clickup-data-handling

name	clickup-data-handling
description	Handle ClickUp data exports, PII redaction, GDPR compliance, and data retention for ClickUp API integrations. Trigger: "clickup data", "clickup PII", "clickup GDPR", "clickup data retention", "clickup privacy", "clickup CCPA", "clickup data export".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.6.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","productivity","clickup"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

ClickUp Data Handling

Overview

Handle sensitive data from ClickUp API v2 responses. ClickUp task data often contains PII (assignee emails, names) and business-sensitive information (task descriptions, comments, custom field values).

ClickUp Data Classification

Data Source	PII Risk	Handling
/user response	High (email, username)	Redact in logs
/team members	High (emails, names)	Minimize; cache only IDs
Task assignees	Medium (user IDs, names)	Aggregate when possible
Task descriptions	Variable (may contain PII)	Scan before storing
Custom field values	High (email, phone fields)	Encrypt at rest
Comments	Variable (user content)	Scan before logging
Webhook payloads	Medium (user objects in history)	Redact before queuing

PII Detection in ClickUp Data

interface PiiFindings {
  field: string;
  type: string;
  value: string;
}

const PII_PATTERNS = [
  { type: 'email', regex: /[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}/g },
  { type: 'phone', regex: /\b\d{3}[-.]?\d{3}[-.]?\d{4}\b/g },
  { type: 'ssn', regex: /\b\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}\b/g },
];

function scanClickUpTaskForPii(task: any): PiiFindings[] {
  const findings: PiiFindings[] = [];

  // Check description
  for (const pattern of PII_PATTERNS) {
    const matches = (task.description ?? '').matchAll(pattern.regex);
    for (const m of matches) {
      findings.push({ field: 'description', type: pattern.type, value: m[0] });
    }
  }

  // Check custom fields
   ( cf  task. ?? []) {
     (cf. ===  && cf.) {
      findings.({ : , : , : cf. });
    }
     (cf. ===  && cf.) {
      findings.({ : , : , : cf. });
    }
  }

  
   ( assignee  task. ?? []) {
     (assignee.) {
      findings.({ : , : , : assignee. });
    }
  }

   findings;
}

Redaction for Logging

function redactClickUpResponse(data: any): any {
  const redacted = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));

  // Redact user objects
  const redactUser = (user: any) => {
    if (user?.email) user.email = '[REDACTED]';
    if (user?.username) user.username = user.username.substring(0, 2) + '***';
  };

  // Task-level redaction
  if (redacted.assignees) redacted.assignees.forEach(redactUser);
  if (redacted.creator) redactUser(redacted.creator);

  // Webhook payload redaction
  if (redacted.history_items) {
    for (const item of redacted.history_items) {
      if (item.user) redactUser(item.user);
    }
  }

  // Custom fields with PII types
  if (redacted.) {
     ( cf  redacted.) {
       ([, ].(cf.) && cf.) {
        cf. = ;
      }
    }
  }

   redacted;
}


.(, .((task)));

Data Export for GDPR/CCPA

async function exportUserClickUpData(userId: number, teamId: string) {
  // 1. Get user profile
  const user = await clickupRequest('/user');

  // 2. Get tasks assigned to user across workspace
  const tasks = await clickupRequest(
    `/team/${teamId}/task?assignees[]=${userId}&include_closed=true`
  );

  // 3. Get time entries by user
  const timeEntries = await clickupRequest(
    `/team/${teamId}/time_entries?assignee=${userId}`
  );

  return {
    exportedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
    source: 'ClickUp API v2',
    userData: {
      id: user.user.id,
      username: user.user.username,
      email: user.user.email,
    },
    tasks: tasks.tasks.map((t: any) => ({
      id: t.,
      : t.,
      : t..,
      : t.,
    })),
    : timeEntries.?.( ({
      : e.,
      : e.,
      : e.,
      : e.?.,
    })) ?? [],
  };
}

Data Retention

// Track ClickUp API data locally with retention policies
interface RetentionPolicy {
  dataType: string;
  retentionDays: number;
  reason: string;
}

const RETENTION_POLICIES: RetentionPolicy[] = [
  { dataType: 'api_request_logs', retentionDays: 30, reason: 'Debugging' },
  { dataType: 'webhook_events', retentionDays: 90, reason: 'Audit trail' },
  { dataType: 'cached_tasks', retentionDays: 1, reason: 'Performance' },
  { dataType: 'time_entries', retentionDays: 365, reason: 'Billing' },
  { dataType: 'audit_logs', retentionDays: 2555, reason: 'Compliance (7 years)' },
];

async function enforceRetention(db: any) {
  for (const policy of RETENTION_POLICIES) {
    const cutoff =  ();
    cutoff.(cutoff.() - policy.);
     db.(policy.).({
      : { : cutoff },
    });
  }
}

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
PII in logs	Missing redaction	Wrap all logging with redactClickUpResponse
GDPR export incomplete	Pagination not handled	Use async generator for full export
Retention job fails	DB connection	Add retry logic to cron job
Custom field PII missed	New field types	Re-scan fields via /list/{id}/field

Resources

• ClickUp Privacy Policy
• GDPR Developer Guide
• ClickUp API User Endpoint

Next Steps

For enterprise access control, see clickup-enterprise-rbac.