AI Slop Code RIsk Monitor

vcaesar/riot

Go Open Source, Distributed, Simple and efficient Search Engine

5.4 Moderate pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for vcaesar/riot, a Go project with 6,053 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 84,173 lines of code across 493 source files, recording 458 pattern matches distributed across 2 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 5.4 (Moderate 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.

5.4
Adjusted Signal
5.4
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-09-21
Last Push
6.1K
Stars
Go
Language
84.2K
Lines of Code
493
Files
458
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 23.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 456 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 2 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

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

PR Review Velocity Impact 23.8/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 458 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

Run additional scans to build a history of the legacy pattern signal. Score changes are not a measure of AI adoption or code quality.

No multi-scan history yet — run the scanner again to build trend data.

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 0LOW 458

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 458 distinct pattern matches across 2 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.

Over-Commented Block456 hits · 456 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWquery.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWquery.go321}COMMENT
LOWconfig.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWmultisearch.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWfield_bool_ip_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWvector.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Riot Authors.COMMENT
LOWvector.go61// Scores are cosine similarity, dot product, or negative squared L2 distance;COMMENT
LOWfield.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWindex_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWsize.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWtimestamp_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Riot Authors.COMMENT
LOWbatch.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWsearch.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWwriter.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWsearch_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWwriter_offline.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWdocument.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWdoc.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWmultisearch_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWstats_bench_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Riot Authors.COMMENT
LOWquery_multi_term_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWnumeric_nested_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWreader.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWwriter_offline_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWnumeric_column_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWquery_boolean_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWvector_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Riot Authors.COMMENT
LOWwriter_stats_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWsearch_memory_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Riot Authors.COMMENT
LOWconfig_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWfield_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWcmd/riot/main.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/riot/cmd/list.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/riot/cmd/root_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2026 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/riot/cmd/snapshot.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/riot/cmd/root.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bluge Authors.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/tokenmap.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/freq_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/freq.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/util_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2014 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/type.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/tokenmap_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2014 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/util.go1// Copyright (c) 2014 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/unicodenorm.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/edgengram.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/camelcase_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/lowercase_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/reverse_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/shingle.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/ngram.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/dict_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/truncate.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/camelcase_parser.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/edgengram_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/length_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/ngram_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/truncate_test.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/stop.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/apostrophe.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
LOWanalysis/token/unique.go1// Copyright (c) 2020 Couchbase, Inc.COMMENT
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Fake / Example Data2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsearch/highlight/highlighter_simple_test.go66 fieldText := `Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris sed semper nulla, sed pellentesque urna. CODE
LOWsearch/highlight/highlighter_simple_test.go66 fieldText := `Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris sed semper nulla, sed pellentesque urna. CODE