AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

mltframework/shotcut

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

cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor

0.4 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for mltframework/shotcut, a C++ project with 15,545 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 445,427 lines of code across 529 source files, recording 147 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.4 (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.

0.4
Adjusted Signal
0.4
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
15.5K
Stars
C++
Language
445.4K
Lines of Code
529
Files
147
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 1.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 147 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.0/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 3 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 1.7/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 147 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 1MEDIUM 1LOW 145

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 147 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 Block140 hits · 140 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWCuteLogger/include/CuteLogger_global.h1#ifndef CUTELOGGER_GLOBAL_HCOMMENT
LOWCuteLogger/include/Logger.h21#include <QElapsedTimer>COMMENT
LOWCuteLogger/include/Logger.h41#define LOG_CDEBUG(category) CuteMessageLogger(cuteLoggerInstance(), Logger::Debug, __FILE__, __LINE__, Q_FUNC_INFO,COMMENT
LOWscripts/build-shotcut.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/build-shotcut.sh2281 feedback_result SUCCESS "Everything succeeded"COMMENT
LOWscripts/build-shotcut-msys2.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/build-shotcut-msys2.sh1041######################################################################COMMENT
LOWsrc/mltcontroller.cpp21#include "controllers/filtercontroller.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mltcontroller.cpp41#include <QMetaType>COMMENT
LOWsrc/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp21#include "mainwindow.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp81 setColor(Qt::black);COMMENT
LOWsrc/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp161 // Qt 6 caches the video format in QSGVideoMaterialRhiShader andCOMMENT
LOWsrc/util.cpp21#include "Logger.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/util.cpp41#include <QDoubleSpinBox>COMMENT
LOWsrc/util.cpp61#include <windows.h>COMMENT
LOWsrc/shotcut_mlt_properties.h41#define kTrackHeightProperty "shotcut:trackHeight"COMMENT
LOWsrc/shotcut_mlt_properties.h61// hide the VUI when the play head is not over the clip with the current filter.COMMENT
LOWsrc/shotcut_mlt_properties.h101#define kPlaylistIndexProperty "_shotcut:playlistIndex"COMMENT
LOWsrc/shotcut_mlt_properties.h121#define kNewFrameOutProperty "_shotcut:newFrameOut"COMMENT
LOWsrc/player.cpp21#include "actions.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.h21#include "mltcontroller.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/videowidget.cpp21#include "mainwindow.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp21#include "Logger.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp41#include "docks/filtersdock.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp61#include "proxymanager.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp81#include "widgets/imageproducerwidget.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp101#include <QDirIterator>COMMENT
LOWsrc/mainwindow.cpp4341 elseCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mltxmlchecker.cpp21#include "mltcontroller.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/gpuinfo.h41// On Windows this uses DXGI (the same enumeration order Qt's D3D RHI backend uses).COMMENT
LOWsrc/proxymanager.cpp21#include "dialogs/longuitask.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/mltcontroller.h21#include "transportcontrol.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/main.cpp21#include "gpuinfo.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/settings.cpp21#include "qmltypes/qmlapplication.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/qmlfilter.h21#include "qmlmetadata.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/colorpickeritem.cpp21#include "Logger.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/qmlfilter.cpp21#include "commands/filtercommands.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/qmlapplication.cpp21#include "controllers/filtercontroller.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/qmlutilities.cpp21#include "models/subtitlesmodel.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/qmltypes/timelineitems.cpp21#include "mltcontroller.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/screencapture/screencapture.cpp21#include "toolbarwidget.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/screencapture/windowpicker.cpp21#include <QGuiApplication>COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/main.js1// This is not meant to be used directly. It returns a function objectCOMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js1721// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js1821exports.isPrimitive = isPrimitive;COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js2481};COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js2501// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSCOMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js2621//COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js2661 Transform.call(this, options);COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3061 // if we've ended, and we're now clear, then finish it up.COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3081 // that the Readable class should behave improperly, as streams areCOMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3681COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3701// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3721//COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3741// interpreted as an integer from 0-255, and then results in that manyCOMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js3901COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js4061 // not an actual buffer we keep track of, but a measurementCOMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js4821 }COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js5141// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.COMMENT
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js5261 dest.on('close', cleanup);COMMENT
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Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHsrc/docks/subtitlesdock.cpp1326 // Mute tracks as requestedCOMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/build-shotcut.sh640 # Git, just use blank or the hash.COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/docks/encodedock.cpp337 // Let 8-bit processing modes utilize full range RGBCOMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp911 " function convertRectangleKeyframesToPixels() {\n"CODE
LOWsrc/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp1063 " function rewriteRectangleKeyframes() {\n"CODE
LOWsrc/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp1106 " function convertExtraRectKeyframes(name) {\n"CODE
Verbosity Indicators1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js5059// number of bytes available, we need to check if we end on a leading/highCOMMENT