Is it safe to put company code into Cursor or Copilot?

Not by default. Whatever you paste or open gets sent to the AI provider's servers, including secrets and customer data. Emil sits between your tools and the model and catches API keys, credentials, customer data, and source code before they ever leave.

Can AI coding tools see my API keys and .env files?

Yes, whenever they end up in the files or prompts you send, which is the most common way secrets leak. Emil detects keys, tokens, passwords, and .env values and redacts them before the prompt reaches the model.

Does Emil slow down my AI?

No. Emil screens in the moment and hands the model a clean prompt, so you get the same responses at the same speed.

Does Emil store my prompts or my code?

No. Emil processes your text in memory and keeps only a short screening record (the decision, risk score, and a redacted preview), never the full content. Classification runs on Emil's own infrastructure, is never sent to a third-party model, and is never used for training.

Which tools does Emil work with?

Anything OpenAI-compatible: Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Lovable, v0, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, and self-hosted models. Point your tool at Emil instead of the provider, or use the browser extension if you don't write code.

Do I need to be technical to use it?

No. Developers change one line of config (the base URL). Everyone else uses the one-click browser extension that screens prompts before they reach the AI.

Accounting

AI for accountants that never leaks a client's financials

Drafting a client letter from a tax file? Emil strips SSNs, EINs, and account numbers before the prompt reaches the AI — so your firm gets AI speed without the exposure.

Protect your team For developers

The problem

Staff paste tax files and ledgers into ChatGPT to draft client communications — exposing SSNs, EINs, and bank details.
Client financial data in an AI provider's logs is a breach you have to disclose.
Circular 230 and state boards expect safeguards you can't currently prove you have.

What Emil catches for accounting

Social Security Numbers (with or without dashes)
EINs and TINs
Bank account and routing numbers
Client names tied to financial figures

Regulations this maps to

IRS Circular 230
GLBA Safeguards Rule
SSN/PII state breach laws

A content filter reduces regulatory risk but isn't compliance on its own. Review presets with counsel.

Questions

Can my staff use ChatGPT on tax files safely?

Yes, with Emil in front of it. Emil detects and redacts SSNs, EINs, and account/routing numbers — including SSNs typed without dashes — before the prompt reaches the AI, so the financial data never leaves the browser.

Is this compatible with IRS Circular 230?

Emil's screening maps to Circular 230's diligence and confidentiality expectations and gives you an audit trail of every screening decision. A filter reduces risk but doesn't make you compliant on its own — review presets with your firm's counsel.

Do we need to change our software?

No. Accountants use the browser extension on the AI tools they already use; developers can route an OpenAI-compatible API through Emil with a one-line base-URL change.

What does Emil store?

Only finding codes and severities — never the client data itself. The numbers you're protecting are never written to a log.

Other industries

Financial Services Legal Healthcare