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tldr-pages/tldr

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0.2 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for tldr-pages/tldr, a Markdown project with 64,091 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 725,073 lines of code across 40255 source files, recording 52 pattern matches distributed across 14 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.2 (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.

0.2
Adjusted Signal
0.2
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
64.1K
Stars
Markdown
Language
725.1K
Lines of Code
40.3K
Files
52
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 0.5/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 31 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

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

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.3/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 20 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 0.9/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 52 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 9MEDIUM 18LOW 25

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 52 distinct pattern matches across 14 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.

Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary12 hits · 42 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md1# zapier scaffoldCOMMENT
MEDIUM⚡pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> 更多信息:<https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>。CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> 更多信息:<https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>。CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md1# zapier scaffoldCOMMENT
MEDIUM⚡pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> 더 많은 정보: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> 더 많은 정보: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md1# zapier scaffoldCOMMENT
MEDIUM⚡pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> More information: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> More information: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md1# zapier scaffoldCOMMENT
MEDIUM⚡pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> Больше информации: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
MEDIUM⚡pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md4> Больше информации: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>.CODE
Cross-File Repetition6 hits · 30 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHscripts/set-see-also.py0a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current directSTRING
HIGHscripts/set-page-title.py0a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current directSTRING
HIGHscripts/set-more-info-link.py0a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current directSTRING
HIGHscripts/set-see-also.py0synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of pathSTRING
HIGHscripts/set-page-title.py0synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of pathSTRING
HIGHscripts/set-more-info-link.py0synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of pathSTRING
Magic Placeholder Names2 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHpages/common/vllm-chat.md24`vllm chat --api-key {{your_api_key}} --quick "{{message}}"`CODE
HIGHpages/common/aider.md8`aider --model {{model_name}} --api-key {{your_api_key}}`CODE
Fake / Example Data6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpages.ko/common/sd.md8`{{echo 'lorem ipsum 23 '}} | sd '\s+$' ''`CODE
LOWpages.ko/common/csvgrep.md14- "이름" 열에서 "John Doe"가 포함되지 않는 행 찾기:CODE
LOWpages.id/common/csvgrep.md15- Temukan baris-baris di mana kolom "nama" TIDAK memuat string "John Doe":CODE
LOWpages/common/sd.md8`{{echo 'lorem ipsum 23 '}} | sd '\s+$' ''`CODE
LOWpages/common/csvgrep.md15- Find rows in which the "name" column does NOT include the string "John Doe":CODE
LOWcontributing-guides/style-guide.md395> It is suggested to enclose placeholders accepting strings as input within quotes. i.e. Use `"{{placeholder}}"` insteadCODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/update-command.py76def take_cmd_example_with_common_part(cmd_examples: list[str], common_part: str) -> str:CODE
LOWscripts/update-command.py92def find_cmd_example_with_common_part(common_part: str, page_text: str) -> list[str]:CODE
LOWscripts/set-alias-page.py120def generate_alias_page_content(CODE
LOWscripts/set-alias-page.py221def get_alias_command_in_page(path: Path, alias_pattern: str) -> AliasPageContent:CODE
LOWscripts/set-alias-page.py285def sync_alias_page_to_locale(pages_dir: Path, alias_page: AliasPage) -> list[Path]:CODE
LOWscripts/_common.py400def test_create_argument_parser():CODE
Dead Code3 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/update-command.py232CODE
MEDIUMscripts/update-command.py234CODE
MEDIUMscripts/update-command.py237CODE
Deep Nesting6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/set-alias-page.py442CODE
LOWscripts/set-see-also.py221CODE
LOWscripts/set-page-title.py166CODE
LOWscripts/_common.py95CODE
LOWscripts/set-more-info-link.py213CODE
LOWscripts/pdf/render.py20CODE
Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHcontributing-guides/AI-policy.md20- By submitting contributions generated by AI, you assume full responsibility for the contributions.CODE
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/send-to-bot.py51 print("Error sending data to tldr-bot:", str(e), file=sys.stderr)STRING
MEDIUMscripts/send-to-bot.py81 print("Error sending data to tldr-bot!", file=sys.stderr)STRING
LOWscripts/wrong-filename.py58 except Exception as exc:CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/_common.py82 # Check if SystemExit is raisedCOMMENT
LOWscripts/_common.py407 # Check if each expected argument is added with the correct configurationsCOMMENT
Self-Referential Comments1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/build.sh57 # Create the zip archiveCOMMENT
Over-Commented Block2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/check-pr.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/test.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
Modern Structural Boilerplate1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/update-command.py59logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)CODE
AI Structural Patterns1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/set-alias-page.py142CODE