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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.
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.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 31 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 8 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 20 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 52 finding(s).
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 1 | # zapier scaffold | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > 更多信息:<https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>。 | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.zh/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > 更多信息:<https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>。 | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 1 | # zapier scaffold | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > 더 많은 정보: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ko/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > 더 많은 정보: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 1 | # zapier scaffold | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > More information: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > More information: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 1 | # zapier scaffold | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > Больше информации: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | pages.ru/common/zapier-scaffold.md | 4 | > Больше информации: <https://platform.zapier.com/reference/cli#scaffold>. | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | scripts/set-see-also.py | 0 | a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current direct | STRING |
| HIGH | scripts/set-page-title.py | 0 | a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current direct | STRING |
| HIGH | scripts/set-more-info-link.py | 0 | a python script to add or update the "more information" link for all translations of a page. note: if the current direct | STRING |
| HIGH | scripts/set-see-also.py | 0 | synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of path | STRING |
| HIGH | scripts/set-page-title.py | 0 | synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of path | STRING |
| HIGH | scripts/set-more-info-link.py | 0 | synchronize a "more information" link into all translations. parameters: root (path): tldr_root pages_dirs (list of path | STRING |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | pages/common/vllm-chat.md | 24 | `vllm chat --api-key {{your_api_key}} --quick "{{message}}"` | CODE |
| HIGH | pages/common/aider.md | 8 | `aider --model {{model_name}} --api-key {{your_api_key}}` | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | pages.ko/common/sd.md | 8 | `{{echo 'lorem ipsum 23 '}} | sd '\s+$' ''` | CODE |
| LOW | pages.ko/common/csvgrep.md | 14 | - "이름" 열에서 "John Doe"가 포함되지 않는 행 찾기: | CODE |
| LOW | pages.id/common/csvgrep.md | 15 | - Temukan baris-baris di mana kolom "nama" TIDAK memuat string "John Doe": | CODE |
| LOW | pages/common/sd.md | 8 | `{{echo 'lorem ipsum 23 '}} | sd '\s+$' ''` | CODE |
| LOW | pages/common/csvgrep.md | 15 | - Find rows in which the "name" column does NOT include the string "John Doe": | CODE |
| LOW | contributing-guides/style-guide.md | 395 | > It is suggested to enclose placeholders accepting strings as input within quotes. i.e. Use `"{{placeholder}}"` instead | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/update-command.py | 76 | def take_cmd_example_with_common_part(cmd_examples: list[str], common_part: str) -> str: | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/update-command.py | 92 | def find_cmd_example_with_common_part(common_part: str, page_text: str) -> list[str]: | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/set-alias-page.py | 120 | def generate_alias_page_content( | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/set-alias-page.py | 221 | def get_alias_command_in_page(path: Path, alias_pattern: str) -> AliasPageContent: | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/set-alias-page.py | 285 | def sync_alias_page_to_locale(pages_dir: Path, alias_page: AliasPage) -> list[Path]: | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/_common.py | 400 | def test_create_argument_parser(): | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | scripts/update-command.py | 232 | CODE | |
| MEDIUM | scripts/update-command.py | 234 | CODE | |
| MEDIUM | scripts/update-command.py | 237 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/set-alias-page.py | 442 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/set-see-also.py | 221 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/set-page-title.py | 166 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/_common.py | 95 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/set-more-info-link.py | 213 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/pdf/render.py | 20 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | contributing-guides/AI-policy.md | 20 | - By submitting contributions generated by AI, you assume full responsibility for the contributions. | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | scripts/send-to-bot.py | 51 | print("Error sending data to tldr-bot:", str(e), file=sys.stderr) | STRING |
| MEDIUM | scripts/send-to-bot.py | 81 | print("Error sending data to tldr-bot!", file=sys.stderr) | STRING |
| LOW | scripts/wrong-filename.py | 58 | except Exception as exc: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/_common.py | 82 | # Check if SystemExit is raised | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/_common.py | 407 | # Check if each expected argument is added with the correct configurations | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | scripts/build.sh | 57 | # Create the zip archive | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/check-pr.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/test.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/update-command.py | 59 | logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/set-alias-page.py | 142 | CODE |