Your prompt doesn't need their email. You want AI to help explain a broken export button. Does it also need the customer's name, email, and internal case number? Start here: 1. Write a fictional support note. 2. Mark the identifiers the task doesn't need. 3. Replace them locally — then inspect what survived. The catch: a replacement tool only changes the spans you give it. Leave one out and it can stay in the text. We ran a small Presidio Anonymizer lab with four fictional cases, including a deliberately missed email. The full guide has the setup, code, actual outputs, and review checklist. Get the walkthrough and practice files: https://jabsystems.io/ai-anonymous/presidio-replace-before-prompt Redaction is not a privacy guarantee or permission to share. Use fictional data for practice, and your organization's approved tools and rules for real work. AI Anonymous · from JAB Systems #AIAnonymous #PracticalAI #OpenSource #Presidio #AITools