ContextBlur for VS Code

Blur sensitive data in your editor during screen sharing, pair programming, or live coding. Automatically detects PII, API keys, secrets, and more.

Features

Auto-Blur — Scans your code and blurs emails, phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, API keys, AWS keys, JWTs, connection strings, private keys, and .env values
Go Live Mode — One shortcut enables auto-blur and runs an immediate full scan before screen sharing
Manual Blur — Select any text and blur it with a keyboard shortcut
Risk Scan + Nudges — Warns when high-risk secrets are detected while blur is off
3 Blur Styles — Blackout (default), highlight, or fade
Status Bar — Shows blur count and toggles auto-blur on click
Configurable — Enable/disable individual patterns, set blur style, exclude files

Command	Keybinding	Description
`ContextBlur: Toggle Auto-Blur`	`Ctrl+Alt+B` / `Cmd+Alt+B`	Toggle auto-blur on/off
`ContextBlur: Blur Selection`	`Ctrl+Alt+H` / `Cmd+Alt+H`	Blur selected text manually
`ContextBlur: Go Live Mode (Enable + Scan)`	`Ctrl+Alt+G` / `Cmd+Alt+G`	Enable auto-blur and run a full scan
`ContextBlur: Scan Risk (No Blur)`	`Ctrl+Alt+R` / `Cmd+Alt+R`	Check risk level without enabling blur
`ContextBlur: Run Auto-Blur Scan`	—	One-shot scan of current file
`ContextBlur: Clear All Blurs`	—	Remove all blurs in current file

Setting	Default	Description
`contextblur.enabled`	`true`	Enable/disable extension
`contextblur.style`	`"blackout"`	`blackout`, `highlight`, or `fade`
`contextblur.patterns.email`	`true`	Detect emails
`contextblur.patterns.phone`	`true`	Detect phone numbers
`contextblur.patterns.ssn`	`true`	Detect SSNs
`contextblur.patterns.creditCard`	`true`	Detect credit cards
`contextblur.patterns.personnummer`	`true`	Detect Swedish personal IDs
`contextblur.patterns.apiKey`	`true`	Detect API key-like strings
`contextblur.patterns.awsKey`	`true`	Detect AWS access keys
`contextblur.patterns.jwt`	`true`	Detect JWT tokens
`contextblur.patterns.connectionString`	`true`	Detect DB connection strings
`contextblur.patterns.privateKey`	`true`	Detect private key blocks
`contextblur.patterns.envValue`	`true`	Detect values in .env files
`contextblur.excludeFiles`	`[".min.js",".lock","*.map"]`	Glob patterns to skip
`contextblur.nudgeOnRisk`	`true`	Show warning prompts when sensitive patterns are found while blur is off

All detection happens locally in your editor. No data is transmitted anywhere.