AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

tasks/tasks

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

Bringing Astrid Tasks back from the dead

0.9 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for tasks/tasks, a Kotlin project with 5,704 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 339,038 lines of code across 2521 source files, recording 56 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.9 (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.

0.9
Adjusted Signal
0.9
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
5.7K
Stars
Kotlin
Language
339.0K
Lines of Code
2.5K
Files
56
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.01
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 0.3/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 17 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 4.3/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 39 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 0 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 4.0/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 56 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 23HIGH 2MEDIUM 0LOW 31

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 56 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.

Hallucination Indicators23 hits · 270 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICAL…main/java/org/tasks/preferences/PermissionChecker.java45 return org.tasks.extensions.Context.INSTANCE.canScheduleExactAlarms(context);CODE
CRITICAL…/activity/AbstractFragmentPluginAppCompatActivity.java21 return com.twofortyfouram.locale.api.Intent.ACTION_EDIT_CONDITION.equals(action)CODE
CRITICAL…/activity/AbstractFragmentPluginAppCompatActivity.java22 || com.twofortyfouram.locale.api.Intent.ACTION_EDIT_SETTING.equals(action);CODE
CRITICAL…/main/java/org/tasks/locale/receiver/FireReceiver.java22 if (!com.twofortyfouram.locale.api.Intent.ACTION_FIRE_SETTING.equals(intent.getAction())) {CODE
CRITICAL…tlin/org/tasks/compose/settings/McpToolSettingsTest.kt105 private fun androidx.compose.ui.test.ComposeUiTest.awaitText(text: String) =CODE
CRITICAL…pTest/kotlin/org/tasks/compose/edit/SubtaskDragTest.kt62 private fun androidx.compose.ui.test.ComposeUiTest.drag(key: String, by: Offset) {CODE
CRITICAL…/src/desktopMain/kotlin/org/tasks/mcp/McpHttpServer.kt79 private fun io.ktor.server.application.Application.installAuth() {CODE
CRITICAL…st/kotlin/org/tasks/viewmodel/TaskEditViewModelTest.kt240 viewModel.state.value.task.dueDate.startOfDay(),CODE
CRITICAL…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt24fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyRemote(CODE
CRITICAL…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt47private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyCompletedAt(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt65private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyCreatedAt(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt76private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyModified(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt93private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyTitle(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt99private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyDescription(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt105private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyPriority(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt111private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyRecurrence(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt123private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyDue(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt129private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyStart(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt135private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyCollapsed(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL⚡…c/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/caldav/iCalendarMerge.kt141private fun org.tasks.data.entity.Task.applyOrder(remote: VTodo, local: VTodo?) {CODE
CRITICAL…rc/jvmCommonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/repeats/Recur.jvm.kt34fun net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Recur.toRecur(): Recur = Recur(CODE
CRITICAL…rc/jvmCommonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/repeats/Recur.jvm.kt52 net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Recur.Builder()CODE
CRITICAL…rc/jvmCommonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/repeats/Recur.jvm.kt53 .frequency(net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Recur.Frequency.valueOf(frequency.name))CODE
Over-Commented Block16 hits · 16 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…in/java/net/dinglisch/android/tasker/TaskerPlugin.java1// package com.yourcompany.yourcondition;COMMENT
LOW…in/java/net/dinglisch/android/tasker/TaskerPlugin.java21COMMENT
LOWpebble/screenshots.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h21#define ITEM_TYPE 2COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h41COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h61#define MSG_GET_TASK 5COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h81#define UI_TYPE_TASK 1COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h101#define PERSIST_SORT_GROUP 10COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/protocol.h121// picker is open, so it gets smaller ones and will trim sooner.COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/task_list_window.c41static uint32_t s_filter_text_color = 0;COMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/task_list_window.c61// menu_layer_reload_data() and menu_layer_set_selected_index() both re-enterCOMMENT
LOWpebble/src/c/menu_window.c41// Absolute list position shown at row 0 — see the same field inCOMMENT
LOWcomposeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/tasks/App.kt1401 // Android the whole composition can be gone at the moment a teardown save fails, andCOMMENT
LOW…onMain/kotlin/org/tasks/viewmodel/TaskEditViewModel.kt321 .toState(appPreferences.datePickerPreferences())COMMENT
LOW…onMain/kotlin/org/tasks/viewmodel/TaskEditViewModel.kt761 // separate coroutine hop, so it can be arbitrarily behind - and after a failure it mayCOMMENT
Fake / Example Data14 hits · 16 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡…oidTest/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gcal/GCalHelperTest.kt91 put(Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME, "test@test.com")CODE
LOW⚡…oidTest/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gcal/GCalHelperTest.kt97 put(Calendars.OWNER_ACCOUNT, "test@test.com")CODE
LOW⚡…oidTest/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gcal/GCalHelperTest.kt103 .appendQueryParameter(Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME, "test@test.com")CODE
LOWapp/src/test/java/org/tasks/data/PrincipalTest.kt26 assertEquals("user@example.com", principal.name)CODE
LOWapp/src/main/res/layout/widget_row.xml78 tools:text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean tristique magna mauris, vel vulputate elCODE
LOWapp/src/main/res/layout/widget_row.xml78 tools:text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean tristique magna mauris, vel vulputate elCODE
LOW…src/main/java/org/tasks/compose/edit/DescriptionRow.kt69 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dCODE
LOW…src/main/java/org/tasks/compose/edit/DescriptionRow.kt69 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dCODE
LOWapp/src/main/java/org/tasks/compose/edit/TitleRow.kt100 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dCODE
LOWapp/src/main/java/org/tasks/compose/edit/TitleRow.kt100 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dCODE
LOW…droidUnitTest/kotlin/org/tasks/api/SharedWritesTest.kt117 Places.ADDRESS to "123 Main St",CODE
LOW…droidUnitTest/kotlin/org/tasks/api/SharedWritesTest.kt125 assertEquals("address was not sent", "123 Main St", row.address)CODE
LOW…tasks/googleapis/DesktopGoogleTasksSynchronizerTest.kt69 uuid = "someone@example.org",CODE
LOW…in/org/tasks/sync/microsoft/MicrosoftDeltaTokenTest.kt68 username = "user@example.com",CODE
Magic Placeholder Names2 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHCONTRIBUTING.md272. Add `tasks_mapbox_key_debug="<your_api_key>"` to your [`gradle.properties`](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguideCODE
HIGHCONTRIBUTING.md384. Add `tasks_google_key_debug="<your_api_key>"` to your [`gradle.properties`](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguideCODE
Example Usage Blocks1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpebble/screenshots.sh5# Usage:COMMENT