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From: Garry Tan <garrytan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 05:45:17 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: design doc for slop-scan integration in /review and
 /ship

Deferred plan for surfacing slop-diff findings automatically during
code review and shipping. Documents integration points, auto-fix vs
skip heuristics, and implementation notes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Design: slop-scan integration in /review and /ship
+
+Status: deferred
+Created: 2026-04-09
+Depends on: slop-diff script (scripts/slop-diff.ts, already landed)
+
+## Problem
+
+slop-scan findings are only visible if you run `bun run slop:diff` manually. They
+should surface automatically during code review and shipping, the same way SQL safety
+and trust boundary checks do.
+
+## Integration points
+
+### /review (Step 4, after checklist pass)
+
+Run `bun run slop:diff` after the critical/informational checklist pass. Show new
+findings inline with other review output:
+
+```
+Pre-Landing Review: 3 issues (1 critical, 2 informational)
+
+AI Slop: +2 new findings, -0 removed
+  browse/src/new-feature.ts
+    defensive.empty-catch: 2 locations
+      line 42: empty catch, boundary=filesystem
+      line 87: empty catch, boundary=process
+```
+
+Classification: INFORMATIONAL (never blocks merge, just surfaces the pattern).
+
+Fix-First heuristic applies: if the finding is an empty catch around a file op,
+auto-fix with `safeUnlink()`. If it's a catch-and-log in extension code, skip
+(that's the correct pattern per CLAUDE.md guidelines).
+
+### /ship (Step 3.5, pre-landing review + PR body)
+
+Same integration as /review. Additionally, show a one-line summary in the PR body:
+
+```markdown
+## Pre-Landing Review
+- 2 issues auto-fixed, 0 needs input
+- AI Slop: +0 new / -3 removed ✓
+```
+
+### Review Readiness Dashboard
+
+Do NOT add a row. Slop is a diagnostic on the diff, not a review that gets "run"
+independently. It shows up inside Eng Review output, not as its own dashboard entry.
+
+## What to auto-fix vs what to skip
+
+Follow CLAUDE.md "Slop-scan" section. Summary:
+
+**Auto-fix (genuine quality improvements):**
+- Empty catch around `fs.unlinkSync` → replace with `safeUnlink()`
+- Empty catch around `process.kill` → replace with `safeKill()`
+- `return await` with no enclosing try → remove `await`
+- Untyped catch around URL parsing → add `instanceof TypeError` check
+
+**Skip (correct patterns that slop-scan flags):**
+- `.catch(() => {})` on fire-and-forget browser ops (page.close, bringToFront)
+- Catch-and-log in Chrome extension code (uncaught errors crash extensions)
+- `safeUnlinkQuiet` in shutdown/emergency paths (swallowing all errors is correct)
+- Pass-through wrappers that delegate to active session (API stability layer)
+
+## Implementation notes
+
+- `scripts/slop-diff.ts` already handles the heavy lifting (worktree-based base
+  comparison, line-number-insensitive fingerprinting, graceful fallback)
+- The review/ship skills run bash blocks. Integration is: run the script, parse
+  the output, include in the review findings
+- If slop-scan is not installed (`npx slop-scan` fails), skip silently
+- The script exits 0 always (diagnostic, never gates)
+
+## Effort estimate
+
+| Task | Human | CC+gstack |
+|------|-------|-----------|
+| Add to review/SKILL.md.tmpl | 2 hours | 10 min |
+| Add to ship/SKILL.md.tmpl | 2 hours | 10 min |
+| Add to review/checklist.md | 1 hour | 5 min |
+| Test with actual PRs | 2 hours | 15 min |
+| Regenerate SKILL.md files | — | 1 min |