Trace Sanitizer

Trace-Sanitizer Skill

THE RULE

Every trace-sanitizer command outputs next_steps. FOLLOW THEM.

Do not memorize the flow. Do not skip steps. Do not improvise. Run the command -> read the output -> follow next_steps. That's it.

The CLI tracks your stage (1-3: configure -> review -> confirmed).

Getting Started

Run trace-sanitizer status (or trace-sanitizer prep for full details) and follow the next_steps.

Output Format

• trace-sanitizer prep, trace-sanitizer config, trace-sanitizer status, and trace-sanitizer confirm output pure JSON
• trace-sanitizer export outputs human-readable text followed by ---TRACE_SANITIZER_JSON--- and a JSON block
• Always parse the JSON and act on next_steps

Key fields:

• stage / stage_number / total_stages -- where you are
• next_steps -- follow these in order
• next_command -- the single most important command to run next (null if user input needed first)

PII Audit (Stage 2)

After trace-sanitizer export, follow the next_steps in the JSON output. The flow is:

1. Ask the user their full name -- then grep the export for it
2. Run the pii_commands from the JSON output and review results with the user
3. Ask the user what else to look for -- company names, client names, employer names, private URLs, other people's names, custom domains, account/org names (Vercel teams, Supabase projects), geographic identifiers, social profiles (LinkedIn, GitHub linked to real names), and any hardware identifiers
4. Deep manual scan -- sample ~20 sessions (beginning, middle, end) and look for anything sensitive the regex missed. Check for resume/CV content, browser history, Discord data, and system forensics that could defeat anonymization
5. Fix and re-export if anything found: trace-sanitizer config --redact "string" then trace-sanitizer export
6. Run trace-sanitizer confirm with text attestations -- pass --full-name, --attest-full-name, --attest-sensitive, and --attest-manual-scan. It runs PII scan, verifies attestations, shows project breakdown, and confirms the export.
7. Donate -- the export folder contains trajectories.jsonl + CDLA-Permissive-2.0 license. Zip the folder, upload to Google Drive, and share with donate@traced.run

Commands Reference

trace-sanitizer status                            # Show current stage and next steps (JSON)
trace-sanitizer prep                              # Discover projects (JSON)
trace-sanitizer prep --source all                 # All sources (Claude + Codex + Gemini + OpenCode)
trace-sanitizer prep --source claude              # Only Claude Code sessions
trace-sanitizer prep --source codex               # Only Codex sessions
trace-sanitizer prep --source gemini              # Only Gemini CLI sessions
trace-sanitizer prep --source opencode            # Only OpenCode sessions
trace-sanitizer confirm --full-name "NAME" --attest-full-name "..." --attest-sensitive "..." --attest-manual-scan "..." # Scan PII, verify attestations, confirm export (JSON)
trace-sanitizer confirm --file /path/to/file.jsonl --full-name "NAME" --attest-full-name "..." --attest-sensitive "..." --attest-manual-scan "..." # Confirm a specific export file
trace-sanitizer list                              # List all projects with exclusion status
trace-sanitizer list --source all                 # List all sources
trace-sanitizer list --source codex               # List only Codex projects
trace-sanitizer config                            # Show current config
trace-sanitizer config --source all               # REQUIRED source scope: claude|codex|gemini|opencode|all
trace-sanitizer config --exclude "a,b"            # Add excluded projects (appends)
trace-sanitizer config --redact "str1,str2"       # Add strings to redact (appends)
trace-sanitizer config --redact-usernames "u1,u2" # Add usernames to anonymize (appends)
trace-sanitizer config --confirm-projects         # Mark project selection as confirmed
trace-sanitizer export                            # Export locally
trace-sanitizer export --source all               # Export all sources
trace-sanitizer export --source codex             # Export only Codex sessions
trace-sanitizer export --source claude            # Export only Claude Code sessions
trace-sanitizer export --source gemini            # Export only Gemini CLI sessions
trace-sanitizer export --source opencode          # Export only OpenCode sessions
trace-sanitizer export --all-projects             # Include everything (ignore exclusions)
trace-sanitizer export --no-thinking              # Exclude extended thinking blocks
trace-sanitizer export -o /path/to/file.jsonl     # Custom output path
trace-sanitizer update-skill claude               # Install/update the trace-sanitizer skill for Claude Code

Gotchas

• --exclude, --redact, --redact-usernames APPEND -- they never overwrite. Safe to call repeatedly.
• Source selection is REQUIRED before export -- explicitly set trace-sanitizer config --source claude|codex|gemini|opencode|all (or pass --source ... on export).
• trace-sanitizer prep outputs pure JSON -- parse it directly.
• PII audit is critical -- automated redaction is not foolproof.
• Large exports take time -- 500+ sessions may take 1-3 minutes. Use a generous timeout.

Prerequisite

command -v trace-sanitizer >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "trace-sanitizer: installed" || echo "NOT INSTALLED -- run: pip install trace-sanitizer"