AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

vadimdemedes/ink

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1.2 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for vadimdemedes/ink, a TypeScript project with 40,204 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 45,976 lines of code across 251 source files, recording 32 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.2 (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.

1.2
Adjusted Signal
1.2
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
40.2K
Stars
TypeScript
Language
46.0K
Lines of Code
251
Files
32
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 2.3/100 · LOW

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

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.7/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 6 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 4.0/100 · LOW

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

PR Review Velocity Impact 6.1/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 32 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 0MEDIUM 13LOW 19

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 32 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.

Decorative Section Separators9 hits · 27 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx17// ── Basic rendering ─────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx72// ── Layout ──────────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx180// ── Styling ─────────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx192// ── Text wrapping and columns ───────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx257// ── Components ──────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx318// ── Effect behavior ─────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx369// ── Error handling ──────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx455// ── Independence ────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/render-to-string.tsx465// ── Deeply nested tree ──────────────────────────────────COMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers11 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/cursor.tsx610function DebugStderrWriteAfterRerenderApp() {CODE
LOWtest/cursor.tsx627function DebugStdoutWriteAfterRerenderApp() {CODE
LOWtest/use-animation.tsx1078 function DelayedActivationAnimation() {CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx970function SynchronousRenderErrorComponent() {CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx974function ThrowingComponentWithBoundary() {CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx1385 function NonTtyRerenderTestComponent({CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx1421 function NonTtyOverflowTransitionTestComponent({CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx1453 function ResizeBoundaryTestComponent() {CODE
LOWtest/render.tsx2120function ThrottleCursorTestComponent({text}: {readonly text: string}) {CODE
LOWexamples/alternate-screen/alternate-screen.tsx277export function runAlternateScreenExample() {CODE
LOWsrc/hooks/use-animation.ts136function normalizeAnimationInterval(interval: number): number {CODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary4 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMreadme.md79- [Claude Code](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) - An agentic coding tool made by Anthropic.CODE
MEDIUMreadme.md80- [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) - An agentic coding tool made by Google.CODE
MEDIUMreadme.md130- [Neovate Code](https://github.com/neovateai/neovate-code) - An agentic coding tool made by AntGroup.CODE
MEDIUMreadme.md174Use [create-ink-app](https://github.com/vadimdemedes/create-ink-app) to quickly scaffold a new Ink-based CLI.CODE
Fake / Example Data6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbenchmark/layout/layout.tsx17const words = 'lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do';CODE
LOWbenchmark/layout/layout.tsx17const words = 'lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do';CODE
LOWbenchmark/simple/simple.tsx13 Cupcake ipsum dolor sit amet candy candy. Sesame snaps cookie I loveCODE
LOWbenchmark/static/static.tsx57 Cupcake ipsum dolor sit amet candy candy. Sesame snaps cookie I loveCODE
LOWtest/padding.tsx186 <Text>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</Text>CODE
LOWtest/padding.tsx186 <Text>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</Text>CODE
Over-Commented Block2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/helpers/reconstruct-terminal.ts1// Minimal terminal-state reducer for tests.COMMENT
LOWsrc/kitty-keyboard.ts41 capsLock: 64,COMMENT