AISlop – Code Quality Scanner for AI-Generated Code

AI code generators (Claude, Codex, etc.) produce code that passes tests but contains anti-patterns like empty catch blocks, dead code, and useless comments. AISlop is a CLI tool that scans for these 'slops' and integrates with AI agents via git hooks. Target users are developers using AI coding assistants.

The explosion of AI-generated code hitting production codebases in 2024-2025 has created a genuine quality gap that linters like ESLint and SonarQube weren't designed to address — they catch syntax and style issues, not the specific lazy-output patterns LLMs produce at scale. No clear incumbent owns this exact niche yet, though CodeClimate and DeepSource are adjacent. The $1k-5k/mo revenue band is realistic for a CLI tool with a per-seat or team subscription, but it's a ceiling, not a floor — developer tools at this price point live or die by distribution, and most indie devs underestimate how hard it is to get a CLI into a team's CI pipeline without a champion inside the org. The biggest risk is that the major AI coding assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.) absorb this capability natively within 12-18 months, making a standalone scanner redundant before it reaches meaningful scale.