AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

steipete/summarize

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

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2.6 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for steipete/summarize, a TypeScript project with 6,770 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 246,464 lines of code across 1481 source files, recording 607 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.6 (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.

2.6
Adjusted Signal
2.6
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-28
Last Push
6.8K
Stars
TypeScript
Language
246.5K
Lines of Code
1.5K
Files
607
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 11.6/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 593 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.5/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 13 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 11.4/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 586 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 11.9/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 607 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 3MEDIUM 1LOW 603

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 607 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.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers585 hits · 594 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…transcript.podcast-provider.podcast-transcript.test.ts3async function importPodcastModulesWithoutTranscription() {CODE
LOWtests/run.config.test.ts18function resolveTestConfigStateWithEnv(CODE
LOWtests/sidepanel.slides-stream-controller.test.ts18function streamWithKeepaliveAndDone(delayMs: number, keepaliveEveryMs: number) {CODE
LOW…s/transcript.podcast-provider.download-streams.test.ts6async function importPodcastProviderWithFfmpeg(plan: SpawnPlan) {CODE
LOW…ts/transcript.podcast-provider.more-branches-3.test.ts7async function importPodcastProviderWithFfmpeg(plan: SpawnPlan) {CODE
LOWtests/slides.render-inline.test.ts26function createTtyStreamWithoutColumns() {CODE
LOWtests/application.execute-summarize.test.ts72function createPreparedInputResources({CODE
LOWtests/cli.spinner-output.test.ts87function applyCarriageReturnAndClearLine(text: string): string {CODE
LOWtests/sidepanel.stream-controller.error.test.ts22function streamWithKeepaliveThenEvents(CODE
LOWtests/background-listeners.userscript.test.ts4function installChromeListenerStubs() {CODE
LOWtests/helpers/transcription-env.ts19export function stubMissingTranscriptionEnv(): void {CODE
LOWtests/helpers/application-summarize.ts11export function createTestSummarizeUrlFlowContext(options: {CODE
LOWscripts/build-bun.js91function assertNoExternalTokenizerPath(path) {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/language.ts162export function formatOutputLanguageInstruction(language: OutputLanguage): string {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/language.ts169export function formatOutputLanguageForJson(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/processes.ts125export function terminateTrackedProcesses(signal: NodeJS.Signals): void {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/onnx-cli.ts17export function resolvePreferredOnnxModel(env: Env = process.env): OnnxModelId | null {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/onnx-cli.ts191async function ensureModelArtifactsDownloaded({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/onnx-cli.ts307export async function transcribeWithOnnxCliFile({CODE
LOW…src/transcription/whisper/diarization-openai-chunks.ts17export async function transcribeOpenAiMediaFileInChunks({CODE
LOW…src/transcription/whisper/diarization-openai-chunks.ts91async function transcribeOpenAiChunkWithRetry({CODE
LOW…src/transcription/whisper/diarization-openai-chunks.ts152export function resolveOpenAiDiarizationChunkSeconds(totalDurationSeconds: number): number {CODE
LOW…src/transcription/whisper/diarization-openai-chunks.ts157function namespaceOpenAiChunkSegments(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/elevenlabs.ts27export async function transcribeFileWithElevenLabsDiarization({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/elevenlabs.ts77function createLongRunningFetchDispatcher(): UndiciDispatcher | null {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/elevenlabs.ts103export function parseElevenLabsDiarizedSegments(words: unknown): TranscriptionSegment[] {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts56export function resolveDiarizationProviderOrder({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts73export function buildDiarizationModelChain(providers: DiarizationProvider[]): string | null {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts82export async function transcribeMediaFileWithDiarization({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts188async function transcribeOpenAiMediaFile({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts252export async function transcribeMediaBytesWithDiarization({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts282export function buildMissingDiarizationProviderMessage(preference: DiarizationPreference): string {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts296async function prepareDiarizationMediaFile({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts380async function prepareOpenAiDiarizationFile({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/diarization.ts454export function resolveOpenAiDiarizationBitrateKbps(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/assemblyai.ts118async function submitAssemblyAiTranscript(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/assemblyai.ts222async function transcribeUploadedAudioWithAssemblyAi(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/assemblyai.ts280export async function transcribeFileWithAssemblyAi({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/decode-retry.ts14export async function transcribeWithDecodeRetry({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/utils.ts28export function ensureWhisperFilenameExtension(name: string, mediaType: string): string {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/openai.ts48export async function transcribeFileWithOpenAiDiarization({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/openai.ts103function isIgnorableEmptyDiarizedSegment(value: unknown): boolean {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/openai.ts117export function parseOpenAiDiarizedSegments(segments: unknown): TranscriptionSegment[] {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/openai.ts200async function requestOpenAiTranscription(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/whisper-cpp.ts27export async function resolveWhisperCppModelNameForDisplay(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/whisper-cpp.ts34export async function transcribeWithWhisperCppFile({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/whisper-cpp.ts225async function resolveWhisperCppModelPath(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/whisper-cpp.ts255function resolveWhisperCppModelLabelFromPath(modelPath: string): string {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/whisper-cpp.ts265function isWhisperCppSupportedMediaType(mediaType: string): boolean {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/core.ts27export function transcribeMediaWithWhisper({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/core.ts42export function transcribeMediaFileWithWhisper({CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/preferences.ts5export function resolveTranscriberPreference(env: Env): "auto" | "whisper" | "parakeet" | "canary" {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/preferences.ts11export function resolveOnnxModelPreference(env: Env): "parakeet" | "canary" | null {CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/ffmpeg.ts37export async function probeMediaDurationSecondsWithFfprobe(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/local.ts39export async function transcribeWithLocalWhisper(CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/transcription/whisper/remote.ts43export async function transcribeWithRemoteFallbacks(CODE
LOW…kages/core/src/transcription/whisper/provider-setup.ts92export function resolveOpenAiTranscriptionApiKey({CODE
LOW⚡…kages/core/src/transcription/whisper/provider-setup.ts118export function resolveGeminiTranscriptionModel(env?: Env): string {CODE
LOW⚡…kages/core/src/transcription/whisper/provider-setup.ts123export function resolveDeepgramTranscriptionModel(env?: Env): string {CODE
LOW⚡…kages/core/src/transcription/whisper/provider-setup.ts128export function buildMissingTranscriptionProviderMessage(): string {CODE
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Cross-Language Confusion (JS/TS)3 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHsrc/markitdown.ts76 print("OCR failed: " + "; ".join(errors), file=sys.stderr)CODE
HIGHsrc/markitdown.ts88 print(markdown)CODE
HIGHsrc/markitdown.ts98print(markdown)CODE
Fake / Example Data10 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/application.execute-summarize.test.ts43 content: "placeholder",CODE
LOWtests/run.url-video-only.test.ts39 content: "placeholder",CODE
LOWtests/run.url-flow.max-extract-characters.test.ts70 const content = `<!doctype html><html><head><title>Long</title></head><body><article>${"lorem ipsum ".repeat(3000)}<CODE
LOWtests/cli.video-only-youtube-switch.test.ts41 content: "placeholder",CODE
LOWtests/slides-text.utils.test.ts694 { startSeconds: 1, text: "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" },CODE
LOWtests/slides-text.utils.test.ts694 { startSeconds: 1, text: "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" },CODE
LOWtests/sidepanel.bootstrap-runtime.test.ts67 setModelPlaceholderFromDiscovery: () => calls.push("placeholder"),CODE
LOWtests/sidepanel.bootstrap-runtime.test.ts135 setModelPlaceholderFromDiscovery: () => calls.push("placeholder"),CODE
LOWpackages/core/src/localization/index.ts34 "placeholder",CODE
LOWapps/chrome-extension/src/lib/model-presets.ts82 "placeholder",CODE
Verbosity Indicators3 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json36 "description": "# LinkedIn Engagement Automation\n\n**IMPORTANT FOR AI:** Multi-step workflow. You orchestrate usingCODE
LOW⚡…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json39 "examples": "// Step 1: Collect posts (on activity page)\nconst posts = await browserjs(async () => {\n return awaiCODE
LOW…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json50 "library": "window.whatsapp = {\n \n // List all chats with unread status (handles virtual scrolling)\n listChatsCODE
Structural Annotation Overuse3 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json36 "description": "# LinkedIn Engagement Automation\n\n**IMPORTANT FOR AI:** Multi-step workflow. You orchestrate usingCODE
LOW⚡…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json39 "examples": "// Step 1: Collect posts (on activity page)\nconst posts = await browserjs(async () => {\n return awaiCODE
LOW…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json50 "library": "window.whatsapp = {\n \n // List all chats with unread status (handles virtual scrolling)\n listChatsCODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡…ps/chrome-extension/src/automation/default-skills.json36 "description": "# LinkedIn Engagement Automation\n\n**IMPORTANT FOR AI:** Multi-step workflow. You orchestrate usingCODE
Example Usage Blocks1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/docs-serve.sh3# Usage:COMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/markitdown.ts71 except Exception as exc:CODE