AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

helm/helm

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

The Kubernetes Package Manager

1.6 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for helm/helm, a Go project with 30,384 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 130,217 lines of code across 1682 source files, recording 179 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.6 (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.

1.6
Adjusted Signal
1.6
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
30.4K
Stars
Go
Language
130.2K
Lines of Code
1.7K
Files
179
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 7.3/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 173 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 2 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.5/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 4 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 7.8/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 179 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 16LOW 163

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 179 distinct pattern matches across 8 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 Block158 hits · 158 pts
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LOWtest/e2e/helper_test.go41COMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/helper_test.go61 // envIsolate appends a per-run suffix to the repository path. It is off byCOMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/helper_test.go81 helmBin stringCOMMENT
LOWinternal/monocular/search.go101// Search performs a search against the monocular search APICOMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/metadata.go61 // A list of name and URL/email address combinations for the maintainer(s)COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/dependency.go21//COMMENT
LOW…ternal/chart/v3/lint/rules/testdata/v3-fail/Chart.yaml1apiVersion: v3COMMENT
LOW…ernal/chart/v3/lint/rules/testdata/v3-fail/values.yaml41 # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"COMMENT
LOW…t/v3/lint/rules/testdata/malformed-template/Chart.yaml1apiVersion: v3COMMENT
LOW…t/v3/lint/rules/testdata/malformed-template/Chart.yaml21# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected toCOMMENT
LOW…/v3/lint/rules/testdata/multi-template-fail/Chart.yaml1apiVersion: v3COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/util/create.go81const defaultChartfile = `apiVersion: v3COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/util/create.go141# For more information checkout: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/util/create.go201 - path:COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/util/create.go221 # For publicly distributed charts, we recommend leaving 'resources' commented out.COMMENT
LOWinternal/chart/v3/util/create.go681COMMENT
LOW…quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…hart-helmignore/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…ent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…stdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…bnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…robnitz.v3.reqs/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…z_with_dev_null/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…tz_with_symlink/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…stdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOW…obnitz_with_bom/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml1# Default values for mast1.COMMENT
LOWinternal/plugin/installer/extractor.go81// to be malicious. (If you don't care about this, use the securejoin-filepath library.)COMMENT
LOWinternal/release/v2/util/manifest.go41// **Note for Chart API v3**: This function (due to the regex above) has allowed _WRONG_COMMENT
LOWinternal/release/v2/util/manifest_sorter.go121// annotations:COMMENT
LOWinternal/storage/driver/secrets.go261COMMENT
LOWinternal/storage/driver/driver.go81// Queryor is the interface that wraps the Get and List methods.COMMENT
LOWinternal/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go241 return rls, errCOMMENT
LOWinternal/storage/driver/sql.go581// labels are set by Create, and a revision keeps the labels it was created withCOMMENT
LOWinternal/third_party/dep/fs/fs_test.go341 defer cleanup()COMMENT
LOWinternal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go241 l, err := os.Lstat(path)COMMENT
LOWinternal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go261 // matches what the docs above say:COMMENT
LOWscripts/release-notes.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/validate-license.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/util.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/coverage.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml1# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply needCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/scorecards.yml41 # - you want to enable the Branch-Protection check on a *public* repository, orCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/e2e-registries.yml1name: e2e-registriesCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/e2e-registries.yml21# secrets.E2E_<ID>_PASSWORD token with read and write accessCOMMENT
LOWpkg/cmd/flags.go61 newWaitValue(kube.HookOnlyStrategy, wait),COMMENT
LOWpkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/lib-chart/values.yaml1# Default values for commons.COMMENT
LOW…charts/chart-with-template-lib-archive-dep/values.yaml21 annotations: {}COMMENT
LOW…t-with-template-lib-archive-dep/templates/service.yaml1{{- template "common.service" (list . "chart-with-template-lib-archive-dep.service") -}}COMMENT
LOW…cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-missing-deps/values.yaml1# Default values for reqtest.COMMENT
LOW…arts/chart-missing-deps/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml1# Default values for reqsubchart.COMMENT
LOW…ata/testcharts/chart-with-template-lib-dep/values.yaml21 annotations: {}COMMENT
LOW…/chart-with-template-lib-dep/charts/common/values.yaml1# Default values for commons.COMMENT
LOW…rts/chart-with-template-lib-dep/templates/service.yaml1{{- template "common.service" (list . "chart-with-template-lib-dep.service") -}}COMMENT
LOW…md/testdata/testcharts/chart-with-only-crds/Chart.yaml1apiVersion: v2COMMENT
LOWpkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/values.yaml1# Default values for reqtest.COMMENT
LOW…data/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml1# Default values for reqsubchart.COMMENT
LOW…ata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/values.yaml1# Default values for reqsubchart.COMMENT
LOW…testdata/testcharts/chart-bad-requirements/values.yaml1# Default values for reqtest.COMMENT
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Self-Referential Comments11 hits · 33 pts
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MEDIUMscripts/util.sh49# Create a temp dir that'll be deleted at the end of this bash session.COMMENT
MEDIUM…h-schema-negative-skip-validation/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/empty/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUM…chart/charts/subchart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUM…ts/chart-with-schema-and-subchart/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUM…data/testcharts/chart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUM…charts/chart-with-schema-negative/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/subchart/extra_values.yaml1# This file is used to test values passed by file at the command lineCOMMENT
MEDIUM…testdata/charts/chart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
MEDIUM…harts/chart-with-uncompressed-dependencies/values.yaml99 ## Create a database and a database userCOMMENT
MEDIUM…charts/chart-with-schema-negative/templates/empty.yaml1# This file is intentionally blankCOMMENT
Decorative Section Separators4 hits · 12 pts
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MEDIUMpkg/action/action_test.go682 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/action/action_test.go685 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/action/action_test.go696 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/action/action_test.go699 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 3 pts
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MEDIUMinternal/plugin/installer/oci_installer.go55 // Extract plugin name from OCI reference using robust registry parsingCOMMENT
Fake / Example Data2 hits · 2 pts
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LOWinternal/chart/v3/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go107 {"", "test@test.com", "each maintainer requires a name"},CODE
LOWpkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go121 {"", "test@test.com", "each maintainer requires a name"},CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts
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LOW…harts/chart-with-uncompressed-dependencies/values.yaml180 ## Set this to true in order to enable TLS on the ingress recordCOMMENT
TODO Padding1 hit · 2 pts
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LOWpkg/engine/engine.go601 // TODO: Handle errorCOMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 1 pts
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LOWpkg/downloader/manager.go639"example". Don't forget to add the repo, too ('helm repo add').`CODE