Privacyscrubber MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 520 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Sep 2026.
Zero-Trust PII & secrets sanitizer. Locally scrubs data in-memory before sending context to LLMs.
What the code does
We read the source, 11 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
stdout = execSync(command, {
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add privacyscrubber-mcp -- npx -y @privacyscrubber/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"privacyscrubber-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@privacyscrubber/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.privacyscrubber-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@privacyscrubber/mcp-server"]{
"mcpServers": {
"privacyscrubber-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@privacyscrubber/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"privacyscrubber-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@privacyscrubber/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
PRIVACYSCRUBBER_KEY (Optional PRO or TEAMS license key to unlock specialized detection profiles.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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Privacyscrubber MCP — questions
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