@agent-inspect/redact

Deterministic JSON/trace redaction with local, share, and strict profiles.

Support level: Stable — see SUPPORT-LEVELS.md. Network behavior: NETWORK-BEHAVIOR.md.

When to use

• Before attaching traces to issues, Slack, or PRs
• Redacting arbitrary JSON payloads (not only traces)

When not to use

• Compliance certification (this is a helper, not a compliance engine)
• Automatic upload sanitization pipelines you do not control

Install

npm install @agent-inspect/redact

Example

import { redact } from "@agent-inspect/redact";

const result = redact(
  { apiKey: "demo-token", message: "hello" },
  { profile: "share" },
);
console.log(result.value, result.findings);

Privacy

• Pure local transformation; no network
• Profiles: local · share · strict
• Redaction is best-effort, not a safety certification — run verify-safe before sharing
• High-confidence credentials (including bounded token= / api_key= / internal_token= forms) are covered by built-in profiles
• http(s) URLs keep scheme, host and path; userinfo and credential-looking query or fragment params are replaced, and identifier-like path segments become [id] under share and strict
• Context-sensitive findings may still require review; CLI custom policies are not yet supported (use programmatic detectors)
• strict adds more key rules; it does not guarantee different bytes from share on every input

API

CLI

npx agent-inspect redact · scan · verify-safe

Docs

• Safe trace sharing

Troubleshooting

• Still sensitive keys: Use strict profile or custom detectors
• Large files: Redact copies; keep originals local

Version

Part of the fixed AgentInspect release line. See the npm badge / package manifest for the current version.

License

MIT