@leo56/simple-redact-skill

Skill-first distribution of Simple Redact.

This npm package installs the simple-redact CLI and includes the full skill structure (SKILL.md, SKILL.toml, references, default config, assets).

Install

npm install -g @leo56/simple-redact-skill

Quick Start

mkdir -p output

# 1) Parse PDF to extract text + coordinates (offline)
simple-redact parse --input document.pdf --output output/extracted.json --parser local

# 2) Create output/sensitive.json
# See: references/WORKFLOW.md

# 3) Apply redactions
simple-redact apply --input document.pdf --output output/redacted.pdf --sensitive output/sensitive.json --parser local

TextIn (Optional)

If you want better OCR and matching for complex PDFs:

Get Credentials

TextIn credentials are called x-ti-app-id and x-ti-secret-code (you will use them as TEXTIN_APP_ID and TEXTIN_SECRET_CODE).

Per TextIn official docs, you can obtain them from the Workbench:

1. Open the TextIn "功能体验" page
2. Click the profile icon in the bottom-left
3. Click 账号与开发者信息
4. Copy x-ti-app-id and x-ti-secret-code

Reference: https://docs.textin.com/xparse/api-key

export TEXTIN_APP_ID=YOUR_ID
export TEXTIN_SECRET_CODE=YOUR_SECRET

simple-redact parse --input document.pdf --output output/extracted.json --parser textin
simple-redact apply --input document.pdf --output output/redacted.pdf --sensitive output/sensitive.json --parser textin

References

• Workflow: references/WORKFLOW.md
• Config: references/CONFIG.md
• Output formats: references/OUTPUT.md
• Troubleshooting: references/TROUBLESHOOTING.md