diff --git a/.github/code_spell_ignore.txt b/.github/code_spell_ignore.txt
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_scan.yml b/.github/workflows/code_scan.yml
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+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: Code Scan
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, synchronize] # added `ready_for_review` since draft is skipped
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# If there is a new commit, the previous jobs will be canceled
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_CONFIG_NAME: "commonDockerConfig"
+  REPO_NAME: "code-scan"
+  REPO_TAG: "1.0"
+  DOCKER_FILE_NAME: "code-scan"
+  CONTAINER_NAME: "code-scan"
+
+jobs:
+  code-scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        job_name: ["bandit", "hadolint"]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout out Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Docker Build
+        run: |
+          docker build -f ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/docker/${{ env.DOCKER_FILE_NAME }}.dockerfile -t ${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ env.REPO_TAG }} .
+
+      - name: Docker Run
+        run: |
+          if [[ $(docker ps -a | grep -i '${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}'$) ]]; then
+            docker stop ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+            docker rm -vf ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }} || true
+          fi
+          docker run -dit --memory="4g" --memory-reservation="1g" --disable-content-trust --privileged --name=${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }} --shm-size="1g" \
+          -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/GenAIEval \
+          ${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ env.REPO_TAG }}
+
+      - name: Code scan check
+        run: |
+          docker exec ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }} \
+          bash -c "bash /GenAIEval/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan/${{ matrix.job_name }}.sh"
+
+      - name: Publish pipeline artifact
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.job_name }}
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan/${{ matrix.job_name }}.*
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockers/code-scan.dockerfile b/.github/workflows/dockers/code-scan.dockerfile
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+ARG UBUNTU_VER=22.04
+FROM ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VER} as devel
+
+ENV LANG C.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --fix-missing \
+    aspell \
+    aspell-en \
+    build-essential \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-dev \
+    python3-distutils \
+    wget
+
+RUN ln -sf $(which python3) /usr/bin/python
+
+RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir bandit==1.7.8
+RUN wget -O /bin/hadolint https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v2.12.0/hadolint-Linux-x86_64
+RUN chmod +x /bin/hadolint
+
+WORKDIR /
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/bandit.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/bandit.sh
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+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/bandit.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+source /GenAIEval/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color
+log_dir=/GenAIEval/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan
+python -m bandit -r -lll -iii /GenAIEval >${log_dir}/bandit.log
+exit_code=$?
+
+$BOLD_YELLOW && echo " -----------------  Current log file output start --------------------------"
+cat ${log_dir}/bandit.log
+$BOLD_YELLOW && echo " -----------------  Current log file output end --------------------------" && $RESET
+
+if [ ${exit_code} -ne 0 ]; then
+    $BOLD_RED && echo "Error!! Please Click on the artifact button to download and check error details." && $RESET
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$BOLD_PURPLE && echo "Congratulations, Bandit check passed!" && $LIGHT_PURPLE && echo " You can click on the artifact button to see the log details." && $RESET
+exit 0
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color b/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9fd74cd
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+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# -------------- general approach start----------------
+
+# 1. import this file:
+#     source path/change_color.sh
+# 2. use COLOR/BG:
+#     $VARIABLE_NAME && out_put_content && $RESET
+# 3. COLOR + BG:
+#     $COLOR/BG_VARIABLE_NAME && $BG/COLOR_VARIABLE_NAME && out_put_content && $RESET
+# 4. custom
+#     abbreviation(change number)
+#         txt number range (30, 37)
+#         bg number range (40, 47)
+#         special effects number range (1, 7)
+#         echo -en \\E[number1 + ; + number2 + ; + number3 + m"
+#         e.g - BG_GRAY+LIGHT_RED = "echo -en \\E[47;31m"
+
+# -------------- general approach end----------------==
+
+# general setting
+# ------------- light_color start----------------
+# black
+LIGHT_BLACK="echo -en \\E[30m"
+# red
+LIGHT_RED="echo -en \\E[31m"
+# green
+LIGHT_GREEN="echo -en \\E[32m"
+# yellow
+LIGHT_YELLOW="echo -en \\E[33m"
+# blue
+LIGHT_BLUE="echo -en \\E[34m"
+# purple
+LIGHT_PURPLE="echo -en \\E[35m"
+# cyan
+LIGHT_CYAN="echo -en \\E[36m"
+# gray
+LIGHT_GRAY="echo -en \\E[37m"
+# ------------- light_color end----------------
+
+# ------------- bold_color start----------------
+# black
+BOLD_BLACK="echo -en \\E[1;30m"
+# red
+BOLD_RED="echo -en \\E[1;31m"
+# green
+BOLD_GREEN="echo -en \\E[1;32m"
+# yellow
+BOLD_YELLOW="echo -en \\E[1;33m"
+# blue
+BOLD_BLUE="echo -en \\E[1;34m"
+# purple
+BOLD_PURPLE="echo -en \\E[1;35m"
+# cyan
+BOLD_CYAN="echo -en \\E[1;36m"
+# gray
+BOLD_GRAY="echo -en \\E[1;37m"
+# ------------- bold_color end----------------
+
+# ------------- background_color start----------------
+# black
+BG_BLACK="echo -en \\E[40m"
+# red
+BG_RED="echo -en \\E[41m"
+# green
+BG_GREEN="echo -en \\E[42m"
+# yellow
+BG_YELLOW="echo -en \\E[43m"
+# blue
+BG_BLUE="echo -en \\E[44m"
+# purple
+BG_PURPLE="echo -en \\E[45m"
+# cyan
+BG_CYAN="echo -en \\E[46m"
+# gray
+BG_GRAY="echo -en \\E[47m"
+# ------------- background_color end----------------
+
+# close
+RESET="echo -en \\E[0m"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/trellix.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/trellix.sh
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index 00000000..6b9ca6cd
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+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/trellix.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+source ${workspace}/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color
+log_dir=${workspace}/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan
+
+
+echo "---Updating definition (DAT) files ---"
+DEFS_URL=https://update.nai.com/products/commonupdater/current/vscandat1000/dat/0000
+echo "Finding latest defs at $DEFS_URL/avvdat.ini..." \
+ && wget -q $DEFS_URL/avvdat.ini \
+ && echo "SUCCESS" || fail
+
+inifile="avvdat.ini"
+filename=`awk -F"=" '$2 ~ /avvdat.*zip/ { print $2 } ' $inifile`
+filename2="$(echo -e "${filename}" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
+
+if [ -z "$filename2" ]
+then
+      echo "Cannot get defs information from INI file:"
+      cat $inifile
+      fail
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading latest defs from $DEFS_URL/$filename2..." \
+ && wget -q $DEFS_URL/$filename2 \
+ && echo "SUCCESS" || fail
+
+echo "Extracting latest defs..." \
+ && unzip -o $filename2 -d /usr/local/uvscan \
+ && echo "SUCCESS" || fail
+
+echo "--- Scanning ---"
+ENV_SCAN_OPTS="--analyze --mime --program --recursive --unzip --threads 4 --summary --verbose --html=${workspace}/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan/report.html"
+echo "Scan Options: $ENV_SCAN_OPTS"
+
+rm -r ${workspace}/avvdat*
+rm -r ${workspace}/.git
+uvscan $ENV_SCAN_OPTS ${workspace} 2>&1 | tee ${log_dir}/trellix.log
+
+
+if [[ $(grep "Possibly Infected" ${log_dir}/trellix.log | sed 's/[^0-9]//g') != 0 ]]; then
+    $BOLD_RED && echo "Error!! Please Click on the artifact button to download and check error details." && $RESET
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$BOLD_PURPLE && echo "Congratulations, Trellix Scan passed!" && $LIGHT_PURPLE && echo " You can click on the artifact button to see the log details." && $RESET
+exit 0
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/trellix.yml b/.github/workflows/trellix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ee2c26b
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+++ b/.github/workflows/trellix.yml
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+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: Trellix Command Line Scanner
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "35 1 * * 6"
+
+jobs:
+  Trellix:
+    runs-on: trellix
+    steps:
+      - name: Clean Up Working Directory
+        run: sudo rm -rf ${{github.workspace}}/*
+
+      - name: Checkout out Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run Trellix Scanner
+        env:
+          workspace: ${{ github.workspace }}
+        run: bash .github/workflows/scripts/codeScan/trellix.sh
+
+      - name: Publish pipeline artifact
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/scripts/codeScan/report.html
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diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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index 00000000..56c94e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+ci:
+  autofix_prs: true
+  autoupdate_schedule: quarterly
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+        files: (.*\.(py|md|rst|yaml|yml|json|ts|js|html|svelte|sh))$
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+        files: (.*\.(py|rst|cmake|yaml|yml|json|ts|js|html|svelte|sh))$
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v1.5.5
+    hooks:
+      - id: insert-license
+        files: (.*\.(py|yaml|yml|sh))$
+        args:
+          [
+            --license-filepath=.github/license_template.txt,
+            --use-current-year,
+            --detect-license-in-X-top-lines=40,
+            --skip-license-insertion-comment=Copyright,
+          ]
+      - id: insert-license
+        files: (.*\.(ts|js))$
+        args:
+          [
+            --license-filepath=.github/license_template.txt,
+            --use-current-year,
+            --detect-license-in-X-top-lines=40,
+            --skip-license-insertion-comment=Copyright,
+            --comment-style=//,
+          ]
+      - id: insert-license
+        files: (.*\.(html|svelte))$
+        args:
+          [
+            --license-filepath=.github/license_template.txt,
+            --use-current-year,
+            --detect-license-in-X-top-lines=40,
+            --skip-license-insertion-comment=Copyright,
+            --comment-style=<!--| |-->,
+          ]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/yesqa
+    rev: v1.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yesqa
+        name: Unused noqa
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+    rev: 5.13.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter
+    rev: v1.7.5
+    hooks:
+      - id: docformatter
+        args: [
+            --in-place,
+            --wrap-summaries=0, # 0 means disable wrap
+            --wrap-descriptions=0, # 0 means disable wrap
+            --black,
+            --style=google,
+          ]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: "v4.0.0-alpha.8" # Use the sha / tag you want to point at
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        args: [--print-width=120]
+        types_or: [yaml, markdown, html, css, scss, javascript, json, ts, shell, sh]
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - prettier@3.2.5
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black.git
+    rev: 24.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+        files: (.*\.py)$
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
+    rev: 1.16.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: blacken-docs
+        args: [--line-length=120, --skip-errors]
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - black==24.3.0
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.2.6
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        args: [-w]
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - tomli
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.3.5
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix, --no-cache]
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