AI Slop Code RIsk Monitor

academicpages/academicpages.github.io

Github Pages template based upon HTML and Markdown for personal, portfolio-based websites.

5.4 Moderate pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for academicpages/academicpages.github.io, a SCSS project with 17,708 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 13,918 lines of code across 162 source files, recording 35 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 5.4 (Moderate 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.

5.4
Adjusted Signal
5.4
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-06
Last Push
17.7K
Stars
SCSS
Language
13.9K
Lines of Code
162
Files
35
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.01
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

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

Cognitive Ownership Risk 7.5/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 13 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 6.6/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 10 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 11.7/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 12 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 22.2/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 35 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 1HIGH 0MEDIUM 13LOW 21

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 35 distinct pattern matches across 10 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.

Decorative Section Separators9 hits · 27 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml4# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml53# --------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml98# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml145# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml188# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml233# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml276# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml319# -----------------COMMENT
MEDIUM_data/ui-text.yml362# --------------COMMENT
Hallucination Indicators1 hit · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALassets/js/main.min.js1((e,t)=>{"object"==typeof module&&"object"==typeof module.exports?module.exports=e.document?t(e,!0):function(e){if(e.docCODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments5 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtalkmap.py29 # Read the fileCOMMENT
LOWmarkdown_generator/publications.py67 # Write the fileCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/update_cv_json.sh14# Check if the Python script existsCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/update_cv_json.sh21# Check if the markdown CV existsCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/update_cv_json.sh31# Check if the conversion was successfulCOMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping3 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡talkmap.py48 print(f"Error: geocode failed on input {location} with message {ex}")CODE
MEDIUM⚡talkmap.py50 print(f"Error: geocode timed out on input {location} with message {ex}")CODE
LOW⚡talkmap.py51 except Exception as ex:CODE
Fake / Example Data7 hits · 7 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW_config.yml33 email : "none@example.org"CODE
LOW_posts/2013-08-14-blog-post-2.md11This is a sample blog post. Lorem ipsum I can't remember the rest of lorem ipsum and don't have an internet connection rCODE
LOW_posts/2015-08-14-blog-post-4.md11This is a sample blog post. Lorem ipsum I can't remember the rest of lorem ipsum and don't have an internet connection rCODE
LOW_posts/2014-08-14-blog-post-3.md11This is a sample blog post. Lorem ipsum I can't remember the rest of lorem ipsum and don't have an internet connection rCODE
LOW_posts/2012-08-14-blog-post-1.md11This is a sample blog post. Lorem ipsum I can't remember the rest of lorem ipsum and don't have an internet connection rCODE
LOW_drafts/post-draft.md11Monocle ipsum dolor sit amet handsome pariatur aliqua, hub remarkable irure commodo classic deserunt bespoke. Sunt commoCODE
LOW_data/cv.json4 "email": "none@example.org",CODE
Over-Commented Block5 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW_config.yml341 type: liquidCOMMENT
LOWmarkdown_generator/pubsFromBib.py1#!/usr/bin/env pythonCOMMENT
LOWmarkdown_generator/publications.py1# Publications markdown generator for AcademicPagesCOMMENT
LOWmarkdown_generator/talks.py1#!/usr/bin/env pythonCOMMENT
LOW_data/ui-text.yml361# Another localeCOMMENT
Self-Referential Comments1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/cv_markdown_to_json.py378 # Create the JSON structureCOMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM_data/navigation.yml3# Changing the order here will adjust the order and you can also add additionalCOMMENT
Unused Imports2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWmarkdown_generator/pubsFromBib.py20CODE
LOWmarkdown_generator/pubsFromBib.py22CODE
Deep Nesting1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/cv_markdown_to_json.py190CODE