AI-SLOP Detector

Find AI-generated code that looks finished but isn't.

Catches what a normal linter passes over: empty functions with real-looking bodies, imports of things that don't exist, pipelines wired to nothing, copy-pasted logic, and docs that oversell what the code actually does.
Runs fully offline · deterministic core scoring · no API key, no model download, nothing leaves your machine.

Release track

• Stable tag: v3.8.9
• Previous stable tag: v3.8.8
• v3.8.9 makes the analysis boundary inspectable: project reports now show finding totals, severity, scan coverage, and ML capability state; --include-tests is explicit; strictness controls reduce covered intentional clone/placeholder false positives; and Rust discovery is parity-checked against Python discovery.
• v3.8.8 tightened packaging metadata and VS Code workflow reliability.

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Navigation: What Is It? • Why Not a Linter? • When Not to Use • Quick Start • Verification • Boundaries • How It Works • Document Map • What It Detects • Scoring • Key Features • Calibration • Security • CI/CD • Config • VS Code • Roadmap • Changelog • Release Notes • Schema Validation

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What Is AI-SLOP Detector?

AI-SLOP Detector is an evidence-based static analyzer that targets the specific defect class AI code generation reliably produces: structurally plausible code that is functionally empty, disconnected, or misleading.

General linters flag style and convention. This tool flags structural risk.

• 27 checks for "fake-done" code — empty stubs, imports that don't resolve, dead pipelines, copy-paste clones, and buzzword-padded docs
• One 0–100 risk score per file — four measurements are combined so one bad dimension can't be hidden behind good ones (weighted geometric mean of logic density, jargon inflation, dependency use, and critical severity)
• Can adapt review sensitivity locally — repository-scoped history can tune weights after 10 multi-run files when the confidence guard passes and an existing config is present. This is operational calibration, not external validation.
• Tells real changes from noise — uses your commit history so a score drifting a point or two isn't mistaken for a real regression
• Knows your project type — --init detects the domain (web API, data/ML, numerical, CLI, library, bio, finance, or general) and picks sensible defaults; override with --domain
• Python first, JS/TS and Go optional — install the [js] or [go] extra to scan those files too
• Drops into CI — soft / hard / quarantine gates, GitHub Actions ready
• VS Code extension — inline warnings as you type, score in the status bar

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Why Not Just Use a Linter?

Ruff, pylint, ESLint, and SonarQube primarily check syntax, style, and general static-quality rules. They'll happily pass code that follows every rule and still does nothing — which is exactly what AI assistants tend to produce. This tool checks the other half: does the code actually do what it claims?

Can it catch...	ruff / pylint / SonarQube	AI-SLOP Detector
Style, formatting, syntax	Yes	No (not its job)
An empty function with a real-looking body or fake return	No	Yes
A module imported but never actually used downstream	Partial (unused-import)	Yes (usage ratio)
A handler or pipeline that's defined but never wired in	No	Yes
Docs or comments that oversell what the code does	No	Yes
Copy-pasted duplicate functions across files	Partial	Partial (exact duplicates)
Runs offline, no API key, deterministic core score	Yes	Yes

Use a linter for correctness-of-form. Use this for "is this code real, or just plausible-looking." The two are complementary — run both.

When NOT to Use This

• You want style or formatting enforcement — use ruff / black / ESLint. This tool ignores style on purpose.
• You need a runtime correctness guarantee — a low score means cleaner structure, not that the code works. Keep your tests.
• Your code isn't Python, JS/TS, or Go — other languages aren't analyzed yet.
• You expect calibrated thresholds on day one — the first runs are un-calibrated and only begin to accumulate repository-specific calibration evidence after ~10 multi-run files. Treat early findings as leads, not verdicts.

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60-Second First Run

No project-side config needed. Run it against any folder of Python:

pip install "ai-slop-detector>=3.8.9"
slop-detector --project . --json --output slop.json
python -c "import json; d=json.load(open('slop.json',encoding='utf-8')); print(d['overall_status'], d['weighted_deficit_score'])"

Expected output for a healthy project: clean 0.0 to clean 30.0. clean describes the weighted deficit band only; inspect finding_summary, scan_coverage, and ml_scoring before treating it as a complete project assessment. The --output form writes UTF-8 (no BOM) directly to disk, so it is safe under Windows PowerShell — prefer it to > slop.json redirection.

Quick Start

pip install "ai-slop-detector>=3.8.9"

slop-detector scan .                        # canonical analysis entry
slop-detector review . --json              # canonical changed-code review
slop-detector pulse . --json               # canonical repo health view
slop-detector sweep dead-code . --json     # canonical cleanup family

# legacy / compatible surface
slop-detector --init                       # bootstrap baseline .slopconfig.yaml + .gitignore
slop-detector --init --adaptive-init --init-preview
slop-detector --init --adaptive-init --apply-init-suggestions
slop-detector mycode.py                    # single file
slop-detector --project ./src             # entire project
slop-detector --project . --include-tests # include only default-excluded test files
slop-detector --project . --json --output slop.json   # machine-readable output (Windows-safe)
slop-detector --project . --ci-mode hard --ci-report  # CI gate

# Optional extras
pip install "ai-slop-detector[js]"       # JS/TS tree-sitter analysis
pip install "ai-slop-detector[go]"       # Go tree-sitter analysis

# Thin npm wrapper (delegates to the Python CLI)
npm install --save-dev ai-slop-detector
# or: pnpm add -D ai-slop-detector / yarn add -D ai-slop-detector / bun add -d ai-slop-detector

# Python backend still required
pip install ai-slop-detector

npx ai-slop-detector scan .
npx ai-slop-detector review . --format json
npx ai-slop-detector pulse . --format json
npx ai-slop-detector sweep dead-code . --format json
npx ai-slop-detector mcp

# Typed output contract
import type { ReviewOutput, ScanOutput } from "ai-slop-detector/types"

# Programmatic Node API
import { scanProject, reviewChanges, computeHealth, runCleanupFamily } from "ai-slop-detector"

# Local impact story
slop-detector impact enable .
slop-detector impact .

# Telemetry controls (default: off)
slop-detector telemetry status
slop-detector telemetry inspect --example

# Local wrapper development
cd npm-wrapper
node ./bin/ai-slop-detector.js --version

# No install required
uvx ai-slop-detector mycode.py

The npm surface is intentionally thin:

• it does not reimplement analysis logic
• it delegates into the Python CLI/runtime
• it exists for Node-first teams that want npx-style entry without changing product semantics
• it requires a Python backend and discovers it in this order: AI_SLOP_DETECTOR_EXECUTABLE -> active VIRTUAL_ENV -> PATH executables -> python -m slop_detector.cli
• it ships version-pinned TypeScript interfaces at ai-slop-detector/types
• it exports a small async Node API for scanProject, reviewChanges, computeHealth, and runCleanupFamily

Windows / PowerShell tip: PowerShell > redirection writes UTF-16 LE or UTF-8 with BOM by default, which breaks json.load(..., encoding='utf-8'). Use --output <path> instead — it writes UTF-8 bytes (no BOM) directly, skipping the shell.

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Verification Path

Use the same verification surface the repository exposes in CI:

pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m pytest -q
ruff check src tests
python -m build

Governance verification is a separate enforcement gate:

slop-detector verify-governance ./.cr-ep

See docs/GOVERNANCE.md for the artifact contract and policy checks.

Operational review commands live on the same CLI entry point:

slop-detector review . --json
slop-detector pulse . --json
slop-detector sweep dead-code . --json
slop-detector sweep dupes . --json
slop-detector sweep unused-deps . --json
slop-detector sweep boundary-violations . --json
slop-detector watch . --follow
slop-detector explain dead-code

Legacy command forms such as audit, health, and direct cleanup-family names remain supported for compatibility, but scan / review / pulse / sweep are the preferred stable surface.

Cleanup-family semantics are now more operational than a raw candidate list:

• dead-code, dupes, unused-deps, stale-suppressions, and boundary-violations emit confidence, action_class, and evidence
• unused-deps includes project-manifest findings such as manifest_unused_dependency and undeclared_import
• boundary-violations stays cycle-only by default and only enables layered boundary review when architecture rules are explicitly configured

Agent tooling can use the same semantics over MCP stdio:

slop-detector mcp
# or
slop-mcp

Adoption and observability surfaces are intentionally separate from scoring:

• slop-detector impact tracks local, gitignored repository progress in .slop-detector/impact.json
• slop-detector telemetry stays default-off and only builds anonymized payloads; AI_SLOP_DETECTOR_TELEMETRY=inspect prints a real payload without queueing it

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Scope And Boundaries

• This repository measures static code and documentation signals. It does not prove runtime correctness.
• The default scoring path is deterministic; it does not require an LLM or external API.
• JS/TS and Go support are optional extras with language-specific analyzers and fallbacks.
• Optional Rust acceleration is available for file discovery and glob matching when a compiled rust/slop_scan helper is present; otherwise the Python walker remains the fallback.
• Narrow framework-aware masking is enabled for test boilerplate (pytest no-op hooks, test-harness console/no-op hooks in JS/TS) and never masks critical findings.
• A low deficit score is evidence of cleaner structure, not a guarantee that the code is complete or safe.

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How It Works

flowchart LR
    A[📄 Source File] --> R[FileRole\nClassifier]
    R --> B[AST Parser]
    B --> C[27 Pattern Checks]
    B --> D[LDR · ICR · DDC\n+ Purity Metrics]
    C --> E[GQG Scorer\nWeighted Geometric Mean]
    D --> E
    E --> F{deficit_score}
    F -->|< 30| G[✅ CLEAN]
    F -->|30–50| H[⚠️ SUSPICIOUS]
    F -->|50–70| I[🔶 INFLATED_SIGNAL]
    F -->|≥ 70| J[🚨 CRITICAL_DEFICIT]
    E --> H2[history.db]
    H2 --> K[Self-Calibrator\nauto-tune weights]

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Every file goes through four independent measurement axes (LDR, ICR, DDC, Purity) and 27 pattern checks. Results are combined via a weighted geometric mean — a near-zero in any single dimension pulls the overall score down regardless of other dimensions. Every scan is recorded to history (per project); at every 10 multi-run files milestone the calibrator fires — weights apply only when >= 5 improvement events and >= 5 fp_candidate events per class have accumulated.

Full specification: docs/HOW_IT_WORKS.md · docs/MATH_MODELS.md Agent usage: docs/AGENT_WORKFLOW.md

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Document Map

Use the docs by task, not by chronology:

Core behavior

• docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
• docs/HOW_IT_WORKS.md
• docs/MATH_MODELS.md
• docs/PATTERNS.md

Verification and operations

• docs/CI_CD.md
• docs/VALIDATION.md
• docs/SCHEMA_VALIDATION.md
• docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
• ROADMAP.md

Calibration and history

• docs/SELF_CALIBRATION.md
• docs/HISTORY_TRACKING.md
• docs/GOVERNANCE.md

Interfaces

• docs/CLI_USAGE.md
• docs/CONFIGURATION.md
• docs/CONFIG_EXAMPLES.md
• docs/CLAUDE_CODE_SKILL.md
• docs/API.md

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What It Detects

27 patterns across 5 categories. Full catalog: docs/PATTERNS.md

Category	Patterns	Signal
Placeholder	empty_except, not_implemented, pass_placeholder, ellipsis_placeholder, return_none_placeholder, return_constant_stub, todo_comment, fixme_comment, hack_comment, xxx_comment, interface_only_class	Unfinished / scaffolded code
Structural	bare_except, mutable_default_arg, star_import, global_statement	Anti-patterns
Cross-Language	javascript_array_push, java_equals_method, ruby_each, go_print, csharp_length, php_strlen	Wrong-language syntax
Python Advanced	god_function, dead_code, deep_nesting, lint_escape, exact_duplicate_pair, function_clone_cluster, placeholder_variable_naming	Structural complexity + evasion
Phantom	phantom_import	Hallucinated packages

Four metric axes per file:

Metric	What it measures
LDR (Logic Density Ratio)	logic_lines / total_lines — code vs. whitespace/comments
ICR (Inflation Check)	jargon_density × complexity_modifier — buzzword weight
DDC (Dependency Check)	used_imports / total_imports — import utilization
Purity	exp(-0.5 × n_critical_patterns) — AND-gate on critical pattern severity

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Scoring Model

purity        = exp(-0.5 × n_critical_patterns)
quality (GQG) = exp( Σ wᵢ·ln(max(1e-4, dimᵢ)) / Σ wᵢ )   — weighted geometric mean
deficit_score = 100 × (1 − quality) + pattern_penalty

max(1e-4, ...) prevents log(0) = -inf from collapsing the entire score (v3.7.2 __post_init__ guards enforce upstream range invariants on metric results).

Score	Status
≥ 70	CRITICAL_DEFICIT
≥ 50	INFLATED_SIGNAL
≥ 30	SUSPICIOUS
< 30	CLEAN

Default weights: ldr=0.40 · inflation=0.30 · ddc=0.20 · purity=0.10 — sum is 1.00; GQG divides by total_w so exact normalization is not required (all four calibrated via --self-calibrate in v3.2.0+) Project aggregation uses SR9 conservative weighting: 0.6 × min + 0.4 × mean

Full specification: docs/MATH_MODELS.md

Readable, actionable output

Scores are not a black box. Every project and file report renders each metric with its value, healthy direction, and a one-line what it means, plus a deficit-band legend:

Project Metrics
  Metric                          Value     Healthy   What It Means
  Average Deficit Score           6.1/100   Lower     Mean file risk; 0 is clean, 100 is severe.
  Logic Density Ratio (LDR)       95.36%    Higher    Share of code lines that contain real implementation.
  Inflation-to-Code Ratio (ICR)   0.00x     Lower     Unjustified jargon vs. average cyclomatic complexity.
  Dependency Usage Ratio (DDC)    86.00%    Higher    Imported libraries referenced by runtime code.
  Deficit bands: CLEAN <30 | SUSPICIOUS 30-50 | INFLATED 50-70 | CRITICAL >=70

Each report ends with deterministic Next Steps — the top concern, the recommended sweep command, and the highest-priority file to open — so analysis turns directly into action. The same wording is shared by the rich, text, and markdown renderers.

Per-file deficit_breakdown (v3.7.6)

Every per-file result in the JSON output also carries a deficit_breakdown that attributes the score back to its source dimensions. This answers "why is my clean-status file not 0.0?" without drilling into raw findings:

Field	Meaning
ldr_penalty	Points of deficit attributable to low logic density
inflation_penalty	Points from buzzword / docstring inflation
ddc_penalty	Points from low import-usage ratio
purity_penalty	Points from critical-severity pattern hits via GQG
pattern_hits	Additive pattern penalty (post-cap)
total	Equals deficit_score (sum of the above when not capped at 100)

GQG-dimension shares are computed via log-loss attribution — the sum of the five penalty fields equals total within 0.01 when deficit_score < 100.

Structural Coherence Level

coherence_level in project-level JSON output reports how the structural_coherence value was derived:

Value	Meaning	When emitted
vr_structural	Vietoris-Rips H0 persistence over file DCFs (MST max edge)	At least two parsed Python files with non-empty DCFs
vr_structural_approx	Deterministic approximation of the same signal above the exact topology ceiling	At least two parsed Python files, with file count above advanced.exact_topology_ceiling
none	No coherence computed	Empty project, single file, or all files unparseable

mst_persistence and not_applicable are not emitted — they were proposed in the v3.7.5 audit but never wired in. Verify the actual value from the JSON output rather than guessing.

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Key Features

Bootstrap — domain-aware, one command to start

slop-detector --init                   # auto-detect domain, generate .slopconfig.yaml
slop-detector --init --domain web/api       # explicit domain override
slop-detector --init --adaptive-init --init-preview
slop-detector --init --adaptive-init --apply-init-suggestions

--init detects your project domain from file patterns (8 built-in profiles: general, scientific/ml, scientific/numerical, web/api, library/sdk, cli/tool, bio, finance) and pre-seeds the weight profile accordingly. Also secures .slopconfig.yaml in .gitignore by default.

Adaptive init is now a separate safety layer:

• --init --adaptive-init --init-preview
  • scans the repository
  • prints evidence-backed config suggestions
  • writes nothing
• --init --adaptive-init --apply-init-suggestions
  • opt-in merge path
  • preserves unknown handwritten keys
  • only applies conservative suggestions

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JS/TS Analysis — optional tree-sitter path

pip install "ai-slop-detector[js]"
slop-detector --project ./src         # now includes .js/.jsx/.ts/.tsx files

Activates JSAnalyzer v2.8.0 with tree-sitter AST (regex fallback when not installed). Results appear under js_file_results in ProjectAnalysis and JSON output.

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Go Analysis — regex-based, optional tree-sitter-go path

pip install "ai-slop-detector[go]"
slop-detector --project ./src         # now includes .go files

Activates GoAnalyzer v1.0.0. Detects: empty function stubs, panic() as error handling, fmt.Println/Printf debug prints, _ = ignored errors, TODO/FIXME comments, god functions (> 60 lines). Results appear under go_file_results in JSON output.

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Self-Calibration — repository-local weight tuning

slop-detector . --self-calibrate               # see what your history recommends
slop-detector . --self-calibrate --apply-calibration  # write to .slopconfig.yaml

4D grid-search (ldr / inflation / ddc / purity) over repository-local run history. At the milestone, a confident recommendation can update an existing .slopconfig.yaml; use --self-calibrate to inspect it and --apply-calibration for an explicit write. This is an operational calibration layer, not independent external validation or a governance control by itself.

• Project-scoped — history.db tags every record with a project_id (sha256 of cwd); calibration signal never mixes across different projects
• Domain-anchored — grid search is constrained to ±0.15 around the current domain weights, preventing drift outside the domain's meaningful weight region
• Drift warnings — CalibrationResult.warnings flags any dimension that shifted > 0.25 from the anchor
• Only applies when confidence gap between top two candidates exceeds 0.10
• Milestone is triggered by files re-scanned (not raw record count), avoiding false triggers on first-time project scans

docs/SELF_CALIBRATION.md → · Validation boundary →

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History Tracking — longitudinal quality analysis

slop-detector mycode.py --show-history   # per-file trend
slop-detector --history-trends           # 7-day project aggregate
slop-detector --export-history data.jsonl

Every run auto-recorded to ~/.slop-detector/history.db. The history database is the repository-local signal source for operational calibration and trend review. docs/HISTORY_TRACKING.md →

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Claude Code Integration

cp -r claude-skills/slop-detector ~/.claude/skills/
# restart Claude Code, then use the canonical review surfaces below

Adds a persistent JSON-first review loop inside Claude Code: review → inspect evidence → apply bounded fixes → pulse/sweep → human handoff.

Command	What it does
slop-detector review . --format json	Changed-code review with verdict, attribution, targets, actions, and findings
slop-detector pulse . --format json	Health summary plus hotspot prioritization
slop-detector sweep <family> . --format json	Cleanup planning for dead code, duplication, deps, stale suppressions, or boundaries
slop-detector scan . --format json	Full baseline analysis when the agent needs the complete core report
slop-detector verify-governance <artifact>	Governance artifact verification kept separate from score output

Recommended use:

• start with review for PR-like work
• use pulse to decide what to fix next
• use sweep only for bounded cleanup families
• re-run after each patch instead of assuming the first diagnosis still holds
• escalate to a human with evidence, not just a score

Skill source → · Full docs →

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Local Calibration

AI-SLOP Detector can adjust review sensitivity from history held inside one repository environment. This is a local operational aid: it is not a multi-repository data collection channel, a global profile injector, or evidence that the score is externally validated.

The local calibration path is bounded by project scoping, minimum-history and confidence checks, and the existing configuration boundary. Review the proposed change before relying on it for a team workflow. See docs/SELF_CALIBRATION.md for the supported flow and docs/VALIDATION.md for the validation boundary.

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Security Considerations

.slopconfig.yaml sensitivity

Your .slopconfig.yaml contains domain_overrides — a precise map of which functions are exempt from complexity rules. This is effectively a codebase weakness surface: it reveals which areas are too complex to refactor right now.

Best practice:

• Run slop-detector --init to generate .slopconfig.yaml and auto-add it to .gitignore
• To share governance config with your team, explicitly remove .slopconfig.yaml from .gitignore
• Open-source repos committing it is fine (transparency over obscurity — see this project's own .slopconfig.yaml)

history.db

History is stored at ~/.slop-detector/history.db (your home directory, outside all repos). It is never committed and accumulates across all projects you scan.

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Adversarial Validation (SPAR-Code) — ground-truth regression guard

fhval spar          # 3-layer adversarial check
fhval spar --layer a   # known-pattern anchors
fhval spar --layer c   # existence probes

Verifies each metric is measuring what it claims. Catches calibration drift before it reaches production.

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Structural Coherence — project-level signal

project = detector.analyze_project("./src")
print(project.structural_coherence)  # 0.0 – 1.0

Experimental. Use for longitudinal comparison within a project, not as an absolute gate. Exact MST topology is used up to advanced.exact_topology_ceiling (default 300 files); above that the engine switches to a deterministic approximation and reports coherence_level = "vr_structural_approx". docs/ARCHITECTURE.md →

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CI/CD Integration

pre-commit (runs on every commit):

# .pre-commit-config.yaml
repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/flamehaven01/AI-SLOP-Detector
    rev: v3.7.3
    hooks:
      - id: slop-detector          # hard gate — fails on CRITICAL_DEFICIT >= 70
      # - id: slop-detector-warn   # soft mode — reports only, never blocks
      # - id: slop-detector-patterns  # fast per-file pattern scan

GitHub Actions (runs on every PR):

# .github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
- name: AI-SLOP Gate
  run: |
    pip install "ai-slop-detector>=3.7.3"
    slop-detector --project . --ci-mode hard --ci-report

Enforcement modes:

--ci-mode soft        # informational, never fails build
--ci-mode hard        # fails: deficit_score >= 70, critical_patterns >= 3, inflation >= 1.5, ddc < 0.5
--ci-mode quarantine  # escalates repeat offenders after 3 violations

Full CI/CD Integration Guide →

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Configuration

# .slopconfig.yaml
weights:
  ldr: 0.40
  inflation: 0.30
  ddc: 0.20
  purity: 0.10

patterns:
  god_function:
    domain_overrides:
      - function_pattern: "check_node"   # AST walker — complex by design
        complexity_threshold: 30
        lines_threshold: 200

ignore:
  - "tests/**"
  - "**/__init__.py"

advanced:
  exact_topology_ceiling: 300
  topology_mode_above_ceiling: deterministic_approximate
  analysis_cache_enabled: true
  analysis_cache_db: ""
  churn_commit_window: 200
  coverage_data_file: ".coverage"
  hotspot_limit: 10
  hotspot_weights:
    deficit: 0.50
    churn: 0.30
    coverage_gap: 0.20

architecture:
  enabled: true
  preset: layered
  layers: []

Full Configuration Guide → · Config Examples →

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Inline Suppression

Use inline suppression when a specific local exception is intentional and should remain visible in audit output:

# slop-disable-next-line bare_except
except:
    pass

# slop-disable all
def compatibility_layer():
    ...
# slop-enable all

• # slop-disable-next-line <pattern_id|all>
• # slop-disable <pattern_id|all>
• # slop-enable <pattern_id|all>

Suppressed findings are removed from scoring, but they are still recorded in the suppression ledger so reviewers can see which lines were muted.

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Repeated-Run Cache

Repeated Python-file analysis can reuse prior results through the SQLite-backed metadata cache:

advanced:
  analysis_cache_enabled: true
  analysis_cache_db: ""  # empty = default user cache under ~/.slop-detector/

• Cache keys include file path, size, mtime, content hash, engine version, and config fingerprint.
• A changed file or changed config invalidates only the affected entries.
• Current scope is Python file analysis reuse; project aggregation still recomputes from the live file set.

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Priority Hotspots

Project scans now rank repair order instead of only printing static scores. The hotspot layer combines:

• deficit score
• recent git churn
• coverage gap from .coverage

When present, the report highlights files that are both sloppy and risky to change because they churn often or remain under-tested. If git metadata or coverage data is missing, the prioritization layer degrades gracefully instead of failing the scan.

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Agent Surface

The FastAPI server exposes an agent-native contract alongside the existing human-oriented /analyze/* routes:

• GET /agent/schema
• POST /agent/file
• POST /agent/project

These routes return structured snapshots with summary metrics, suppression metadata, hotspot ranking, and the raw analysis payload so tools can consume the results without scraping text output.

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VS Code Extension

Real-time inline diagnostics, debounced lint-on-type, ML score and purity signal in status bar. v3.7.1 rebuilt from a single 855-line monolith into eight focused modules.

What you see:

Surface	Detail
Status bar	$(error) SLOP 45.2 — severity icon + deficit score, updates on save
Inline diagnostics	Pattern issues with line references — phantom imports, god functions, lint escapes
TreeView sidebar	Activity bar panel: files sorted by deficit score, metric rows (LDR/DDC/Purity/Inflation), issue list with click-to-navigate
CodeLens	Line 0: file summary (SLOP 45.2 — 3 CRITICAL); per-function: top severity icon + pattern IDs
QuickFix (CodeAction)	Lightbulb on phantom_import/god_function/lint_escape diagnostics — show output or add to .slopconfig.yaml ignore
ML signal	ML: 73% [slop] in summary diagnostic when [ml] extra is installed

Commands (Ctrl+Shift+P > "SLOP"):

Command	Description
Analyze Current File	On-demand single-file scan
Analyze Workspace	Project-wide scan, populates TreeView
Show 4D Breakdown	Webview: penalty attribution — why a file is not 0.0
Show Cleanup Plan	Webview: confidence-ranked sweep family (safe/needs/unsafe)
Show Pulse Dashboard	Webview: project health + priority hotspots
Show Changed-Code Review	Webview: diff-aware review, new-vs-inherited slop
Auto-Fix Detected Issues	Apply (or dry-run preview) auto-fixable patterns
Show Gate Decision (SNP)	PASS/HALT with sr9/di2/jsd/ove metrics
Run Cross-File Analysis	Dependency + clone graph across project
Show File History	Per-file deficit score trend
Show History Trends	7-day project-wide daily trend table
Export History to JSONL	Dump history.db records for external analysis
Bootstrap .slopconfig.yaml	Domain-aware config generation (--init)
Run Self-Calibration	LEDA 4D weight optimizer with one-click Apply

Install from the VS Code Marketplace or build locally:

cd vscode-extension
npm install
npx vsce package          # produces vscode-slop-detector-3.7.3.vsix
code --install-extension vscode-slop-detector-3.7.3.vsix

Settings (slopDetector.*): pythonPath, lintOnSave, lintOnType, failThreshold (default 50), warnThreshold (default 30), recordHistory, enableCodeLens (default true).

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Release Highlights

Version	Highlights
v3.8.9	trust-and-measurement release: finding/severity summaries, coverage and ML capability disclosure, explicit --include-tests, root-relative Rust discovery parity checks, strictness-corpus controls, and no aggregate accuracy claim from dogfooding
v3.8.8	packaging metadata cleanup plus VS Code workflow tightening: SPDX string license metadata, real workspace re-scan from Refresh Issues, stale sidebar results cleared on re-analysis, exact-path issue selection, and Quick Fix writes for ignore / phantom_import_allowlist with duplicate protection
v3.8.7	false-positive reduction pack: default .claude/** ignore, runtime-only DDC accounting, quoted vocabulary tables no longer counted as inflation, monorepo + alias-aware phantom import detection, clique+size clone grouping with property-accessor exemption, JS/TS fallback callback-hell no longer confused by JSX/object literals, tiny helper docstrings ignored, and self-dogfood weighted deficit improved from 9.3892 to 6.4186
v3.8.6	strictness stabilization + coherence cleanup: same-file exact duplicates now surface in cleanup output, four-function clone clusters no longer evade detection, dead-code cleanup requires real dead-code evidence, operations.py is split into payload/cleanup/architecture helpers, and Claude skill/docs now match the canonical scan / review / pulse / sweep surface
v3.8.5	dual-audience output: human summaries hide internal algorithm names while JSON / agent / MCP output gains deterministic next_steps and metric_guide; no breaking JSON key changes
v3.8.4	plain-language documentation entry point: benefit-first README, honest “Why Not Just Use a Linter?” / “When NOT to Use This”, acronym glossary in HOW_IT_WORKS, and plain-meaning config guidance without changing code or contracts
v3.8.3	human-friendly metric output (value / healthy direction / what it means + deficit bands) and deterministic Next Steps across rich/text/markdown; VS Code webview surfaces (4D breakdown, cleanup plan, pulse, diff-aware review); fixes for dead-code semantics, adaptive-init config preservation, and unused-deps stdlib / dev-tool false positives
v3.8.2	adaptive --init adds bounded repo-signal suggestions and preview/merge flows; npm wrapper adds typed contracts, Node API, and agent workflow docs; local impact tracking and opt-in telemetry become first-class observability surfaces
v3.8.1	cleanup-family outputs become confidence-ranked action plans; unused-deps grows manifest hygiene for pyproject.toml / package.json; boundary-violations gains opt-in layered architecture review with explicit rule evidence
v3.7.9	Governance gate: verify-governance fail-closed CLI, deterministic governance-record verification, and a formal split between scoring math and enforcement
v3.7.3	Hotfix: pydantic import wrapped in try/except ImportError — package imports cleanly in stripped environments; test_api_models.py guard corrected to fastapi; CI Docker login continue-on-error, quality gate pinned to >=3.7.3
v3.7.2	Core schema validation: config.py Pydantic guards catch bad .slopconfig.yaml at load time (wrong weight types, domain_overrides non-int thresholds); LDRResult / DDCResult / InflationResult __post_init__ clamps protect GQG math.log(); HistoryEntry sanitises all LEDA calibration inputs + validates fired_rules JSON; VS Code: schema.ts ISlopReport interfaces + parseSlopReport() handwritten discriminated-union guard — schema mismatch surfaces exact field path before silent NaN
v3.7.1	LintEscapePattern docstring FP fix; self-scan avg_deficit 13.85 → 9.80; global_injector.py Patch 1 removed; .slopconfig.yaml domain_overrides expanded; Skill: 3-Phase Pipeline (Triage → Deep-Dive → Action Plan), /slop-delta before/after comparison, Confidence Routing by status band, → Next: guidance per command; VS Code: P1 monolith → 8 focused modules, P2 SlopCodeActionProvider (QuickFix for phantom_import/god_function/lint_escape), P3 TreeView sidebar (3-level hierarchy), P4 SlopCodeLensProvider (file summary + per-function hints)
v3.7.0	Dogfooding calibration + SKILL.md OSOT repair (10 violations); cli_renderer.py split (730 lines → 4 renderer modules); python_advanced.py split (1150 lines → 5 modules); BUG-1 ddc weight 0.30→0.20; BUG-2 findings filter threshold fix; BUG-3 AST-accurate test counts; BUG-5 block-scoped YAML rewrite in self_calibrator; 314 tests GREEN
v3.6.0	Claude Code Skill (/slop, /slop-file, /slop-gate, /slop-spar); CI gate bugfix (--ci-mode hard now exits non-zero without --ci-report); pre-commit hooks rewritten (python -m entry, 3 hook variants); VS Code Extension v3.6.0 VSIX; docs: Purity row, weight normalization note, [go] extra; 311 tests GREEN
v3.5.0	Domain-aware --init (8 profiles, --domain flag); JS/TS analysis via JSAnalyzer v2.8.0 + [js]; Go analysis via GoAnalyzer v1.0.0 + [go]; self-calibration patches: project-scoped history (project_id), re-scan milestone trigger, domain-anchored grid search (±0.15), CalibrationResult.warnings (drift > 0.25); 308 tests GREEN
v3.4.1	FileRole.STUB (Protocol/ABC stubs skip ldr+patterns); auto-discover .slopconfig.yaml; Python 3.8 CI compat; mypy attr-defined fix
v3.4.0	Per-rule FP rate tracking (LEDA Phase 2A); purity weight ceiling MAX_PURITY_WEIGHT=0.25 (Phase 2B)
v3.3.0	File role classifier (SOURCE/INIT/RE_EXPORT/TEST/MODEL/CORPUS); DDC annotation-only import fix; # noqa: F401 + __all__ re-export recognition
v3.2.1	Auto-calibration at every 10-scan milestone (no manual cmd); P2 git noise filter; P3 per-class thresholds (5+5); calibrate() min_events bugfix; 11/11 e2e GREEN
v3.2.0	4D calibration (purity dimension); --init bootstrap; auto-calibration hints; 44/44 self-scan CLEAN
v3.1.2	data_collector refactor; slopconfig gap fill; 43/43 self-scan CLEAN
v3.1.1	Clone Detection in Core Metrics table; table style unification; VS Code UX
v3.1.0	3 new adversarial patterns (function_clone_cluster, placeholder_variable_naming, return_constant_stub); GQG calibrator alignment; fhval SPAR-Code
v3.0.2	Phantom import 3-tier classification; __init__.py LDR fix; god_function LOW demotion
v3.0.0	Geometric mean scorer (GQG); purity dimension; DCF per-file; structural coherence
v2.9.3	Self-calibration engine; weight grid-search from usage history
v2.9.0	phantom_import CRITICAL detection; history auto-tracking

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cd AI-SLOP-Detector
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/ -v --cov
black src/ tests/
ruff check src/ tests/

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