Open-source tool checks AI-written code for ‘slop’
A developer open sourced a tool called ‘aislop’ for finding problems in AI-written code. A related update says it can now run as a hook inside Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. The tool looks for issues such as narrative comments, hallucinated imports, swallowed exceptions, `as any` casts, duplicate functions, and very long files.
Key points
- aislop is an open-source tool for checking AI-written code quality.
- The update says it can run as a hook inside Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
- It targets issues like hallucinated imports, duplicate functions, long files, and `as any` casts.
- The goal is to catch code that may pass tests but still make the codebase harder to maintain.
- Solo developers should still review the diff instead of trusting automatic cleanup alone.
Quick term guide
- open sourced
- Released so people can inspect, use, or modify the model more freely.
- AI-written code
- Program code produced by an AI tool such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Cursor.
- hallucinated
- When an AI confidently believes something is real or true when it isn't
- AI coding tool
- Software that uses AI to help write, edit, or explain code.
- coding agent
- An AI tool that writes or edits code from a person’s instructions.
- Architecture
- The overall structure and organization of a software project.
- open-source
- Software whose code is shared publicly so others can inspect, use, or change it.
- Solo developer
- An individual who handles all parts of creating a project or product alone.