Zero-Trust PII & secrets sanitizer. Locally scrubs data in-memory before sending context to LLMs.
If you already use Privacyscrubber, the privacyscrubber mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Zero-Trust PII & secrets sanitizer. Locally scrubs data in-memory before sending context to LLMs.
All sensitive parameters, identifiers, and variables are intercepted locally inside your machine's RAM. They are replaced by tokens (e.g. [EMAIL_1]) before being sent to the AI. Once the AI responds, the tokens are safely swapped back to original values in your local context.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Cursor — 1. Go to Settings → Features → MCP Servers. 2. Find privacyscrubber and click Edit. 3. Add the environment variableWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: PRIVACYSCRUBBER_KEY, YOUR_OPTIONAL_PRO_LICENSE_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
This sits in the knowledge and memory group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Privacyscrubber's toolset — Cursor, Windsurf — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by moxno; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Privacyscrubber's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1. Go to **Settings → Features → MCP Servers**. 2. Find privacyscrubber and click **Edit**. 3. Add the environment variable: PRIVACYSCRUBBER_KEY=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE. 4. Restart Cursor. |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"privacyscrubber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@privacyscrubber/mcp-server"],
"env": {
"PRIVACYSCRUBBER_KEY": "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PRIVACYSCRUBBER_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| YOUR_OPTIONAL_PRO_LICENSE_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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Your workspace, on speaking terms with AI — search, read and write Notion pages and databases.
A structured scratchpad for hard problems — stepwise reasoning with revisions, branches and visible logic.
Symbol-level code navigation, refactoring and memory for coding agents — the IDE brain your assistant has been missing.
Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.