AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

TecharoHQ/anubis

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Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

1.8 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for TecharoHQ/anubis, a Go project with 23,854 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 82,729 lines of code across 698 source files, recording 105 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.8 (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.

1.8
Adjusted Signal
1.8
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-29
Last Push
23.9K
Stars
Go
Language
82.7K
Lines of Code
698
Files
105
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 7.8/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 98 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.2/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 3 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.6/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 4 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 8.4/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 105 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 5MEDIUM 8LOW 92

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 105 distinct pattern matches across 8 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.

Over-Commented Block79 hits · 79 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWanubis.go21COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/bootstrap_windows.go21// often decide to relocate it, and if the templates say it's C:\ProgramDataCOMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/bootstrap_windows.go41 // Files are the base names to copy from SrcDir into DestDir.COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/service_windows.go21 "golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc"COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/service_windows.go101//COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/service_windows.go161 }); err != nil {COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/service_windows.go201 }COMMENT
LOWcmd/anubis/main.go181 // SetURL clears Out.Host; preserve the inbound Host, matching theCOMMENT
LOWcmd/robots2policy/testdata/empty.robots.txt1# Empty robots.txt (comments only)COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml1## Anubis has the ability to let you import snippets of configuration into the mainCOMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml21 - import: (data)/bots/aggressive-brazilian-scrapers.yamlCOMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml41 # Challenge Firefox AI previewsCOMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml81COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml121# page:COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml141# https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/configuration/open-graph/COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml161 # Anubis is a Web AI Firewall Utility that helps you fight the botsCOMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml181# # To protect your metrics server with basic auth, set credentials below:COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml201COMMENT
LOWweb/js/lib/backoff.ts1// Retry helpers for fetching challenge assets.COMMENT
LOWweb/js/lib/worker.ts301 `anubis: proof of work worker died (${deadWorkers}/${threads})`,COMMENT
LOWwasm/anubis/src/lib.rs41 pub fn update_nonce(_nonce: u32) {COMMENT
LOWwasm/pow/hashx/src/lib.rs81/// for SHA-256 we store the hash as "raw bytes". The data buffer is intentionally oversizedCOMMENT
LOWwasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs41 }COMMENT
LOWwasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs81/// `difficulty` is the number of leading bits that must match `0` in order for theCOMMENT
LOWwasm/pow/argon2id/src/lib.rs81/// for Argon2id we store the challenge as "raw bytes". The data buffer is intentionallyCOMMENT
LOWwasm/scripts/build_wasm.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWwasm/scripts/build_wasm.sh21# rebuilding std on nightly. Instead each module is round-tripped through wasm-optCOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/msi_test.go21// package-builds-stable.yml and package-builds-unstable.yml's "Verify MSICOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/msi_test.go61// like --package-dest-dir ./var/win.COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/msi_test.go361}COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/msi_test.go681// msibuild's -s -- the only available way to rewrite summaryCOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/version.go21COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/version.go121// packageCode derives the MSI PackageCode -- the summary information'sCOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/build.go161COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/docfragment.go21// completely disjoint sets of directory IDs (verified empirically). EachCOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/main.go81COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/main.go421 for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.ReplaceAll(string(out), "\r\n", "\n"), "\n") {COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/main.go441//COMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/main.go641// Before/After hints into absolute Sequence numbers itself, and thatCOMMENT
LOWinternal/cmd/mkmsi/main.go661// original physical slot regardless of when or in what order the insertCOMMENT
LOWinternal/test/csp_test.go21// cover blob: URIs.COMMENT
LOWinternal/test/playwright_test.go1//go:build !windowsCOMMENT
LOWinternal/servicesid/servicesid.go21// service runs as, spelled out rather than computed so that the value theCOMMENT
LOWinternal/bundler/bundler.go41 ErrOverflow = errors.New("bundler: reached buffered byte limit")COMMENT
LOWinternal/bundler/bundler.go61COMMENT
LOWinternal/bundler/bundler.go101 // empty.COMMENT
LOWinternal/bundler/bundler.go221// If adding the item would exceed the maximum memory allowedCOMMENT
LOWinternal/bundler/bundler.go341}COMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh21# * Static binary: WASI has no dynamic linker, so libbinaryen is built as aCOMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh41# * Reproducibility: the goal is a byte-for-byte identical module on anyCOMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh61# directory before configuring so every run is a full, flag-consistent buildCOMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh81# run to the next. We pin pointer layout by re-exec'ing the whole build underCOMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh101#COMMENT
LOWutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh181 git clone --depth 1 --branch "$BINARYEN_TAG" --recurse-submodules \COMMENT
LOWdocs/manifest/cfg/anubis/botPolicies.yaml1## Anubis has the ability to let you import snippets of configuration into the mainCOMMENT
LOWdocs/manifest/cfg/anubis/botPolicies.yaml21 # Aggressively block AI/LLM related bots/agents by defaultCOMMENT
LOWdocs/manifest/cfg/anubis/botPolicies.yaml81#COMMENT
LOWdocs/manifest/cfg/anubis/botPolicies.yaml221 ## kilobytes of IP addresses, whichever happens first.COMMENT
LOWlib/challenge/wasm/wasm_test.go81 }COMMENT
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Synthetic Comment Markers5 hits · 30 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHtest/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py6CW: generated by AISTRING
HIGHinternal/cmd/mkmsi/README.md15> This code was generated using Claude Opus 5 as a correctness fuzzer to ensure that this output is valid, works on WindCODE
HIGHinternal/honeypot/naive/naive.go32// XXX(Xe): All of this was generated by ChatGPT, GLM 4.6, and GPT-OSS 120b. This is pseudoprofound bullshit in spintax[COMMENT
HIGHutils/wasm/wasm2js/build.sh3# CW(Xe): Script was generated by Claude after I tried to do this manually andCOMMENT
HIGHlib/http.go230// XXX(Xe): generated by ChatGPTCOMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping4 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡test/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py20 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUM⚡test/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py21 print(f"Error loading {file_path}: {e}")CODE
MEDIUM⚡test/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py35 print("Error: Not in a git repository")CODE
MEDIUMtest/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py52 print("Error: 'bots' field not found in botPolicies.yaml")CODE
Slop Phrases6 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml86 # expression: load_1m >= 10.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
LOWtest/gubal/default-config.yaml97 # expression: load_15m <= 4.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
LOWdata/botPolicies.yaml88 # expression: load_1m >= 10.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
LOWdata/botPolicies.yaml99 # expression: load_15m <= 4.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
LOWdata/meta/default-config.yaml71# expression: load_1m >= 10.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
LOWdata/meta/default-config.yaml82# expression: load_15m <= 4.0 # make sure to end the load comparison in a .0COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary3 hits · 7 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡test/default-config-macro/compare_bots.py26 # For lists, just return as is, since YAML comments are stripped by safe_loadCOMMENT
MEDIUMinternal/cmd/mkmsi/msi_test.go481// length is a cheap, robust stand-in for a full comparison: it is exactlyCOMMENT
MEDIUMdocs/package-lock.json16692 "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/robust-predicates/-/robust-predicates-3.0.2.tgz",CODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary3 hits · 7 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMdocs/docs/developer/CONTRIBUTING.md96- Use [`t.Helper()`](https://pkg.go.dev/testing#T.Helper) in helper code (setup/teardown scaffolding).CODE
MEDIUMdocs/docs/developer/CONTRIBUTING.md97- Use [`t.Cleanup()`](https://pkg.go.dev/testing#T.Cleanup) to tear down per-test or per-suite scaffolding.CODE
MEDIUMdata/bots/ai-catchall.yaml5# - anthropic-ai/Claude-Web: Undocumented by Anthropic. Possibly deprecated or hallucinations?COMMENT
Fake / Example Data3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWinternal/ogtags/mem_test.go66 <meta name="author" content="John Doe">CODE
LOWinternal/glob/glob_test.go178 "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit",CODE
LOWinternal/glob/glob_test.go178 "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit",CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/workflows/go-mod-tidy-check.yml33 # Check if files changedCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/go-mod-tidy-check.yml61 # Check if files changedCOMMENT