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This report summarizes scanner evidence for jgm/pandoc, a Haskell project with 46,767 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 109,534 lines of code across 1505 source files, recording 75 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.0 (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.
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.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 26 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 48 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 1 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 75 finding(s).
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.
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.
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.
The scanner identified 75 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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | MANUAL.txt | 7598 | # Lorem ipsum | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | MANUAL.txt | 7600 | **Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | MANUAL.txt | 7600 | **Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus | CODE |
| LOW | MANUAL.txt | 7635 | **Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus | STRING |
| LOW | MANUAL.txt | 7635 | **Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus | STRING |
| LOW | test/command/10185.md | 3 | Lorem ipsum | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/10185.md | 10 | Lorem ipsum | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/10185.md | 27 | Lorem ipsum [@foo]. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/10185.md | 34 | Lorem ipsum (John Doe, n.d.). | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/opendocument-styles.md | 39 | [Figure ("fig1",[],[]) (Caption Nothing []) [Plain [Str "placeholder"]]] | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 34 | Lorem ipsum | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 35 | \blockquote{dolor sit amet} | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 49 | Lorem ipsum | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 50 | \blockcquote[198]{Knu86}{dolor sit amet} | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 77 | Lorem ipsum | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/4848.md | 78 | \foreignblockquote{italian}{dolor sit amet} | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 6 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 6 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 14 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 14 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 25 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 25 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 31 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/3309.md | 31 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/9358.md | 24 | <p>Lorem ipsum</p> | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/8131.md | 34 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/8131.md | 34 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/8131.md | 40 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | test/command/8131.md | 40 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/11664.md | 14 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/11664.md | 14 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/11664.md | 27 | | A | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do | | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/11664.md | 27 | | A | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do | | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/biblatex-basic.md | 4 | author="John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/biblatex-basic.md | 12 | author="John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/citeproc-20.md | 3 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet^[Consectetur adipisicing elit: «sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt» [@doe_1989, 15].]. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/citeproc-20.md | 3 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet^[Consectetur adipisicing elit: «sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt» [@doe_1989, 15].]. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/citeproc-20.md | 21 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[1]. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/citeproc-20.md | 21 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[1]. | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/bibtex-basic.md | 4 | author="John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/bibtex-basic.md | 12 | author="John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/7678.md | 4 | author = "Jane Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/7678.md | 35 | author = "Jane Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | test/command/9391.md | 4 | <p>Lorem ipsum.</p> | CODE |
| LOW | data/dzslides/template.html | 40 | <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla ac dui eu est feugiat lacinia sit amet nec leo. Ma | CODE |
| LOW | data/dzslides/template.html | 40 | <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla ac dui eu est feugiat lacinia sit amet nec leo. Ma | CODE |
| LOW | pandoc-lua-engine/test/lua/smart-constructors.lua | 6 | pandoc.DefinitionList{{"foo", pandoc.Para "placeholder"}}, | CODE |
| LOW | pandoc-lua-engine/test/lua/module/pandoc-template.lua | 88 | local tmpl = template.compile('placeholder') | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | doc/custom-writers.md | 127 | ## Reducing boilerplate with `pandoc.scaffolding.Writer` | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | doc/lua-filters.md | 6867 | # Module pandoc.scaffolding | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | doc/lua-filters.md | 6871 | ## Fields {#pandoc.scaffolding-fields} | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | doc/lua-filters.md | 6873 | ### Writer {#pandoc.scaffolding.Writer} | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 1 | # stylish-haskell configuration file | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 21 | - simple_align: | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 41 | # Default: global. | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 61 | # > import qualified Data.List as List | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 81 | # > ( empty | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 101 | # > import Data.Foldable (Foldable (fold, foldl, foldMap)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 121 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 141 | # # Number of spaces to use for each tab. Default: 8, as specified by the | COMMENT |
| LOW | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 161 | # Default: native. | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/nightly.yml | 161 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/nightly.yml | 181 | # run: | | COMMENT |
| LOW | data/dzslides/template.html | 201 | progress of the presentation. */ | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 10 | # Step 1: Install pandoc | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 15 | # Step 2: Open a terminal | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 58 | # Step 3: Changing directories | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 138 | # Step 4: Using pandoc as a filter | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 185 | # Step 5: Text editor basics | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 220 | # Step 6: Converting a file | COMMENT |
| LOW | doc/getting-started.md | 281 | # Step 7: Command-line options | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | tools/benchplot.js | 72 | // Colors: time = green, alloc = red (as requested) | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | .stylish-haskell.yaml | 2 | # ================================== | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | data/dzslides/template.html | 216 | # The following block of code is not supposed to be edited. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tools/update-translations.py | 189 | CODE |