AI Slop Code RIsk Monitor

alshedivat/al-folio

A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics

8.3 Moderate pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for alshedivat/al-folio, a HTML project with 16,233 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 21,400 lines of code across 163 source files, recording 83 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 8.3 (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.

8.3
Adjusted Signal
8.3
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-10
Last Push
16.2K
Stars
HTML
Language
21.4K
Lines of Code
163
Files
83
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

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

Cognitive Ownership Risk 5.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 19 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 6.3/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 19 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 25.3/100 · MEDIUM

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 45 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 32.6/100 · MEDIUM

Which changes need focused human review? 83 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 43LOW 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 83 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 Separators40 hits · 120 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡_config.yml88# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM⚡_config.yml337# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM⚡_config.yml429# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM_config.yml1# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM_config.yml135# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM_config.yml315# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM_config.yml471# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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MEDIUM_config.yml488# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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Fake / Example Data18 hits · 27 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md20Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras sollicitudin eros sit amet ante aliquet, sit amet vulputatCODE
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md20Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras sollicitudin eros sit amet ante aliquet, sit amet vulputatCODE
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md22Nunc commodo elit nec turpis feugiat consectetur. Nullam in nisi egestas, fermentum ligula hendrerit, euismod enim. NullCODE
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md22Nunc commodo elit nec turpis feugiat consectetur. Nullam in nisi egestas, fermentum ligula hendrerit, euismod enim. NullCODE
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md28Cras fermentum dignissim pretium. Donec quis turpis eu neque lacinia facilisis in sit amet nibh. Nulla non tortor ultricCODE
LOW⚡_books/the_godfather.md28Cras fermentum dignissim pretium. Donec quis turpis eu neque lacinia facilisis in sit amet nibh. Nulla non tortor ultricCODE
LOW⚡_posts/2023-07-12-post-bibliography.md16Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,CODE
LOW⚡_posts/2023-07-12-post-bibliography.md16Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,CODE
LOW⚡_posts/2023-07-12-post-bibliography.md19Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing.CODE
LOW⚡_posts/2023-07-12-post-bibliography.md19Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing.CODE
LOW⚡_data/cv.yml185 reference: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euiCODE
LOW⚡_data/cv.yml185 reference: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euiCODE
LOW⚡_data/cv.yml189 reference: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euiCODE
LOW⚡_data/cv.yml189 reference: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euiCODE
LOW⚡assets/json/resume.json204 "reference": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euCODE
LOW⚡assets/json/resume.json204 "reference": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euCODE
LOW⚡assets/json/resume.json209 "reference": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euCODE
LOW⚡assets/json/resume.json209 "reference": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam condimentum, diam quis convallis euCODE
Over-Commented Block9 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW_config.yml41# Off by default: the free public github-profile-trophy instance is disabledCOMMENT
LOW_config.yml321 # CSS is already minified upstream (Tailwind build ships tailwind.css; main.scss is compiledCOMMENT
LOWtest/integration_css_minify.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWtest/visual/helpers.js1const { PNG } = require("pngjs");COMMENT
LOWbin/capture_screenshots.js1#!/usr/bin/env nodeCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/codeql.yml1# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply needCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/codeql.yml61COMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/update-screenshots.yml1name: Update README screenshotsCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/lighthouse-badger.yml1# Lighthouse-Badger-Easy | GitHub Action WorkflowCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse4 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWdocs/QUICKSTART.md22## Step 1: Create Your Repository (1 min)COMMENT
LOWdocs/QUICKSTART.md35## Step 2: Configure Deployment (1 min)COMMENT
LOWdocs/QUICKSTART.md41## Step 3: Personalize (2 min)COMMENT
LOWdocs/QUICKSTART.md54## Step 4: View Your Site (1 min)COMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping5 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py58 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py70 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py106 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py120 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py130 except Exception as e:CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM…se_results/desktop/alshedivat_github_io_al_folio_.html31 <script>window.__LIGHTHOUSE_JSON__ = {"lighthouseVersion":"9.6.8","requestedUrl":"https://alshedivat.github.io/al-foliCODE
MEDIUM…use_results/mobile/alshedivat_github_io_al_folio_.html31 <script>window.__LIGHTHOUSE_JSON__ = {"lighthouseVersion":"9.6.8","requestedUrl":"https://alshedivat.github.io/al-foliCODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py44 # Check if the output file was already updated todayCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/update-tocs.yml43 # Check if the file is a markdown fileCOMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM.github/workflows/codeql.yml56 # If you are analyzing a compiled language, you can modify the 'build-mode' for that language to customize howCOMMENT
Unused Imports1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbin/generate_star_history.py23CODE
Deep Nesting1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbin/update_scholar_citations.py39CODE