leebaird/discover

2.6

Adjusted Score

2.6

Raw Score

100%

Time Factor

2026-07-14

Last Push

3.9K

Stars

Shell

Language

49.9K

Lines of Code

170

Files

100

Pattern Hits

2026-07-14

Scan Date

0.01

HC Hit Rate

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Score: Primary synthetic code indicator. Raw score normalised per 1,000 lines of code and multiplied by the temporal discount factor. This is the definitive comparative metric — use it to rank repositories by AI authorship density.
Raw Score: The unmodified sum of all severity-weighted, context-multiplied pattern match scores before temporal discounting. Reflects the absolute signal strength independent of when the repository was last active.
Time Factor: The temporal discount multiplier (0–100%) applied to the raw score. Repositories last updated before ChatGPT's launch (Nov 2022) receive a 5% factor. Full signal is only assigned to repositories active in the post-adoption era (Jan 2024+).
Pattern Hits: Total count of individual pattern matches across all files and categories. A high hit count with a low score may indicate a very large codebase with isolated AI snippets; a low count with a high score indicates dense, concentrated AI signatures.
HC Hit Rate: High+Critical pattern hits per file, averaged across the repository. This orthogonal signal catches repositories where a few files are densely packed with high-severity AI tells — a strong indicator even when the normalised score appears moderate due to codebase size.
Lines of Code / Files: Total lines and files analysed. The scanner examines 94 file extensions. These denominators are used to normalise the score, enabling fair comparison between repositories of vastly different sizes.

Score History

This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.

Severity Breakdown

Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.

CRITICAL 1HIGH 1MEDIUM 8LOW 90

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 100 distinct pattern matches across 12 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. 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 diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.

Deep Nesting30 hits · 30 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	parsers/parse-burp.py	63	CODE
LOW	parsers/parse-burp.py	83	CODE
LOW	parsers/social.py	156	CODE
LOW	parsers/social.py	237	CODE
LOW	parsers/company.py	212	CODE
LOW	parsers/sec_people.py	256	CODE
LOW	parsers/sec_people.py	98	CODE
LOW	parsers/sec_common.py	60	CODE
LOW	parsers/parse-nexpose.py	65	CODE
LOW	parsers/parse-nipper.py	75	CODE
LOW	parsers/parse-nessus-feed.py	85	CODE
LOW	parsers/parse-nmap.py	76	CODE
LOW	notes/build.py	68	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/engine.py	102	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/engine.py	302	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/filescan.py	189	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/filescan.py	239	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	161	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	193	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	206	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	241	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	662	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	220	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	411	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	494	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	582	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	626	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	906	CODE
LOW	recon/software-cve.py	215	CODE
LOW	recon/software-cve.py	579	CODE

Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping18 hits · 21 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	parsers/parse-burp.py	30	except Exception as ex:	CODE
LOW	parsers/social.py	162	except Exception:	CODE
MEDIUM	parsers/parse-nessus-feed.py	63	print("Error writing CSV file. Check for permissions and/or path.\n")	CODE
MEDIUM	parsers/parse-nessus-feed.py	76	print("Error writing remainder of the column data to file. Check for permissions and/or path.")	CODE
MEDIUM	parsers/parse-nessus-feed.py	93	print("Error reading/parsing XML file. Its likely that the XML file is mangled in some way.")	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/engine.py	398	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/waf-detect/wafw00f_run.py	27	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	234	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	258	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	395	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	424	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	452	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	585	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	680	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	697	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	806	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	recon/import-subdomains.sh	172	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	820	except Exception:	CODE

Redundant / Tautological Comments12 hits · 18 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	old/dns-reverse.sh	21	# Check if class is empty or invalid	COMMENT
LOW	old/dns-reverse.sh	37	# Check if the host command returns a valid PTR record	COMMENT
LOW	old/compare-sites.sh	111	# Check if selected versions are valid	COMMENT
LOW	old/rebrand.sh	39	# Check if index.htm exists	COMMENT
LOW	old/wtf.sh	96	# Check if the interface is in monitor	COMMENT
LOW	old/wtf.sh	130	# Check if the process is still running before trying to kill it	COMMENT
LOW	old/wtf.sh	137	# Check if the scan file exists	COMMENT
LOW	old/dns-transfer.sh	53	# Check if the DNS zone transfer is successful	COMMENT
LOW	dev/lib/container-scanner/k8s.sh	18	# Check if kubectl can connect to a cluster	COMMENT
LOW	dev/lib/container-scanner/docker.sh	32	# Check if there are any images	COMMENT
LOW	dev/lib/container-scanner/docker.sh	389	# Check if there are any containers	COMMENT
LOW	dev/lib/container-scanner/docker.sh	465	# Check if container is running in privileged mode	COMMENT

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers14 hits · 14 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	parsers/parse-burp.py	119	def parse_vulnerability_classifications(html_content):	CODE
LOW	parsers/company.py	153	def extract_contact_from_html(html: str) -> tuple[list[str], str] \| None:	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	315	def location_points_to_canary(location: str, canary: str, base_url: str) -> bool:	CODE
LOW	recon/import-subdomains.sh	497	def rows_from_subdomain_objects(rows):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	61	def normalize_tech_separators(value):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	376	def strip_redundant_technology_labels(technologies, webserver):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	398	def strip_noise_technology_labels(technologies):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	411	def strip_redundant_webserver_tokens(webserver, technologies):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	778	def _load_software_cve_module():	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	786	def enrich_software_rows_for_report(software_version_rows, httpx_path):	CODE
LOW	recon/active-tech.py	862	def is_software_version_label(label):	CODE
LOW	recon/software-cve.py	274	def _parse_nvd_vulnerabilities(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:	CODE
LOW	recon/software-cve.py	516	def enrich_software_version_rows(	CODE
LOW	recon/import-names-titles-emails.sh	242	def format_names_report_lines(contacts):	CODE

Unused Imports12 hits · 12 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	parsers/social.py	4	CODE
LOW	parsers/company.py	4	CODE
LOW	parsers/sec_people.py	4	CODE
LOW	parsers/sec_common.py	4	CODE
LOW	notes/build.py	4	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/engine.py	4	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/filescan.py	4	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/waf-detect/wafw00f_run.py	4	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/web-api-scanner/msf_parse.py	4	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/web-api-scanner/msf_parse.py	9	CODE
LOW	dev/lib/open-redirect-scanner/engine.py	6	CODE
LOW	recon/software-cve.py	16	CODE

Hallucination Indicators1 hit · 10 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
CRITICAL	report/assets/javascript/jquery.min.js	4	return b?(parseFloat(Sa(a,"marginLeft"))\|\|(n.contains(a.ownerDocument,a)?a.getBoundingClientRect().left-Pa(a,{marginLeft	CODE

Over-Commented Block6 hits · 6 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	discover.sh	1	#!/usr/bin/env bash	COMMENT
LOW	discover.sh	21	# Numerous people on freenode IRC - #bash and #sed (e36freak)	COMMENT
LOW	parsers/parse-nessus-feed.py	1	#!/usr/bin/env python3	COMMENT
LOW	dev/cloud-scanner.sh	1	#!/usr/bin/env bash	COMMENT
LOW	dev/web-api-scanner.sh	1	#!/usr/bin/env bash	COMMENT
LOW	dev/container-scanner.sh	1	#!/usr/bin/env bash	COMMENT

Decorative Section Separators2 hits · 6 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	old/deploy/main.tf	16	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	old/deploy/main.tf	45	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT

Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary2 hits · 6 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	dev/api-scanner.sh	535	# Scan orchestration	COMMENT
MEDIUM	dev/lib/web-api-scanner/probe.sh	1	# Technology fingerprinting and scan orchestration	COMMENT

Magic Placeholder Names1 hit · 5 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/run-tests.sh	31	grep -q 'your-api-key' "$OUT/hits.jsonl" && fail "denylist allows placeholder" \|\| pass "denylist filters placeholder"	CODE

AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 3 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	dev/lib/container-scanner/k8s.sh	500	# Create comprehensive Kubernetes security summary	COMMENT

Fake / Example Data1 hit · 1 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	dev/lib/sensitive-scanner/run-tests.sh	32	grep -q 'user@example.com' "$OUT/hits.jsonl" && fail "denylist allows example email" \|\| pass "denylist filters example e	CODE

Analysis Overview

What These Metrics Mean

Score History

Severity Breakdown

Directory Score Breakdown

Pattern Findings