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public-apis/public-apis

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11.4 Moderate pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for public-apis/public-apis, a Python project with 487,300 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 4,162 lines of code across 16 source files, recording 44 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 11.4 (Moderate 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.

11.4
Adjusted Signal
11.4
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-10
Last Push
487.3K
Stars
Python
Language
4.2K
Lines of Code
16
Files
44
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.06
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 37.8/100 · MEDIUM

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 36 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 9.2/100 · LOW

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

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 28.1/100 · MEDIUM

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 31 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 48.4/100 · MEDIUM

Which changes need focused human review? 44 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 3LOW 40

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 44 distinct pattern matches across 6 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.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers31 hits · 28 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/validate/links.py96def has_cloudflare_protection(resp: Response) -> bool:CODE
LOWscripts/validate/links.py202def check_if_list_of_links_are_working(list_of_links: List[str]) -> List[str]:CODE
LOWscripts/validate/links.py213def start_duplicate_links_checker(links: List[str]) -> None:CODE
LOWscripts/validate/links.py230def start_links_working_checker(links: List[str]) -> None:CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py19 def test_error_message_return_and_return_type(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py42 def test_if_get_categories_content_return_correct_data_of_categories(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py71 def test_if_check_alphabetical_order_return_correct_msg_error(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py120 def test_check_title_with_correct_title(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py129 def test_check_title_with_markdown_syntax_incorrect(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py142 def test_check_title_with_api_at_the_end_of_the_title(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py155 def test_check_description_with_correct_description(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py164 def test_check_description_with_first_char_is_not_capitalized(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py178 def test_check_description_with_punctuation_in_the_end(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py197 def test_check_description_that_exceeds_the_character_limit(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py212 def test_check_auth_with_valid_auth(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py223 def test_check_auth_without_backtick(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py238 def test_check_auth_with_invalid_auth(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py271 def test_check_https_with_valid_https(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py279 def test_check_https_with_invalid_https(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py294 def test_check_cors_with_valid_cors(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py302 def test_check_cors_with_invalid_cors(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py317 def test_check_entry_with_correct_segments(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py326 def test_check_entry_with_incorrect_segments(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py347 def test_check_file_format_with_correct_format(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py374 def test_check_file_format_with_category_header_not_added_to_index(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py394 def test_check_file_format_with_category_without_min_entries(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_format.py424 def test_check_file_format_entry_without_all_necessary_columns(self):CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py74 def test_find_link_in_text_with_invalid_argument(self):STRING
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py80 def test_if_check_duplicate_links_has_the_correct_return(self):STRING
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py99 def test_if_fake_user_agent_has_a_str_as_return(self):STRING
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py147 def test_has_cloudflare_protection_when_there_is_no_protection(self):STRING
Fake / Example Data6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWREADME.md693| [Hipsum](https://hipsum.co) | Hipster-themed lorem ipsum generator for placeholder text | No | Yes | Unknown |CODE
LOWREADME.md2221| [Bacon Ipsum](https://baconipsum.com/json-api/) | A Meatier Lorem Ipsum Generator | No | Yes | Unknown |CODE
LOWREADME.md2234| [Loripsum](http://loripsum.net/) | The "lorem ipsum" generator that doesn't suck | No | No | Unknown |CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py42 self.text_without_cloudflare_flags = 'Lorem Ipsum'CODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py53 lorem ipsum https://www.example.com?param1=1&param2=2#anchorCODE
LOWscripts/tests/test_validate_links.py54 https://www.example.com?param1=1&param2=2#anchor lorem ipsumCODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary3 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMREADME.md905| [Atomic Mail](https://atomic-mail.github.io/atomic-mail-agentic/) | Email for AI agents: programmatic inbox creation aCODE
MEDIUMREADME.md1067| [Pink Agentic AI Payments](https://pinkwallet.com/agentic/developers/) | Approval layer for AI agent payments: per-ageCODE
MEDIUMREADME.md1624| [Not Human Search](https://nothumansearch.ai/openapi.yaml) | AI tool discovery with agentic scoring for 8,600+ tools aCODE
Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHREADME.md943| [Anycrap](https://anycrap.shop/developers) | 35,000+ absurdist AI-generated product concepts with names, descriptions,CODE
Unused Imports2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/validate/__init__.py3CODE
LOWscripts/validate/__init__.py4CODE
Deep Nesting1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/validate/format.py192CODE