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Description

Local pre-submit privacy protection for coding-agent CLIs

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

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shim Guard

Local traffic visibility and privacy controls for coding agents.
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shim Guard shows you what your coding agent actually sends to the model — how many tokens went where, what the turn cost, and which secrets and personal data were in it — and masks what it can before the model sees it. The hook and detector add no network destination, account, API key, or telemetry. The opt-in `shim watch` proxy forwards only to the provider the client already uses.

Two commands, two different questions:

Command Answers
shim watch -- claude What did this session actually send, and what did it cost?
shim install claude Mask secrets and personal data in eligible tool results, every session, automatically.

[!WARNING] shim Guard is alpha software and a best-effort guard, not a data-loss prevention boundary. Read the