Paid tool · $2 per scan
Anonymity Check
Before you hit submit on a double-blind manuscript, run a leak scan. Flags author names, institution mentions, grant numbers, IRB protocols, self-citation patterns, named software artifacts, and author-owned URLs — anywhere they slipped into the body.
What it catches
- Author or co-author names in the body (e.g. "Smith et al." referring to the authors' own prior work).
- Institution names — "at our institution X", lab names, hospital names.
- Funder names and grant numbers ("NSF #1234567", "NIH R01…").
- IRB / IACUC / ethics-board protocol numbers tied to a specific institution.
- Author email addresses, author-owned GitHub repos, lab webpages.
- Named software or datasets that trivially identify the authors.
- "In our previous work [12]" self-citation patterns.
FAQ
What about acknowledgements?
We scan the body and abstract. Acknowledgement sections often live at the end of the manuscript and we'll catch leaks there too — but always review them manually before submission, especially if your editor strips them automatically.
Is this a replacement for manual blinding?
No. It's a safety net. Manual review of figures, supplementary materials, and metadata is still required.
What does Purplelink retain?
Nothing after delivery. The scan result is deleted from our servers the moment you retrieve it. The manuscript is sent to Anthropic's Claude API, which retains inputs for 30 days for abuse monitoring — never for training.