Data Processing

PII Finder

Scan text/logs for potential PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and annotate positions and types for redaction and compliance checking

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pii-finder' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"textInput":"Enter text or logs to scan for PII...","scanTypes":["email","phone","ssn","creditCard","ip","url","passport","idCard","bankAccount","apiKey"],"includeContext":true,"contextChars":20}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pii-finder

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
textInput	textarea	Yes	—
scanTypes	select	No	—
includeContext	checkbox	No	—
contextChars	number	No	—

Response format

JSON result

JSON

{
  "key": {...},
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-pii-finder": {
      "name": "pii-finder",
      "description": "Scan text/logs for potential PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and annotate positions and types for redaction and compliance checking",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pii-finder",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "pii-finder",
    "arguments": {
  "textInput": "Enter text or logs to scan for PII...",
  "scanTypes": [
    "email",
    "phone",
    "ssn",
    "creditCard",
    "ip",
    "url",
    "passport",
    "idCard",
    "bankAccount",
    "apiKey"
  ],
  "includeContext": true,
  "contextChars": 20
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pii-finder' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"textInput":"Enter text or logs to scan for PII...","scanTypes":["email","phone","ssn","creditCard","ip","url","passport","idCard","bankAccount","apiKey"],"includeContext":true,"contextChars":20}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

textInput

textarea

Yes

—

scanTypes

select

—

includeContext

checkbox

—

contextChars

number

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-pii-finder": { "name": "pii-finder", "description": "Scan text/logs for potential PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and annotate positions and types for redaction and compliance checking", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pii-finder", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "pii-finder", "arguments": { "textInput": "Enter text or logs to scan for PII...", "scanTypes": [ "email", "phone", "ssn", "creditCard", "ip", "url", "passport", "idCard", "bankAccount", "apiKey" ], "includeContext": true, "contextChars": 20 } } }