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ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp

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1.2 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp, a TypeScript project with 54,527 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 96,761 lines of code across 325 source files, recording 91 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.2 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

1.2
Adjusted Signal
1.2
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
54.5K
Stars
TypeScript
Language
96.8K
Lines of Code
325
Files
91
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.01
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 4.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 85 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 1.2/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 6 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 3.4/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 67 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 5.7/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 91 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 2HIGH 0MEDIUM 2LOW 87

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 91 distinct pattern matches across 7 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers67 hits · 67 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWrollup.config.js63function getDevToolsFrontendCommit() {CODE
LOW⚡tests/mocks.ts1148export function createMockHeapSnapshotStaticData(): DevTools.HeapSnapshotModel.HeapSnapshotModel.StaticData {CODE
LOW⚡tests/mocks.ts1157export function createMockNativeContextSizes(): DevTools.HeapSnapshotModel.HeapSnapshotModel.NativeContextSizes {CODE
LOW⚡tests/mocks.ts1165export function createMockRetainedByContextSummary(): DevTools.HeapSnapshotModel.HeapSnapshotModel.RetainedByContextSummCODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts205export function createMockPuppeteerBrowser(): sinon.SinonStubbedInstance<Browser> {CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts423export function createMockPuppeteerTarget(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts596export function createMockAuthenticatorId(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts716export function createMockCSSStyleDeclaration(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts862export function createMockCSSKeyframesRule(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts923export function createMockCSSPositionTryRule(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts949export function createMockCSSRegisteredProperty(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1003export function createMockCSSFunctionRule(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1057export function createMockCSSMatchedStyles(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1134export function createMockHeapSnapshotStats(): DevTools.HeapSnapshotModel.HeapSnapshotModel.Statistics {CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1176export function createMockHeapSnapshotAggregateData(): HeapSnapshotAggregateData {CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1223export function createMockClassDiffTotals(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1236export function createMockHeapSnapshotDiff(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1255export function createMockDetailedClassDiff(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1264export function createMockDuplicateStrings(): DuplicateStringGroup[] {CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1284export function createMockContextAnalysisResult(): DevTools.HeapSnapshotModel.HeapSnapshotModel.ContextAnalysisResult {CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1386export function createMockParsedArguments(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1408export function createMockHeapSnapshotNode(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1426export function createMockHeapSnapshotEdge(CODE
LOWtests/mocks.ts1438export function createMockHeapSnapshotAggregate(CODE
LOWtests/McpServer.test.ts866async function getToolsWithFilteredCategories(CODE
LOWtests/index.test.ts387 async function createNewPageAndTriggerDialog(client: Client) {CODE
LOWtests/utils.ts50export function assertNoServiceWorkerReported(CODE
LOWtests/utils.ts182export async function createConnectedMcpContext(CODE
LOWtests/utils.ts372export function stabilizeStructuredContent(content: unknown): string {CODE
LOWtests/network_blocking.test.ts27function setupServiceWorkerFixture(server: TestServer): {received: string[]} {CODE
LOWtests/network_blocking.test.ts145async function assertServiceWorkerRequestsAreBlocked(CODE
LOWtests/shutdown.test.ts129async function initializeAndLaunchBrowser(child: Server): Promise<void> {CODE
LOWtests/McpResponse.test.ts1277 async function testIncludesThirdPartyDeveloperTools(CODE
LOWtests/McpContext.test.ts1383 async function createNetworkPolicyContext(options: {CODE
LOWtests/tools/thirdPartyDeveloper.test.ts298 async function setupThirdPartyDeveloperTools(CODE
LOWtests/formatters/CssFormatter.test.ts97 function createMatchedStylesForRuleSubsets() {CODE
LOWscripts/post-build.ts200function copyDevToolsDescriptionFiles(): void {CODE
LOWscripts/prepare.ts19function removeConflictingGlobalDeclaration(): void {CODE
LOWscripts/generate-docs.ts85function hasOffByDefaultConditions(tool: ToolWithAnnotations): boolean {CODE
LOWscripts/generate-docs.ts112function generateConfigOptionsMarkdown(): string {CODE
LOWscripts/generate-docs.ts163function updateConfigurationWithOptionsMarkdown(optionsMarkdown: string): void {CODE
LOWscripts/generate-docs.ts408async function generateToolDocumentation(): Promise<void> {CODE
LOWscripts/update_metrics.ts31function writeToolCallMetricsConfig() {CODE
LOWscripts/profile/utils.ts31export function selectedPageIdFromToolResult(result: unknown): number {CODE
LOWsrc/ToolHandler.ts98async function validateAndResolvePathOrUrl(CODE
LOWsrc/ToolHandler.ts98async function validateAndResolvePathOrUrl(CODE
LOWsrc/McpPage.ts92export function replaceHtmlElementsWithUids(CODE
LOWsrc/tools/performance.ts224async function stopTracingAndAppendOutput(CODE
LOWsrc/config/category-options.ts168export function getOffByDefaultCategories(): ToolCategory[] {CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/CssFormatter.ts340function createContainerQueryAncestor(CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/CssFormatter.ts651function appendCssSectionsToString(CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/IssueFormatter.ts221function convertIssueConciseToString(issue: IssueConcise): string {CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/IssueFormatter.ts225function convertIssueDetailedToString(issue: IssueDetailed): string {CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.ts357function convertConsoleMessageConciseToString(CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.ts372function convertConsoleMessageConciseDetailedToString(CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/NetworkFormatter.ts34function responseBodyTimeoutMessage(error: ResponseBodyTimeoutError): string {CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/NetworkFormatter.ts308function convertNetworkRequestConciseToString(CODE
LOWsrc/formatters/NetworkFormatter.ts325function convertNetworkRequestDetailedToStringDetailed(CODE
LOWsrc/utils/resourceType.ts15export function getFilterableResourceType(request: HTTPRequest): ResourceType {CODE
LOWsrc/utils/errorHandling.ts14export function setupUnhandledRejectionHandler(onCrash: () => void): void {CODE
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Hallucination Indicators2 hits · 20 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALsrc/devtools/DevtoolsUtils.ts49 DevTools.ProtocolClient.InspectorBackend.inspectorBackend.agentPrototypes.get(CODE
CRITICALsrc/devtools/DevtoolsUtils.ts102 DevTools.ProtocolClient.InspectorBackend.inspectorBackend.agentPrototypes.get(CODE
Structural Annotation Overuse11 hits · 16 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWskills/debug-optimize-lcp/SKILL.md35### Step 1: Record a Performance TraceCOMMENT
LOWskills/debug-optimize-lcp/SKILL.md44### Step 2: Analyze LCP InsightsCOMMENT
LOWskills/debug-optimize-lcp/SKILL.md55### Step 3: Identify the LCP ElementCOMMENT
LOWskills/debug-optimize-lcp/SKILL.md61### Step 4: Check the Network WaterfallCOMMENT
LOWskills/debug-optimize-lcp/SKILL.md73### Step 5: Inspect HTML for Common IssuesCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md10### Step 1: Find and Read ConfigurationCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md22### Step 2: Triage Common Connection ErrorsCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md67### Step 3: Read Known IssuesCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md75### Step 4: Formulate a ConfigurationCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md86### Step 5: Run Diagnostic CommandsCOMMENT
LOWskills/troubleshooting/SKILL.md93### Step 6: Check GitHub for Existing IssuesCOMMENT
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary2 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMSECURITY.md53### Network guardrailsCOMMENT
MEDIUMdocs/client-configurations.md292Follow the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/use-agentic-chat-pair-programmer#configure-mcp-serveCODE
Fake / Example Data4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/tools/script.test.ts427 dialogAction: 'John Doe',CODE
LOWtests/tools/script.test.ts434 assert.strictEqual(JSON.parse(lineEvaluation), 'John Doe');CODE
LOW…eval_scenarios/page_id_routing_concurrent_form_test.ts232. Fill "user@example.com" into the Email input on Page B.CODE
LOW…eval_scenarios/page_id_routing_concurrent_form_test.ts51 } else if (value === 'user@example.com' || value === 'Great tools!') {CODE
Over-Commented Block4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/McpContext.ts141COMMENT
LOWsrc/McpResponse.ts141 types?: string[];COMMENT
LOWsrc/McpPage.ts201 // MetadataCOMMENT
LOWsrc/telemetry/watchdog/ClearcutSender.ts41COMMENT
Overly Generic Function Names1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/daemon/daemon.ts162async function handleRequest(msg: DaemonMessage): Promise<{CODE