Ledebe Protector

Ledebe Protector helps you remove sensitive information from text inside VS Code before you share it, paste it into tickets, or send it to AI tools.

Current feature

• Highlight text in the editor
• Run Ledebe: Protect Selected Text
• Emails are replaced with tokens like [LDB_EMAIL_1]
• Phone numbers are replaced with tokens like [LDB_PHONE_1]

How to use

1. Select text in any open file.
2. Open the Command Palette.
3. Run Ledebe: Protect Selected Text.
4. The selected text will be replaced with a protected version.

Example

Before:

Contact Jane at jane@example.com or +1 415 555 0188

After:

Contact Jane at [LDB_EMAIL_1] or [LDB_PHONE_1]

Planned next steps

• Add support for names, secrets, and custom terms
• Add right-click editor menu support
• Add restore/reveal mode for protected values
• Add protection before sending text to AI tools