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Extract structured PII spans from text using the OpenAI Privacy Filter 1.5B model reversed — returns what, where, and which type instead of masking.
npx skill4agent add aradotso/trending-skills privacy-parser-pii-extractionSkill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.
<REDACTED>opf# Clone the repo (includes both subpackages)
git clone https://github.com/chiefautism/privacy-parser
cd privacy-parser
uv venv
uv pip install -e ./privacy-filter # installs the opf model + weights loader
uv pip install -e ./pii_parser # installs the parser libraryopf~/.opf/privacy_filter/from pii_parser.hybrid import HybridPIIParser
parser = HybridPIIParser(device="cpu") # or "cuda" / "mps"
result = parser.parse(
"Hi Quindle Testwick (quindle.testwick@openai.com / +1-415-555-0102), "
"account 40702810500001234567, 14 Beautiful Ct, Anytown USA, "
"password Priv4cy-Filt3r-2026."
)
for span in result.spans:
print(f"{span.label:18} {span.text}")private_person Quindle Testwick
private_email quindle.testwick@openai.com
private_phone +1-415-555-0102
account_number 40702810500001234567
private_address 14 Beautiful Ct, Anytown USA
secret Priv4cy-Filt3r-2026| Backend | Weights | Speed | F1 | When to use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | µs | 1.000 | Tests, known-format structured data |
| 1.5B | ~500ms CPU | 0.733 | Model-only, no post-processing |
| 1.5B | ~600ms CPU | 0.929 | Production — ship this one |
# Regex-only (no model, instant, high precision on structured formats)
from pii_parser import PIIParser
parser = PIIParser()
# Model-only (raw BIOES logits → Viterbi → spans)
from pii_parser.model import ModelPIIParser
parser = ModelPIIParser(device="cpu")
# Hybrid: model + span-merge + regex backstop (recommended)
from pii_parser.hybrid import HybridPIIParser
parser = HybridPIIParser(device="cpu")spanresult.spansspan.label # str — one of the 8 label types
span.text # str — the extracted substring
span.start # int — char offset in original string
span.end # int — char offset (exclusive)private_person — full names of individuals
private_email — email addresses
private_phone — phone numbers (any format)
private_address — street/postal addresses
private_url — personal/private URLs
private_date — dates tied to individuals
account_number — bank/card/account identifiers
secret — passwords, tokens, API keysfrom pii_parser.hybrid import HybridPIIParser
parser = HybridPIIParser(device="cpu")
texts = [
"Email Bob at bob@example.com",
"SSN: 123-45-6789, DOB: 1990-03-15",
"Token: ghp_abc123XYZ",
]
for text in texts:
result = parser.parse(text)
if result.spans:
print(f"Text: {text!r}")
for s in result.spans:
print(f" [{s.start}:{s.end}] {s.label} → {s.text!r}")
print()result = parser.parse(long_document)
emails = [s for s in result.spans if s.label == "private_email"]
phones = [s for s in result.spans if s.label == "private_phone"]
secrets = [s for s in result.spans if s.label == "secret"]
accounts = [s for s in result.spans if s.label == "account_number"]def redact(text: str, spans) -> str:
"""Replace extracted PII with [LABEL] tokens."""
result = list(text)
for span in sorted(spans, key=lambda s: s.start, reverse=True):
result[span.start:span.end] = f"[{span.label.upper()}]"
return "".join(result)
result = parser.parse("Call Alice at 555-0100 re: account 9988776655.")
clean = redact("Call Alice at 555-0100 re: account 9988776655.", result.spans)
# "Call [PRIVATE_PERSON] at [PRIVATE_PHONE] re: account [ACCOUNT_NUMBER]."import json
result = parser.parse("Jane Doe, jane@corp.io, +44 20 7946 0958")
payload = [
{"label": s.label, "text": s.text, "start": s.start, "end": s.end}
for s in result.spans
]
print(json.dumps(payload, indent=2))import torch
device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
parser = HybridPIIParser(device=device)# Parse a string directly
python -m pii_parser.cli_model "Alice paid 40702810500001234567 on 2026-05-17."
# Pipe text from a file
cat dump.txt | python -m pii_parser.cli_model -text
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opf 1.5B → BIOES logits → Viterbi (tuned transitions) → char spans
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span-merge (glues multi-token names: "Quindle" + "Testwick" → one span)
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regex backstop (URL, secret, account_number — fills model gaps)
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result.spans[]# Full fixture suite + latency benchmark
python pii_parser/tests/test_hybrid.pyFixture F1: 0.929
Scenarios: 8/8 passed
Latency: ~600 ms CPU~/.opf/privacy_filter/device="cpu"HybridPIIParserModelPIIParserparse()privacy_filteruv pip install -e ./privacy-filteruv pip install -e ./pii_parser~/.opf/privacy_filter/