AI Security Gateway — MCP Server
Local PII detection and masking for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf. Your prompts are scanned on your machine before reaching any LLM.
What it does
Automatically detects and masks sensitive data in your prompts:
- 📧 Email addresses
- 📱 Phone numbers (India-friendly)
- 💳 Credit card numbers
- 🪪 Aadhaar numbers
- 📋 PAN cards
- 🌐 IP addresses
- 🛂 Passport numbers
- 🏦 Bank account numbers
How it works
Once installed, Claude Desktop (and Cursor/Windsurf) automatically has access to a scan_prompt tool. You can ask Claude to scan any prompt before sending it, or Claude will proactively suggest scanning when it detects potentially sensitive content.
Installation
Option 1 — Run directly with npx (no install needed)
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-security-gateway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "ai-security-gateway-mcp"]
}
}
}
Option 2 — Install globally
npm install -g ai-security-gateway-mcp
Then add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-security-gateway": {
"command": "ai-security-gateway-mcp"
}
}
}
Config file locations
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Usage
After restarting Claude Desktop, try:
Scan this prompt for PII before I send it: [your text here]
Use REPLACE mode to anonymize: [your text here]
Is this safe to send to an LLM? [your text here]
Anonymization modes
| Mode | Behaviour | Example | |---|---|---| | MASK | Partially hides values | j@g.com | | REDACT | Removes values entirely | (empty) | | REPLACE | Substitutes typed tokens | [EMAIL], [AADHAAR] |
Works with
- Claude Desktop (macOS and Windows)
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- Any MCP-compatible client
Privacy
All detection runs locally on your machine. No data is sent to any server or cloud service.
Development
npm install
npm run build # compile TypeScript → dist/
npm run dev # run via tsx (no compile step)
npm start # run compiled output
Related
- Web app (v1): https://github.com/dceptev-byte/ai_security_gateway






