diff --git a/assets/gep/failed_capsules.json b/assets/gep/failed_capsules.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76dff646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/gep/failed_capsules.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "failed_capsules": []
+}
diff --git a/assets/gep/genes.jsonl b/assets/gep/genes.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5456a46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "evolver",
+  "version": "1.20.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "evolver",
+      "version": "1.20.0",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/gep/sanitize.js b/src/gep/sanitize.js
index 8e4a628b..595aa8dd 100644
--- a/src/gep/sanitize.js
+++ b/src/gep/sanitize.js
@@ -4,12 +4,30 @@
 
 // Patterns to redact (replaced with placeholder)
 const REDACT_PATTERNS = [
-  // API keys & tokens
+  // API keys & tokens (generic)
   /Bearer\s+[A-Za-z0-9\-._~+\/]+=*/g,
   /sk-[A-Za-z0-9]{20,}/g,
   /token[=:]\s*["']?[A-Za-z0-9\-._~+\/]{16,}["']?/gi,
   /api[_-]?key[=:]\s*["']?[A-Za-z0-9\-._~+\/]{16,}["']?/gi,
   /secret[=:]\s*["']?[A-Za-z0-9\-._~+\/]{16,}["']?/gi,
+  /password[=:]\s*["']?[^\s"',;)}\]]{6,}["']?/gi,
+  // GitHub tokens (ghp_, gho_, ghu_, ghs_, github_pat_)
+  /ghp_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}/g,
+  /gho_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}/g,
+  /ghu_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}/g,
+  /ghs_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}/g,
+  /github_pat_[A-Za-z0-9_]{22,}/g,
+  // AWS access keys
+  /AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}/g,
+  // OpenAI / Anthropic tokens
+  /sk-proj-[A-Za-z0-9\-_]{20,}/g,
+  /sk-ant-[A-Za-z0-9\-_]{20,}/g,
+  // npm tokens
+  /npm_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}/g,
+  // Private keys
+  /-----BEGIN\s+(?:RSA\s+|EC\s+|DSA\s+|OPENSSH\s+)?PRIVATE\s+KEY-----[\s\S]*?-----END\s+(?:RSA\s+|EC\s+|DSA\s+|OPENSSH\s+)?PRIVATE\s+KEY-----/g,
+  // Basic auth in URLs (redact only credentials, keep :// and @)
+  /(?<=:\/\/)[^@\s]+:[^@\s]+(?=@)/g,
   // Local filesystem paths
   /\/home\/[^\s"',;)}\]]+/g,
   /\/Users\/[^\s"',;)}\]]+/g,
diff --git a/test/sanitize.test.js b/test/sanitize.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7df23ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanitize.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { sanitizePayload, redactString } = require('../src/gep/sanitize');
+
+const REDACTED = '[REDACTED]';
+
+// --- redactString ---
+
+// Existing patterns (regression)
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('Bearer abc123def456ghi789jkl0'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('sk-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('token=abcdefghijklmnop1234'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('api_key=abcdefghijklmnop1234'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('secret: abcdefghijklmnop1234'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('/home/user/secret/file.txt'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('/Users/admin/docs'), REDACTED);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('user@example.com'), REDACTED);
+
+// GitHub tokens (bare, without token= prefix)
+assert.ok(redactString('ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1234').includes(REDACTED),
+  'bare ghp_ token should be redacted');
+assert.ok(redactString('gho_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890').includes(REDACTED),
+  'bare gho_ token should be redacted');
+assert.ok(redactString('github_pat_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456').includes(REDACTED),
+  'github_pat_ token should be redacted');
+assert.ok(redactString('use ghs_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 for auth').includes(REDACTED),
+  'ghs_ in sentence should be redacted');
+
+// AWS keys
+assert.ok(redactString('AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE').includes(REDACTED),
+  'AWS access key should be redacted');
+
+// OpenAI project tokens
+assert.ok(redactString('sk-proj-bxOCXoWsaPj0IDE1yqlXCXIkWO1f').includes(REDACTED),
+  'sk-proj- token should be redacted');
+
+// Anthropic tokens
+assert.ok(redactString('sk-ant-api03-abcdefghijklmnopqrst').includes(REDACTED),
+  'sk-ant- token should be redacted');
+
+// npm tokens
+assert.ok(redactString('npm_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890').includes(REDACTED),
+  'npm token should be redacted');
+
+// Private keys
+assert.ok(redactString('-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nabc\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----').includes(REDACTED),
+  'RSA private key should be redacted');
+assert.ok(redactString('-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\ndata\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----').includes(REDACTED),
+  'generic private key should be redacted');
+
+// Password fields
+assert.ok(redactString('password=mysecretpassword123').includes(REDACTED),
+  'password= should be redacted');
+assert.ok(redactString('PASSWORD: "hunter2xyz"').includes(REDACTED),
+  'PASSWORD: should be redacted');
+
+// Basic auth in URLs (should preserve scheme and @)
+var urlResult = redactString('https://user:pass123@github.com/repo');
+assert.ok(urlResult.includes(REDACTED), 'basic auth in URL should be redacted');
+assert.ok(urlResult.startsWith('https://'), 'URL scheme should be preserved');
+assert.ok(urlResult.includes('@github.com'), '@ and host should be preserved');
+
+// Safe strings should NOT be redacted
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('hello world'), 'hello world');
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('error: something failed'), 'error: something failed');
+assert.strictEqual(redactString('fix the bug in parser'), 'fix the bug in parser');
+
+// --- sanitizePayload ---
+
+// Deep sanitization
+var payload = {
+  summary: 'Fixed auth using ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx5678',
+  nested: {
+    path: '/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa',
+    email: 'admin@internal.corp',
+    safe: 'this is fine',
+  },
+};
+var sanitized = sanitizePayload(payload);
+assert.ok(sanitized.summary.includes(REDACTED), 'ghp token in summary');
+assert.ok(sanitized.nested.path.includes(REDACTED), 'path in nested');
+assert.ok(sanitized.nested.email.includes(REDACTED), 'email in nested');
+assert.strictEqual(sanitized.nested.safe, 'this is fine');
+
+// Null/undefined/number inputs
+assert.strictEqual(sanitizePayload(null), null);
+assert.strictEqual(sanitizePayload(undefined), undefined);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString(null), null);
+assert.strictEqual(redactString(123), 123);
+
+console.log('All sanitize tests passed (34 assertions)');