diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 788eec5..019ee38 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ keywords = [
     "pipelines", "iam", "secrets"
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "pydantic>=2.11.9",
     "toml>=0.10.2",
     "tomli>=2.2.1",
     "yamllib>=0.0.1",
diff --git a/valkyrie/core/conf.py b/valkyrie/core/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4ee22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/valkyrie/core/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+"""
+Vlakyrie Engine configuration module.
+"""
+
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import (
+    List, Set, Optional, Dict, Any,
+    Type, TypeVar,
+)
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from valkyrie.core.types import SeverityLevel
+
+#### GENERIC TYPES
+T = TypeVar('T', bound='BaseConfigModel')
+
+####
+##     LOG LEVELs
+#####
+class LogLevel(str, Enum):
+    """Log Levels"""
+
+    DEBUG = 'debug'
+    INFO = 'info'
+    WARNING = 'warning'
+    ERROR = 'error'
+    CRITICAL = 'critical'
+
+
+####
+##      LOG FORMAT CHOICES
+#####
+class LogFormat(str, Enum):
+    """Log Format choices."""
+
+    PLAIN = 'plain'
+    JSON = 'json'
+
+
+####
+##      LOGGING CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class LoggingConfig(BaseModel):
+    """Logging Configuration Model"""
+
+    enabled: bool = False
+    level: LogLevel = LogLevel.INFO
+    file: Optional[str] = None
+    console: bool = True
+    max_size: int = 10  # MB
+    backups: int = 5
+    compress: bool = True
+    format: LogFormat = LogFormat.PLAIN
+    rotate: bool = True
+
+
+####
+##      BASE CONFIGURATION CLASS
+#####
+class BaseConfigModel(BaseModel):
+    """Base class of all configuration models."""
+
+    class Config:
+        extra = 'forbid'  # Undefined fields are not allowed
+        validate_all = True
+        use_enum_values = True
+
+    def to_json(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Converts model fields into a dictionary.
+        """
+
+        return self.model_dump()
+    
+    def to_json_string(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Converts model fields into a JSON string.
+        """
+        return self.model_dump_json()
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls: Type[T], json_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> T:
+        """
+        Loads model from a dictionary.
+        """
+        cls.model_rebuild()
+        return cls.model_validate(json_dict)
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json_string(cls: Type[T], json_str: str) -> T:
+        """
+        Loads model from a JSON string.
+        """
+        cls.model_rebuild()
+        return cls.model_validate_json(json_str)
+
+
+####
+##      SCANNER PLUGIN CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class PluginConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Scanner Plugin Configuration"""
+
+    enabled: Optional[bool] = True
+    config: Dict[str,Any] = Field(
+        default_factory = Dict
+    )
+
+
+####
+##      SCANNER CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class OutputConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Scan Output Configuration"""
+
+    format: str = 'sarif'
+    """Default output format, json, sarif, html"""
+
+    file: Optional[str] = None
+    """Output file (optional)"""
+
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = False
+    """Verbose logging"""
+
+    include_success: Optional[bool] = False
+    """Include successful scans in output"""
+
+
+####
+##      RULE REPOSITORY CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class RuleRepositoryConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Remote rule repository Configuration"""
+
+    type: str = 'github'
+    url: str = 'AllDotPt/valkyrie-community-rules'
+    branch: str = 'main'
+    token_env: str = 'GITHUB_TOKEN'
+
+
+####
+##      RULE CATEGORIES CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class RuleCategoriesConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Rule Categories Configuration"""
+
+    secrets: bool =  True
+    dependencies: bool =  True
+    iam_config: bool =  True
+    code_quality: bool =  True
+    infrastructure: bool =  True
+
+
+####
+##      RULE CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class RulesConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Remote rule repository Configuration"""
+
+    repository: Optional[RuleRepositoryConfig]
+    """Remote rule repository (GitHub, GitLab, etc.)"""
+
+    local_rules_dir: str = "./rules"
+    """Local rules directory"""
+
+    include_rules: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory = lambda: []
+    )
+    """Rule filters (empty = all rules enabled)"""
+
+    exclude_rules: List[str]
+    """Disabled rules"""
+
+    categories: Optional[RuleCategoriesConfig] = Field(
+        default_factory = lambda: RuleCategoriesConfig()
+    )
+    """Custom rule categories to enable/disable"""
+
+
+####
+##      SCANNER CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class ScanConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Configuration for scanner execution"""
+
+    target_path: Path
+    """Target directory to scan (relative to config file)"""
+
+    include_patterns: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=lambda: ["**/*"]
+    )
+    """File inclusion patterns (glob patterns)"""
+
+    exclude_patterns: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=lambda: [
+            "**/.git/**", "**/.vscode/**",
+            "**/node_modules/**", "**/__pycache__/**"
+        ]
+    )
+    """File exclusion patterns"""
+
+    max_file_size: int = 10 * 1024 * 1024  # 10MB
+    """Maximum file size to scan (in bytes, default to 10MB)."""
+
+    parallel_workers: int = 4
+    """Number of parallel scanning workers"""
+
+    rule_filters: Set[str] = Field(default_factory=set)  # Rule IDs to include
+    """Specific rules to include"""
+
+    severity_threshold: SeverityLevel = SeverityLevel.LOW
+    """Minimum severity level to report"""
+
+    diff_only: bool = False
+    """Scan only changed files in CI (if supported)"""
+
+    fail_on_findings: bool = True
+    """Whether to fail the build on security findings"""
+
+
+####
+##      VALKYRIE CONFIG MODEL CLASS
+#####
+class ValkyrieConfig(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Valkyrie Configuration"""
+
+    scanner: ScanConfig
+    """Scanner engine configuration."""
+
+    rules: Optional[RulesConfig] 
+    """Rule repositories"""
+
+    plugins: List[PluginConfig]
+    """Scanner Plugins to use."""
+
+    output: OutputConfig = Field(
+        default_factory = lambda: OutputConfig()
+    )
+    """Scan Result Outout format"""
+
+    ci_integration: List
+    """A list of ci integration (github action, gitlab ci, etc)"""
diff --git a/valkyrie/core/formatters/__init__.py b/valkyrie/core/formatters/__init__.py
index e60cbbc..fa594bb 100644
--- a/valkyrie/core/formatters/__init__.py
+++ b/valkyrie/core/formatters/__init__.py
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
 from .html import HTMLFormatter
 from .json import JSONFormatter
 
+
+####    GET FORMMATER
+def get_formatter(name: str) -> ResultFormatter:
+    """Return a Result formatter class by name"""
+
+    mapping = {
+        'json': JSONFormatter,
+        'html': HTMLFormatter,
+        'sarif': SARIFFormatter 
+    }
+
+    return mapping.get(name, SARIFFormatter)
+
 __all__ = [
     ResultFormatter,
     SARIFFormatter,
     HTMLFormatter,
-    JSONFormatter
+    JSONFormatter,
+    get_formatter
 ]
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diff --git a/valkyrie/core/types.py b/valkyrie/core/types.py
index 851b138..4fdd886 100644
--- a/valkyrie/core/types.py
+++ b/valkyrie/core/types.py
@@ -251,29 +251,3 @@ async def add_rule(self, rule: ScanRule) -> None:
     async def update_rule(self, rule: ScanRule) -> None:
         """Update existing rule"""
         pass
-
-
-####    CONFIG
-
-####
-##      SCANNER CONFIG MODEL CLASS
-#####
-@dataclass
-class ScanConfig:
-    """Configuration for scanner execution"""
-
-    target_path: Path
-    include_patterns: List[str] = field(
-        default_factory=lambda: ["**/*"]
-    )
-    exclude_patterns: List[str] = field(
-        default_factory=lambda: [
-            "**/.git/**", "**/.vscode/**",
-            "**/node_modules/**", "**/__pycache__/**"
-        ]
-    )
-    max_file_size: int = 10 * 1024 * 1024  # 10MB
-    parallel_workers: int = 4
-    rule_filters: Set[str] = field(default_factory=set)  # Rule IDs to include
-    severity_threshold: SeverityLevel = SeverityLevel.LOW
-    fail_on_findings: bool = True
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