# AISlop

> **TL;DR.** AISlop is a deterministic CLI that scans codebases for the anti-patterns AI coding agents characteristically leave behind — swallowed exceptions, narrative comments, dead helpers, unsafe type casts — and emits a 0-100 quality score you can enforce in CI.

- **Category:** AI / Developer Tools / Code Quality
- **Stage:** validating
- **Age:** 89 days
- **Origin date:** 2026-03-06
- **First detected:** 2026-05-29
- **Canonical URL:** https://earlyterms.com/term/aislop
- **Sources:** 6 primary URLs

## Definition

AISlop is a deterministic CLI that scans codebases for the anti-patterns AI coding agents characteristically leave behind — swallowed exceptions, narrative comments, dead helpers, unsafe type casts — and emits a 0-100 quality score you can enforce in CI.

Built by [@Heavykenny](https://github.com/scanaislop/aislop) and [first published on GitHub on March 6, 2026](https://github.com/scanaislop/aislop), the tool reached v0.9.4 by May 28, 2026 with 40+ rules across TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, PHP, and Java. It runs entirely locally via `npx aislop scan` — no LLM calls, no data transfer, sub-second.

## Example

A developer running Claude Code on a TypeScript monorepo runs `npx aislop scan` post-session. aislop flags twelve `as any` casts, four duplicate helper functions, and seven narrative comments describing obvious behavior — all patterns Claude commonly generates. The agent is handed the report for self-correction before the PR is opened.

## Analogy

Think of it as ESLint for the patterns your AI agent adds, not the ones it misses.

## Why it's emerging now

Teams shipping code via Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex are hitting a review bottleneck: AI output compiles, passes tests, and still degrades the codebase through dead code, unsafe casts, and narrative comments. A March 2026 Heidelberg/Melbourne/SMU study called this a 'tragedy of the commons.' aislop is the first zero-config npm gate for catching these patterns before the PR opens.

## Related terms

- *parent:* AI Slop
- *competitor:* Slop Cop
- *parent:* Agentic Coding
- *parent:* Vibe Coding
- *related:* Code Smell
- *related:* Claude Code
- *related:* Agent Harness
- *related:* Stop Hook
- *competitor:* anti-slop
- *related:* Context Rot

## Sources

1. [scanaislop/aislop — official GitHub repository](https://github.com/scanaislop/aislop)
2. [scanaislop.com — official product homepage](https://scanaislop.com)
3. [Show HN: AISlop, a CLI for catching AI generated code smells (May 29, 2026)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322956)
4. [The Decoder: Study maps developer frustration over AI slop as a 'tragedy of the commons' (Apr 5, 2026)](https://the-decoder.com/study-maps-developer-frustration-over-ai-slop-as-a-tragedy-of-the-commons-in-software-development/)
5. [Robin Moffatt: AI slop is killing online communities (May 6, 2026)](https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/)
6. [peakoss/anti-slop — GitHub Action competitor (Feb 2026)](https://github.com/peakoss/anti-slop)

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