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🛡️ PrivGuard

Your AI assistant should work for you — not expose your secrets.

English | 中文


English

What is PrivGuard?

PrivGuard is a privacy protection layer for AI assistants. It sits silently between your tools and the LLM API, automatically detecting and sanitizing sensitive information — phone numbers, ID cards, API keys, passwords, and more — before your data ever leaves your machine.

No config changes to your workflow. No data sent in plaintext. Just private by default.


The Problem

Every time you send a prompt to an AI assistant:

  • Your message — including any sensitive data — is transmitted to remote LLM APIs
  • Once sent, you lose control over that data
  • Even with a trusted provider, breaches happen

You shouldn't have to choose between productivity and privacy.


The Solution

PrivGuard intercepts API requests locally and swaps sensitive values for semantic placeholders — invisible to you, opaque to the LLM:

Your input:    "My phone is 13812345678, email test@example.com"
What LLM sees: "My phone is <|PG:PHONE_1|>, email <|PG:EMAIL_1|>"
What you see:  "My phone is 13812345678, email test@example.com"  ✓ restored

The LLM reasons over structure, not your secrets.


How It Works

┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│  Your Input │ ──▶ │ PrivGuard Proxy  │ ──▶ │   LLM API    │
│  (with PII) │     │   (sanitize)     │     │ (placeholders│
└─────────────┘     └──────────────────┘     │    only)     │
                                              └──────────────┘
                                                     │
┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐            │
│  You see    │ ◀── │ PrivGuard Proxy  │ ◀──────────┘
│  (restored) │     │   (restore)      │
└─────────────┘     └──────────────────┘

Supported Clients

Client Configuration Protocol
Claude Code ~/.claude/settings.json Anthropic Messages API
OpenCode ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json OpenAI Compatible
Cursor Environment variable OpenAI Compatible
Any OpenAI-compatible client OPENAI_BASE_URL OpenAI Compatible

Quick Start

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ — verify with node -v. Run from your project root.

# One-click setup (recommended)
npx -y @privguard/engine setup

# Check detection & configuration status
privguard status

This single command will:

  1. Install detection rules to .privguard/rules/
  2. Generate AGENTS.md to keep your AI assistant privacy-aware
  3. Generate CLAUDE.md reference file (if needed)
  4. Auto-configure detected clients to route through the proxy
  5. Start the proxy server

Manual Installation

npm install -g @privguard/engine
privguard setup

Commands

Command Description
privguard setup One-click setup
privguard start Start proxy server only
privguard status Show detection status
privguard gui Launch Web GUI
privguard teardown Remove all configurations
privguard --help Show help

Web GUI

PrivGuard includes a real-time web dashboard for monitoring intercepts and managing rules.

privguard gui                          # Start GUI (proxy auto-starts)
privguard gui --port 8080              # Custom GUI port
privguard gui --proxy-port 19830       # Custom proxy port
privguard gui --password mypassword    # Set a fixed password
privguard gui --no-proxy               # GUI only, no proxy

On first launch, a random password is printed to your terminal. Open http://localhost:19821 and log in.

Dashboard features:

  • Real-time intercept log with PII type filtering
  • Custom rule editor with live regex testing
  • Proxy server health monitoring
  • Rule changes apply instantly — no restart needed

Supported PII Types

Type Rule File Confidence Validation
Chinese Phone zh-CN.yml High Length check
Chinese ID Card zh-CN.yml High Checksum algorithm
Bank Card zh-CN.yml High Luhn algorithm
US SSN en-US.yml High Format validation
Credit Card en-US.yml High Luhn algorithm
Email common.yml High
API Key common.yml High
JWT common.yml High
Private Key common.yml High Multiline

Custom Rules

Add your own patterns by editing .privguard/rules/custom.yml:

rules:
  - type: EMPLOYEE_ID
    name: Employee ID
    pattern: 'EMP\d{6}'
    confidence: high

TypeScript API

import { PrivGuardEngine, loadRulesFromYaml } from '@privguard/engine';

const engine = new PrivGuardEngine({
  mode: 'auto',
  rules: loadRulesFromYaml(yamlContent),
  placeholderPrefix: 'PG',
});

// Sanitize
const { sanitized } = await engine.sanitize('Phone: 13812345678');
// → 'Phone: <|PG:PHONE_1|>'

// Restore
const { restored } = engine.restore('Your phone is <|PG:PHONE_1|>');
// → 'Your phone is 13812345678'

Uninstall

privguard teardown
rm -rf .privguard/ AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md

中文

PrivGuard 是什么?

PrivGuard 是 AI 助手的隐私保护层。它静默运行在你的工具与 LLM API 之间,在数据离开你的电脑之前,自动检测并脱敏敏感信息——手机号、身份证、API Key、密码等。

无需改变工作流。无明文传输。默认私密。


问题背景

每次向 AI 助手发送提示词时:

  • 包含敏感数据的消息会被传输到远程 LLM API
  • 数据一旦发出,你就失去了控制权
  • 即使你信任服务商,数据泄露依然可能发生

你不该被迫在效率与隐私之间二选一。


解决方案

PrivGuard 在本地拦截 API 请求,将敏感值替换为语义占位符——对你透明,对 LLM 不可见:

你的输入:    "我的手机号是13812345678,邮箱test@example.com"
LLM 看到的:  "我的手机号是<|PG:PHONE_1|>,邮箱<|PG:EMAIL_1|>"
你看到的:    "我的手机号是13812345678,邮箱test@example.com"  ✓ 已还原

LLM 处理的是结构语义,而不是你的隐私数据。


工作原理

┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│   你的输入   │ ──▶ │  PrivGuard 代理  │ ──▶ │   LLM API    │
│  (含敏感信息)│     │     (脱敏)     │     │(只看到占位符)│
└─────────────┘     └──────────────────┘     └──────────────┘
                                                     │
┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐            │
│   你看到的   │ ◀── │  PrivGuard 代理  │ ◀──────────┘
│  (已还原)  │     │     (还原)     │
└─────────────┘     └──────────────────┘

支持的 Agent

客户端 配置方式 协议
Claude Code ~/.claude/settings.json Anthropic Messages API
OpenCode ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json OpenAI 兼容
Cursor 环境变量 OpenAI 兼容
任意 OpenAI 兼容客户端 OPENAI_BASE_URL OpenAI 兼容

快速开始

前置条件: Node.js 18+,运行 node -v 验证。请在项目根目录执行以下命令。

# 一键安装(推荐)
npx -y @privguard/engine setup

# 验证 Agent 检测/配置状态
privguard status

这条命令会自动完成:

  1. 安装检测规则到 .privguard/rules/
  2. 生成 AGENTS.md,让 AI 助手保持隐私保护意识
  3. 按需生成 CLAUDE.md 引用文件
  4. 自动配置检测到的客户端使用代理
  5. 启动代理服务器

手动安装

npm install -g @privguard/engine
privguard setup

命令说明

命令 说明
privguard setup 一键安装
privguard start 仅启动代理服务器
privguard status 查看检测状态
privguard gui 启动 Web 管理界面
privguard teardown 移除所有配置
privguard --help 显示帮助

Web 管理界面

PrivGuard 内置实时 Web 仪表板,可视化监控拦截记录、管理保护规则。

privguard gui                          # 启动 GUI(自动启动代理)
privguard gui --port 8080              # 自定义 GUI 端口
privguard gui --proxy-port 19830       # 自定义代理端口
privguard gui --password mypassword    # 设置固定密码
privguard gui --no-proxy               # 仅启动 GUI,不启动代理

首次启动时,终端会自动打印访问地址和随机密码:

🛡️  PrivGuard GUI v0.1.0
────────────────────────────────────────
  管理界面:  http://localhost:19821
  代理地址:  http://localhost:19820
  访问密码:  Ab3xK9mP  (自动生成,请妥善保存)
────────────────────────────────────────

主要功能:

  • 实时拦截记录,支持按 PII 类型筛选
  • 自定义规则编辑器,支持正则实时测试
  • 代理服务器状态监控
  • 规则修改即时生效,无需重启

快速上手:

  1. 运行 privguard gui,记录终端显示的密码
  2. 浏览器打开 http://localhost:19821 并登录
  3. 在「拦截记录」页查看实时保护日志
  4. 在「规则管理」页添加或修改自定义规则
  5. 在「代理状态」页查看代理运行情况

常见问题:

  • 端口冲突 — 使用 --port / --proxy-port 指定其他端口
  • 忘记密码 — 重启 privguard gui 生成新密码,或用 --password 固定密码
  • 规则不生效 — 保存后自动生效;手动点击「重新加载」亦可
  • 看不到拦截记录 — 确认客户端已配置代理(运行 privguard setup

支持的敏感信息类型

类型 规则文件 置信度 校验方式
中国手机号 zh-CN.yml High 长度校验
身份证号 zh-CN.yml High 校验码算法
银行卡号 zh-CN.yml High Luhn 算法
美国 SSN en-US.yml High 格式验证
信用卡号 en-US.yml High Luhn 算法
邮箱 common.yml High
API Key common.yml High
JWT common.yml High
私钥 common.yml High 多行匹配

自定义规则

编辑 .privguard/rules/custom.yml 添加自定义检测规则:

rules:
  - type: EMPLOYEE_ID
    name: 员工工号
    pattern: 'EMP\d{6}'
    confidence: high

TypeScript API

import { PrivGuardEngine, loadRulesFromYaml } from '@privguard/engine';

const engine = new PrivGuardEngine({
  mode: 'auto',
  rules: loadRulesFromYaml(yamlContent),
  placeholderPrefix: 'PG',
});

// 脱敏
const { sanitized } = await engine.sanitize('手机:13812345678');
// → '手机:<|PG:PHONE_1|>'

// 还原
const { restored } = engine.restore('你的手机是<|PG:PHONE_1|>');
// → '你的手机是13812345678'

卸载

privguard teardown
rm -rf .privguard/ AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md

For AI Agents — Machine Readable

If you are an AI agent, read this section for quick context.

TL;DR: PrivGuard sanitizes PII in LLM API requests. Placeholder format: <|PG:TYPE_N|>.

Key facts:

  • Package: @privguard/engine
  • Binary: privguard
  • Placeholder format: <|PG:TYPE_N|> (e.g., <|PG:PHONE_1|>, <|PG:EMAIL_2|>)
  • Rules location: .privguard/rules/*.yml
  • Protocols: Anthropic Messages API, OpenAI Chat Completions API
  • Streaming: Supported (SSE)

Integration checklist:

  1. User mentions PII/sensitive data → suggest privguard setup
  2. Generating code with credentials → use environment variables, never hardcode
  3. You see <|PG:TYPE_N|> → sanitized values; do not attempt to decode
  4. Restoring output → placeholders outside code blocks are restored; inside code blocks are preserved

Rule schema:

rules:
  - type: string        # SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
    name: string        # Human-readable label
    pattern: string     # Regex (single quotes)
    confidence: high | medium | low
    validate?: string   # luhn | idcard_checksum | ssn_format | length_11

CLI quick reference:

npx -y @privguard/engine setup      # Setup everything
npx -y @privguard/engine start      # Start proxy only
npx -y @privguard/engine teardown   # Full cleanup

License

MIT

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