Inspect Hidden & Unicode Characters in Text
Inspect zero-width characters, bidirectional controls, non-breaking spaces, Unicode normalization, and mixed-script anomalies.
When to use it
Use this when text looks normal but behaves differently after copying, comparison, storage, or downstream processing. Exact anomaly positions make the result useful for both humans and software.
Important limitation
Inspection does not rewrite the text. Use scrub_text when you want the common artifacts removed.
Use it in your browser
The browser version runs locally on your device.
Open the tool →Use it from an agent or application
POST https://api.scrubmytext.com/v1/inspect
MCP tool name: inspect_text. Paid API tools use a bearer API key; inspect_text is also available on the free API tier.