AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

faker-ruby/faker

SlopCodeMonitor badge for faker-ruby/faker Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

3.0 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for faker-ruby/faker, a Ruby project with 11,947 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 254,674 lines of code across 1136 source files, recording 761 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 3.0 (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.

3.0
Adjusted Signal
3.0
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-29
Last Push
11.9K
Stars
Ruby
Language
254.7K
Lines of Code
1.1K
Files
761
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 13.8/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 755 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 6 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.3/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 16 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 13.9/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 761 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 1LOW 760

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 761 distinct pattern matches across 6 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 Block735 hits · 733 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/test_helper.rb21YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'psych' if defined? YAML::ENGINECOMMENT
LOWlib/faker.rb81 def bothify(string)COMMENT
LOWlib/locales/en/bank.yml1# Most of the iban details and the idea were copied from: https://github.com/iulianu/iban-toolsCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb21 # Faker::Music.key #=> "A#"COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb41 ##COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb61 NOTE_LETTERSCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb81 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb101 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music.rb121 endCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb21 class << selfCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb101 [Faker::Name.first_name, Faker::Name.last_name].map do |name|COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb181 # Returns the domain nameCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb221 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb261COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb281 # @return [String]COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb301 ##COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb341 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb381 # Returns Ipv4 address with CIDR, range from 1 to 31COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb401 endCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb421 # @param scheme [String]COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb441 # Faker::Internet.slug #=> "repudiandae-sed"COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb461 endCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb481 ##COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb501 # @return [String]COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb541COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/rush.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/pearl_jam.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/pearl_jam.rb21 # Produces the name of an album by Pearl Jam.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/hiphop.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/hiphop.rb21 # Produces the name of a Hip Hop GroupCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/smashing_pumpkins.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/smashing_pumpkins.rb21 # Produces the name of an album by the Smashing Pumpkins.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/smashing_pumpkins.rb41 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/prince.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/prince.rb21 ##COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/prince.rb41 # Faker::Music::Prince.album #=> "The Gold Experience"COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/grateful_dead.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/rock_band.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/phish.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/phish.rb21 # Produces the name of a musician in Phish.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb21 ##COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb41 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb61 # Produces the title of an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb81 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb101 # Produces the title of an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb121 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb141 # Produces the title of an opera by Ludwig van Beethoven.COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb161 # @faker.version nextCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb181 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb201 def schumannCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb221 # @return [String]COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb241 fetch('opera.french.by_maurice_ravel')COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/opera.rb261 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/music/bossa_nova.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/quotes/chiquito.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/quotes/chiquito.rb21 # Produces a concept from ChiquitoCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/quotes/chiquito.rb41 #COMMENT
LOWlib/faker/quotes/shakespeare.rb1# frozen_string_literal: trueCOMMENT
LOWlib/faker/quotes/shakespeare.rb21 # Produces a Shakespeare quote from As You Like It.COMMENT
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Hyper-Verbose Identifiers16 hits · 18 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/faker/default/test_faker_id_number.rb279 def assert_valid_south_african_id_number(sample)CODE
LOWlib/faker/internet.rb564 def sanitize_email_local_part(local_part)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/id_number.rb296 def croatian_id_checksum_digit(digits)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/id_number.rb311 def chilean_verification_code(digits)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/id_number.rb331 def south_african_id_checksum_digit(id_number)CODE
LOW⚡lib/faker/default/id_number.rb349 def brazilian_citizen_number_checksum_digit(digits)CODE
LOW⚡lib/faker/default/id_number.rb354 def brazilian_id_checksum_digit(digits)CODE
LOW⚡lib/faker/default/id_number.rb359 def brazilian_document_checksum(digits)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/id_number.rb370 def brazilian_citizen_number_digit(remainder)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/barcode.rb30 def ean_with_composite_symbology(length = 8)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/measurement.rb141 def define_measurement_locale(amount, locale)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/code.rb283 def generate_nric_check_alphabet(values, prefix)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/company.rb178 def spanish_organisation_number(organization_type: nil)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/company.rb325 def polish_register_of_national_economy(length: 9)CODE
LOWlib/faker/default/company.rb639 def spanish_cif_control_digit(organization_type, code)CODE
LOWlib/faker/travel/train_station.rb29 def fill_missing_inputs_with_samples(region, type)CODE
Fake / Example Data6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWCHANGELOG.md699* Add exclude_words keyword to Lorem Ipsum to prevent words from being produced by @philipfong in #2665COMMENT
LOWdoc/default/markdown.md5Generates markdown formatting with Lorem Ipsum textCODE
LOWdoc/default/omniauth.md13 :name => "John Doe",CODE
LOWdoc/default/omniauth.md30 :name => "John Doe",CODE
LOWdoc/default/omniauth.md164 "name"=>"John Doe",CODE
LOWdoc/default/omniauth.md166 "nickname"=>"John Doe",CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/faker/default/test_array_sample_method_compat.rb8# Under Ruby 1.9, they simply use the built-in Array#sample methodCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/faker/default/company.rb79 # Faker::Company.bs #=> "empower customized functionalities"COMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlib/faker/default/company.rb480 # Check if state code is validCOMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlib/locales/en/heroes_of_the_storm.yml116 - Don't forget to check the pocket!CODE