AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

ankane/pghero

SlopCodeMonitor badge for ankane/pghero Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

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1.5 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for ankane/pghero, a Ruby project with 8,944 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 37,446 lines of code across 88 source files, recording 56 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.5 (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.

1.5
Adjusted Signal
1.5
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-22
Last Push
8.9K
Stars
Ruby
Language
37.4K
Lines of Code
88
Files
56
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 6.5/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 52 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.5/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 4 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 4.4/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 41 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 7.2/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 56 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 0LOW 56

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 56 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 Identifiers41 hits · 34 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js4596 function getOrCreateStack(stacks, stackKey, indexValue) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js4897 var isNotInOrderComparedToPrev = function isNotInOrderComparedToPrev() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js5150 value: function resolveDatasetElementOptions(mode) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js5155 value: function resolveDataElementOptions(index, mode) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js5466 function computeFlexCategoryTraits(index, ruler, options, stackCount) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js5796 value: function getFirstScaleIdForIndexAxis() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js6094 value: function resolveDataElementOptions(index, mode) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js7408 function filterDynamicPositionByAxis(array, axis) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js7979 function listenDevicePixelRatioChanges(chart, resize) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js7985 function unlistenDevicePixelRatioChanges(chart) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js8712 value: function beforeTickToLabelConversion() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js8727 value: function afterTickToLabelConversion() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js8732 value: function beforeCalculateLabelRotation() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js8765 value: function afterCalculateLabelRotation() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js10143 function getAxisFromDefaultScaleID(id, indexAxis) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js10152 function getDefaultScaleIDFromAxis(axis, indexAxis) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js10341 value: function datasetAnimationScopeKeys(datasetType, transition) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js11142 value: function getSortedVisibleDatasetMetas() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js11189 value: function getElementsAtEventForMode(e, mode, options, useFinalPosition) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js12670 function containsColorsDefinitions(descriptors) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js12682 function containsDefaultColorsDefenitions() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js12821 function getStartAndCountOfVisiblePointsSimplified(meta, points) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js14168 function calculateLegendItemHeight(legendItem, fontLineHeight) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js14818 function invokeCallbackWithFallback(callbacks, name, ctx, arg) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js16598 value: function getDistanceFromCenterForValue(value) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js16610 value: function getValueForDistanceFromCenter(distance) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js16891 function determineUnitForAutoTicks(minUnit, min, max, capacity) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js16902 function determineUnitForFormatting(scale, numTicks, minUnit, min, max) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js17853 function getTimezoneOffsetInMilliseconds(date) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js18237 function differenceInCalendarMonths(dirtyDateLeft, dirtyDateRight) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js18267 function differenceInCalendarYears(dirtyDateLeft, dirtyDateRight) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js20009 function formatTimezoneWithOptionalMinutes(offset, dirtyDelimiter) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js20109 function isProtectedDayOfYearToken(token) {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js21224 function DateToSystemTimezoneSetter() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js23190 function TimestampMillisecondsParser() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js175 function getSupportsTouchActionNone() {CODE
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js538 function testKeyboardPageMultiplier(parsed, entry) {CODE
LOWapp/helpers/pg_hero/home_helper.rb30 def pghero_formatted_vacuum_times(time)CODE
LOWapp/helpers/pg_hero/home_helper.rb36 def pghero_formatted_date_time(time)CODE
LOWlib/pghero/methods/suggested_indexes.rb9 def suggested_indexes_by_query(queries: nil, query_stats: nil, indexes: nil)CODE
LOWlib/pghero/methods/kill.rb10 def kill_long_running_queries(min_duration: nil)CODE
Verbosity Indicators3 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1888 // Step 1: get the maximum percentage that any of the handles can moveCOMMENT
LOW⚡app/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1907 // Step 2: Try to set the handles with the found percentageCOMMENT
LOW⚡app/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1912 // Step 3: If a handle moved, fire eventsCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse3 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1888 // Step 1: get the maximum percentage that any of the handles can moveCOMMENT
LOW⚡app/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1907 // Step 2: Try to set the handles with the found percentageCOMMENT
LOW⚡app/assets/javascripts/pghero/nouislider.js1912 // Step 3: If a handle moved, fire eventsCOMMENT
Fake / Example Data4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/suggested_indexes_test.rb14 User.where(email: "person1@example.org").firstCODE
LOWtest/best_index_test.rb26 assert_best_index ({table: "users", columns: ["email"]}), "SELECT * FROM users WHERE city_id = 1 AND email = 'personCODE
LOWtest/best_index_test.rb46 assert_best_index ({table: "users", columns: ["email"]}), "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = 'person2@example.org' OCODE
LOWtest/test_helper.rb140 email: "person#{i}@example.org",CODE
Over-Commented Block3 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/Chart.bundle.js19381 return addLeadingZeros(isoWeekYear, token.length);COMMENT
LOWguides/Docker.md161 # other:COMMENT
LOWguides/Docker.md221 databases:COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlib/pghero/database.rb135 # just return the modelCOMMENT
Overly Generic Function Names1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/assets/javascripts/pghero/chartkick.js2217 Chart.prototype.getData = function getData () {CODE