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elk-zone/elk

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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 elk-zone/elk, a Vue project with 6,038 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 80,693 lines of code across 481 source files, recording 69 pattern matches distributed across 5 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
2026-10-24
Last Push
6.0K
Stars
Vue
Language
80.7K
Lines of Code
481
Files
69
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 1.6/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 26 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 5.8/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 43 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 1.4/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 23 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 7.3/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 69 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 6HIGH 0MEDIUM 0LOW 63

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 69 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.

Hallucination Indicators6 hits · 60 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALapp/middleware/1.permalink.global.ts46 const paginator = masto.client.value.v2.search.list({ q: `https:/${to.fullPath}`, resolve: true, limit: 1 })CODE
CRITICALapp/composables/users.ts107 ? client.value.v1.push.subscription.fetch().catch(() => Promise.resolve(undefined))CODE
CRITICALapp/composables/push-notifications/usePushManager.ts179 currentUser.value.pushSubscription = await client.value.v1.push.subscription.update({ data })CODE
CRITICALapp/composables/masto/masto.ts41 masto.client.value.v2.instance.fetch().catch(error => new Promise<mastodon.v2.Instance>((resolve, reject) => {CODE
CRITICALapp/composables/masto/masto.ts43 return masto.client.value.v1.instance.fetch().then((newInstance) => {CODE
CRITICALapp/pages/[[server]]/explore/tags.vue10const paginator = client.value.v1.trends.tags.list({CODE
Fake / Example Data37 hits · 37 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlocales/el-GR.json341 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/it-IT.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/th-TH.json304 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ko-KR.json254 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/fi.json347 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/eo.json373 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ja-JP.json360 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/zh-CN.json347 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ckb.json305 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/tr-TR.json304 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/id-ID.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/pt.json373 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/en.json373 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/hu-HU.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/es-419.json125 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/uk-UA.json343 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/pl-PL.json303 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/cy.json198 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/fa-IR.json312 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ca.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/pt-BR.json155 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/de-DE.json348 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/cs-CZ.json139 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/gl-ES.json316 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/fr-FR.json351 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/he.json356 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/zh-TW.json265 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ca-valencia.json81 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/tl-PH.json349 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ru-RU.json307 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/nl-NL.json347 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/eu-ES.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/sv.json362 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/es.json351 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/ar.json316 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWlocales/vi-VN.json373 "placeholder": {CODE
LOWapp/components/publish/PublishWidgetList.vue40 :placeholder="placeholder"CODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers23 hits · 23 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWapp/composables/content-parse.ts657function transformCollapseMentions(CODE
LOWapp/composables/content-parse.ts774function createTransformNamedMentions(mentions: mastodon.v1.StatusMention[]) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/dialog.ts77function restoreMediaPreviewFromState() {CODE
LOWapp/composables/users.ts133export function getExpandSpoilersByDefault(account: mastodon.v1.AccountCredentials) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/users.ts182export function getInstanceDomainFromServer(server: string) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/users.ts194export async function removePushNotificationData(user: UserLogin, fromSWPushManager = true) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/timeline.ts20export function removeUserPreferenceItems(items: mastodon.v1.Status[], context: mastodon.v1.FilterContext): mastodon.v1.CODE
LOW…mposables/push-notifications/createPushSubscription.ts115async function removePushNotificationDataOnError(e: Error) {CODE
LOW…mposables/push-notifications/createPushSubscription.ts123async function sendSubscriptionToBackend(CODE
LOWapp/composables/masto/routes.ts81export function getAccountCollectionsRoute(account: mastodon.v1.Account) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/masto/statusDrafts.ts28function getDefaultQuoteApprovalPolicy(currentQuoteApprovalPolicy: mastodon.rest.v1.QuoteApprovalPolicy) {CODE
LOWapp/composables/masto/translate.ts66function replaceTranslatedLinksWithOriginal(text: string) {CODE
LOWapp/plugins/magic-keys.client.ts110 function focusNextOrPreviousStatus(direction: 'next' | 'previous') {CODE
LOWapp/plugins/magic-keys.client.ts123 function getNextOrPreviousStatusId(currentStatusId: string | undefined, direction: 'next' | 'previous'): string | unCODE
LOWapp/components/settings/SettingsTranslations.vue23function removeDisabledTranslation(code: string) {CODE
LOWapp/components/notification/NotificationPaginator.vue24function includeNotificationsForStatusCard({ type, status }: mastodon.v1.Notification) {CODE
LOWapp/components/publish/PublishQuoteApprovalPicker.vue17function chooseQuoteApprovalPolicy(quoteApprovalPolicy: mastodon.rest.v1.QuoteApprovalPolicy) {CODE
LOWapp/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue335function stopQuestionMarkPropagation(e: KeyboardEvent) {CODE
LOWapp/components/modal/ModalMediaPreviewCarousel.vue254function restrictShiftToInsideSlide() {CODE
LOWscripts/cleanup-translations.ts36async function removeOutdatedTranslations() {CODE
LOWservice-worker/precache.ts106function getOrCreatePrecacheController(): PrecacheController {CODE
LOWservice-worker/precache.ts106function getOrCreatePrecacheController(): PrecacheController {CODE
LOWservice-worker/notification.ts36export function createNotificationOptions(CODE
Over-Commented Block2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWconfig/i18n.ts21 // { code: 'ar-LY', name: 'Arabic (Libya)' },COMMENT
LOWconfig/i18n.ts41 { code: 'ca-valencia', name: 'Valencià' },COMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlocales/en.json536 "instructions": "Don't forget to save your changes using @:settings.notifications.push_notifications.save_settinCODE