Detectors Reference
Complete table of all built-in PII detectors.
All detectors
| ID | Label | Category | Regions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
email | Email Address | contact | — | RFC 5322 email addresses |
phone-global | Phone Number | contact | — | International phone numbers via libphonenumber-js (20+ country local formats) |
credit-card | Credit Card | financial | — | Card numbers in a real issuer range, Luhn-validated |
iban | IBAN | financial | — | IBANs (mod-97), compact or printed in groups |
ssn-us | SSN (US) | gov-id | US | US Social Security Numbers |
nin-ng | NIN (NG) | gov-id | NG | Nigerian National ID Numbers (needs a nin key or context) |
bvn-ng | BVN (NG) | gov-id | NG | Nigerian Bank Verification Numbers (needs a bvn key or context) |
aadhaar-in | Aadhaar (IN) | gov-id | IN | Aadhaar numbers: grouped 2341 2341 2346, or bare with an aadhaar key |
pan-in | PAN (IN) | gov-id | IN | Indian PAN numbers |
said-za | SA ID (ZA) | gov-id | ZA | South African ID numbers |
nin-uk | NIN (UK) | gov-id | GB | UK National Insurance Numbers (regions: ['GB']; UK also accepted) |
nik-id | NIK (ID) | gov-id | ID | Indonesian NIK numbers |
cpf-br | CPF (BR) | gov-id | BR | Brazilian CPF numbers |
passport | Passport Number | gov-id | — | Passport numbers |
sin-ca | SIN (CA) | gov-id | CA | Canadian Social Insurance Numbers |
ip-address | IP Address | network | — | IPv4 addresses |
ipv6 | IPv6 Address | network | — | IPv6 addresses, including compressed forms |
mac-address | MAC Address | network | — | Hardware MAC addresses |
dob | Date of Birth | biometric | — | Dates of birth — needs a birth key (dob …) or context word (born) |
person-name | Person Name | identity | — | Person names via key heuristics |
address | Address | identity | — | Physical addresses via key heuristics |
uuid | UUID | identity | — | UUID v1–v5 identifiers |
mongodb-objectid | MongoDB ObjectId | identity | — | 24-character hex MongoDB ObjectIds |
vin | VIN | identity | — | Vehicle Identification Numbers (17-char) |
secret-key | Secret / API Key | secret | — | Passwords, tokens, API keys, cookies, Authorization via key heuristics |
jwt | JWT | secret | — | JSON Web Tokens |
bcrypt-hash | bcrypt Hash | secret | — | bcrypt password hashes |
hex-secret | Hex Secret | secret | — | 32/64-char hex strings (not under trace-ID, checksum or commit keys) |
aws-key | AWS Access Key | secret | — | AWS access key IDs (AKIA/ASIA prefix) |
github-pat | GitHub PAT | secret | — | GitHub personal access tokens (ghp_, gho_, ghs_, etc.) |
platform-token | Platform Token | secret | — | Slack (xox*) and Stripe (sk_/rk_) tokens |