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golangci/golangci-lint

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

Fast linters runner for Go

0.9 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for golangci/golangci-lint, a Go project with 19,485 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 256,247 lines of code across 1699 source files, recording 328 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.9 (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.

0.9
Adjusted Signal
0.9
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-27
Last Push
19.5K
Stars
Go
Language
256.2K
Lines of Code
1.7K
Files
328
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 4.2/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 320 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.2/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 8 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 0 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 6.5/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 328 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 7LOW 321

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 328 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.

Over-Commented Block310 hits · 198 pts
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LOW.golangci.yml1# This configuration file is not a recommendation.COMMENT
LOW.goreleaser.yml101## The release is done manually and locally, with goreleaser after the release of the other elements.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1# This file contains all available configuration optionsCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml341 # Default: false (type statements are not ignored)COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml361 # `$test` - matches all go test filesCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml461 # Display function signature instead of selector.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml481 check-error-free-encoding: trueCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml521 # Default: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml541 # Switch statement requires default case even if exhaustive.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml561 # but not `http\.Cookie`.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml581 allow-empty-declarations: trueCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml601 ignore-patterns:COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml621 # Default: []COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml661 # Forbid spew Dump, whether it is called as function or method.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml681 # Default: trueCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml781 min-len: 2COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml801 # Default: [Call]COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml841 # Ignore string literals used as map keys.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml861 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#appendcombineCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml881 # Detects bad usage of sort package.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml901 - caseOrderCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml921 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#deferunlambdaCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml941 # Detects duplicated option function arguments in variadic function calls.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml961 - emptyStringTestCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml981 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#flagderefCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1001 # Detects strings.Index calls that may cause unwanted allocs.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1021 - nilValReturnCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1041 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#preferstringwriterCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1061 # Detects `regexp.Compile*` that can be replaced with `regexp.MustCompile*`.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1081 - sliceClearCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1101 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#stringconcatsimplifyCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1121 # Detects function with too many results.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1141 - uncheckedInlineErrCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1161 # https://go-critic.com/overview.html#unsliceCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1341 rangeExprCopy:COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1361 # The Match() clause is accepted; andCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1381 # Glob patterns such as 'rules-*.go' may be specified.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1421 # Default: emptyCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1481 start-with-name:COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1541 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1561 # Default: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1801 config:COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1821 # Default: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1841 # - PrintCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1861 - FscanfCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml1901 - KatakanaCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2001 # Check for invalid conversions of uintptr to unsafe.Pointer.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2081 # Default: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2101 const-require-single-const: trueCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2181 # Check escaping variables of type error, may cause false positives.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2201 # - `empty` for `interface{}`COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2221 # - `anon` for anonymous interfacesCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2241 # Allow check for the k8s.io/klog/v2 library.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2281 # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2321 # List of file patterns to exclude from analysis.COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2441 # Default: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2461 paralleltest:COMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2481 int-conversion: falseCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2501 # Default: trueCOMMENT
LOW.golangci.next.reference.yml2541COMMENT
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Self-Referential Comments7 hits · 20 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM.golangci.next.reference.yml1# This file contains all available configuration optionsCOMMENT
MEDIUM.golangci.next.reference.yml4# This file is not a configuration example,COMMENT
MEDIUM.golangci.next.reference.yml5076 # Define the Go version limit.COMMENT
MEDIUM.golangci.reference.yml1# This file contains all available configuration optionsCOMMENT
MEDIUM.golangci.reference.yml4# This file is not a configuration example,COMMENT
MEDIUM.golangci.reference.yml5076 # Define the Go version limit.COMMENT
MEDIUMdocs/data/configuration_file.json7 "run": "# Options for analysis running.\nrun:\n # Timeout for total work, e.g. 30s, 5m, 5m30s.\n # If the value is lCODE
Fake / Example Data8 hits · 12 pts
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LOW…/golinters/lll/testdata/lll_max_scan_token_size_cgo.go26// Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis COMMENT
LOW…/golinters/lll/testdata/lll_max_scan_token_size_cgo.go26// Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/lll/testdata/lll_max_scan_token_size.go6// Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/lll/testdata/lll_max_scan_token_size.go6// Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/godot/testdata/godot.go13// Foo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/godot/testdata/godot.go13// Foo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/godot/testdata/fix/in/godot.go15// Foo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.COMMENT
LOWpkg/golinters/godot/testdata/fix/in/godot.go15// Foo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.COMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
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LOW.github/workflows/pr-tests.yml18 # Check if there is any dirty change for go mod tidyCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml18 # Check if there is any dirty change for go mod tidyCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse1 hit · 2 pts
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LOWinternal/x/tools/diff/lcs/git.sh15# WARNING: This script will install the latest version of $fileCOMMENT