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AI Code Quality Report, September 2026
September 2026 data from aislop scans: about 4 in 10 project scans found at least one AI-slop pattern, the same as August, and about 1 in 20 agent edits made a file slightly worse.
Read more →AI Slop in Python: 10 Patterns Coding Agents Leave Behind
AI slop in Python code: broad excepts, mutable defaults, range(len()) loops, chained dict.get, if/elif ladders, hallucinated imports. 10 patterns with fixes and the rule that catches each.
Read more →AI Slop in React and TypeScript: 10 Patterns to Catch Before Merge
AI slop in React and TypeScript: as any casts, @ts-ignore, catch-log-continue, rethrowing try/catch, duplicate types, console.log, dead imports. 10 patterns, fixes and rules.
Read more →AI Slop Website Examples: 12 Tells of a Generated Site
AI slop website examples: purple gradients, emoji feature grids, 'Unlock the power of' copy, fake testimonials, dead links. 12 tells, why they happen, and fixes.
Read more →Codex Code Cleanup: AGENTS.md Rules and a Quality Gate for OpenAI Codex
Clean up code written by OpenAI Codex: what it leaves behind, AGENTS.md rules that prevent it, and a scan-fix-handoff loop that sends findings back to Codex.
Read more →Cursor Rules for Code Quality: A Copyable .mdc File and a Gate That Enforces It
Cursor rules for code quality: a copyable .cursor/rules .mdc file for clean AI code, plus an afterFileEdit hook that scans every edit Cursor's agent makes.
Read more →How to Stop Claude Code Writing Comments (and Other Slop)
Stop Claude Code adding narrative comments: a CLAUDE.md rule that sets the bar, a PostToolUse hook that checks every edit, and a gate that blocks the turn if quality drops.
Read more →What 264,000 Scans Say About AI-Generated Code Quality
August 2026 data from 264,000 aislop scans: about 4 in 10 repository scans found AI-slop patterns, and about 1 in 8 comparable agent edits left the file scoring worse.
Read more →npx, bunx, pnpm dlx, uvx: Run aislop scan Without Installing
Run aislop scan with npx, bunx, pnpm dlx, yarn dlx, uvx or Homebrew. One command scores AI generated code 0 to 100. Requirements, flags, and the CI version.
Read more →Deterministic AI Code Review: How It Works Alongside LLM Review
Deterministic AI code review for AI generated code: a repeatable automated code review gate, plus how to pair it with LLM review without duplicate comments.
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