, tell us at hello@andorg.com and we will improve it.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)

A model in which you keep your own account with an AI provider and supply your own key. Andorg never resells tokens; you pay your provider directly for model usage.

The gate

Andorg's core service. Every request passes through it: authenticate, scan and mask locally, forward on your key, restore the answer, and keep nothing.

Masking

Replacing a real value (a name, email, card, and so on) with a stand-in before the text is sent to an AI model, then swapping the real value back into the answer.

Placeholder

The stand-in token that replaces a real value, written as [TYPE_N] — for example [PERSON_1] or [EMAIL_ADDRESS_1]. The same value maps to the same placeholder within a request.

Provider key

Your own API key for your AI provider, sent in the X-Provider-Key header. Andorg uses it for a single upstream call and never stores or logs it.

Andorg key

The API key Andorg issues to you, sent as Authorization: Bearer …. It authenticates you and selects your plan. Only a hash of it is stored.

Secret words

Terms you define that are always masked, first and before anything else, and can never be overridden — for a project codename or any word unique to you.

Strict mode

An opt-in setting: if a high-confidence card number, IBAN, or ID appears in a request, the request is blocked (HTTP 422) instead of forwarded.

Fail-closed / fail-open

If the scanner ever errors, fail-closed (the default) rejects the request; fail-open (opt-in per key) forwards it unmasked and flags every such pass in your record book.

Record book

Your per-request audit trail — counts and timings only (how many items were masked, tokens, duration, outcome), never the values themselves.

Deep Read

GPU-powered OCR for handwriting and messy multi-page scans on the Scale plan. The result is encrypted, delivered once, and deleted within 24 hours.

Page pack

A prepaid block of 1,000 document pages for $25, valid 12 months, consumed only after your monthly included allowance on the Scale plan.

Core / Scale

The two plans. Core ($29/month) is the privacy gate for chat. Scale ($99/month) adds attachments and 1,000 pages a month.