AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

SimplifyJobs/New-Grad-Positions

SlopCodeMonitor badge for SimplifyJobs/New-Grad-Positions Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

A collection of full time roles in SWE, Quant, and PM for new grads.

2.5 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for SimplifyJobs/New-Grad-Positions with 18,305 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 22,090 lines of code across 17 source files, recording 42 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.5 (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.

2.5
Adjusted Signal
2.5
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
18.3K
Stars
—
Language
22.1K
Lines of Code
17
Files
42
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
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 6.8/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 21 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 2.0/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 9 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 4.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 15 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 9.9/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 42 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 0HIGH 0MEDIUM 2LOW 40

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 42 distinct pattern matches across 5 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.

Redundant / Tautological Comments12 hits · 22 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/scripts/util.py175 # Check if only advanced degrees are required (no Bachelor's or Associate's)COMMENT
LOW.github/scripts/util.py241 # Check if listing is from a blocked companyCOMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py68 # Check if we're entering the reason sectionCOMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py73 # Check if we're leaving the reason section (next field starts)COMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py93 # Check if we're entering the email sectionCOMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py98 # Check if we're leaving the email sectionCOMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py269 # Print results for debuggingCOMMENT
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py274 # Check if any URLs were successfully processedCOMMENT
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py24 # Check if we're entering the URLs sectionCOMMENT
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py29 # Check if we're leaving the URLs section (next field starts)COMMENT
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py132 # Check if already inactiveCOMMENT
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py230 # Check if this is a bulk_mark_inactive issueCOMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping12 hits · 14 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py233 except Exception:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py251 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py276 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py289 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py351 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUM.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py245def main():CODE
MEDIUM.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py219def main():CODE
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py280 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py119 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py154 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py164 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py225 except Exception as e:CODE
Unused Imports9 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py6CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py3CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py3CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py3CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py4CODE
LOW.github/scripts/update_readmes.py1CODE
LOW.github/scripts/update_readmes.py3CODE
LOW.github/scripts/update_readmes.py5CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py5CODE
Deep Nesting6 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py107CODE
LOW.github/scripts/contribution_approved.py245CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py299CODE
LOW.github/scripts/util.py370CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py9CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py108CODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers3 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py83def extract_email_from_issue_body(body):CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py9def extract_urls_from_issue_body(body):CODE
LOW.github/scripts/bulk_mark_inactive.py57def extract_reason_from_issue_body(body):CODE