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Paul BakausandGitHub e1d3ea0b6f Detector architecture v2: static engine, benchmarks, lab, and visual contrast (#156)
* Add detector benchmark lab and visual contrast fallback

* Expand visual contrast fixture coverage

* Add browser visual contrast fallback

* Show visual contrast overlays in detector lab

* Fix detector lab short viewport layout

* Fix detector lab visual overlays

* Add visual contrast to browser scan overlays

* Avoid browser scroll jumps during visual contrast scans

* Resolve visual contrast lazily on scroll

* Refresh detector lab visual counts lazily

* Update pnpm lockfile for static parser deps

* Address Bugbot detector API comments

* Report extension visual contrast errors

* Refactor detector into engine modules

* Address Bugbot detector comments

* Fix latest Bugbot detector notes

* Fix visual contrast fixture labels

* Refine detector lab fixtures

* Fix stale detector overlay references

* Fix detector lab fixture URLs

* Fix typography lab fixture highlights

* Fix typography lab page-level signal

* Fix visual overlay lifecycle cleanup

* Remove dead spotlight timer cleanup

* Make browser async APIs reject consistently
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const ANTIPATTERNS = [
// ── AI slop: tells that something was AI-generated ──
{
id: 'side-tab',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Side-tab accent border',
description:
'Thick colored border on one side of a card — the most recognizable tell of AI-generated UIs. Use a subtler accent or remove it entirely.',
skillSection: 'Visual Details',
skillGuideline: 'colored accent stripe',
},
{
id: 'border-accent-on-rounded',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Border accent on rounded element',
description:
'Thick accent border on a rounded card — the border clashes with the rounded corners. Remove the border or the border-radius.',
skillSection: 'Visual Details',
skillGuideline: 'colored accent stripe',
},
{
id: 'overused-font',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Overused font',
description:
'Inter, Roboto, Fraunces, Geist, Plus Jakarta Sans, and Space Grotesk are used on so many sites they no longer feel distinctive. Each new wave of AI-generated UIs converges on the same handful of faces. Choose a face that gives your interface personality.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'overused fonts like Inter',
},
{
id: 'single-font',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Single font for everything',
description:
'Only one font family is used for the entire page. Pair a distinctive display font with a refined body font to create typographic hierarchy.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'only one font family for the entire page',
},
{
id: 'flat-type-hierarchy',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Flat type hierarchy',
description:
'Font sizes are too close together — no clear visual hierarchy. Use fewer sizes with more contrast (aim for at least a 1.25 ratio between steps).',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'flat type hierarchy',
},
{
id: 'gradient-text',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Gradient text',
description:
'Gradient text is decorative rather than meaningful — a common AI tell, especially on headings and metrics. Use solid colors for text.',
skillSection: 'Color & Contrast',
skillGuideline: 'gradient text for',
},
{
id: 'ai-color-palette',
category: 'slop',
name: 'AI color palette',
description:
'Purple/violet gradients and cyan-on-dark are the most recognizable tells of AI-generated UIs. Choose a distinctive, intentional palette.',
skillSection: 'Color & Contrast',
skillGuideline: 'AI color palette',
},
{
id: 'nested-cards',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Nested cards',
description:
'Cards inside cards create visual noise and excessive depth. Flatten the hierarchy — use spacing, typography, and dividers instead of nesting containers.',
skillSection: 'Layout & Space',
skillGuideline: 'Nest cards inside cards',
},
{
id: 'monotonous-spacing',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Monotonous spacing',
description:
'The same spacing value used everywhere — no rhythm, no variation. Use tight groupings for related items and generous separations between sections.',
skillSection: 'Layout & Space',
skillGuideline: 'same spacing everywhere',
},
{
id: 'everything-centered',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Everything centered',
description:
'Every text element is center-aligned. Left-aligned text with asymmetric layouts feels more designed. Center only hero sections and CTAs.',
skillSection: 'Layout & Space',
skillGuideline: 'Center everything',
},
{
id: 'bounce-easing',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Bounce or elastic easing',
description:
'Bounce and elastic easing feel dated and tacky. Real objects decelerate smoothly — use exponential easing (ease-out-quart/quint/expo) instead.',
skillSection: 'Motion',
skillGuideline: 'bounce or elastic easing',
},
{
id: 'dark-glow',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Dark mode with glowing accents',
description:
'Dark backgrounds with colored box-shadow glows are the default "cool" look of AI-generated UIs. Use subtle, purposeful lighting instead — or skip the dark theme entirely.',
skillSection: 'Color & Contrast',
skillGuideline: 'dark mode with glowing accents',
},
{
id: 'icon-tile-stack',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Icon tile stacked above heading',
description:
'A small rounded-square icon container above a heading is the universal AI feature-card template — every generator outputs this exact shape. Try a side-by-side icon and heading, or let the icon sit in flow without its own container.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'large icons with rounded corners above every heading',
},
{
id: 'italic-serif-display',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Italic serif display headline',
description:
'Oversized italic serif (Fraunces, Recoleta, Playfair, Newsreader-italic) as the primary hero headline reads as taste in isolation but has become the universal AI-startup landing page hero. Set roman, or move to a non-serif display face. Editorial / magazine register may legitimately want this — judge by context.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'oversized italic serif as the hero headline',
},
{
id: 'hero-eyebrow-chip',
category: 'slop',
name: 'Hero eyebrow / pill chip',
description:
'A tiny uppercase letter-spaced label sitting immediately above an oversized hero headline — or the same shape rendered as a pill chip — is now the default AI SaaS hero. Drop the eyebrow, integrate the kicker into the headline, or run it as a navigation breadcrumb instead.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'tiny uppercase tracked label above the hero headline',
},
{
id: 'repeated-section-kickers',
category: 'slop',
severity: 'advisory',
name: 'Repeated section kicker labels',
description:
'Repeating tiny uppercase tracked labels above section headings turns a brand page into AI editorial scaffolding. Replace them with stronger structure, artifacts, imagery, or a deliberate brand system.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'repeated eyebrow or kicker labels as section scaffolding',
},
// ── Quality: general design and accessibility issues ──
{
id: 'pure-black-white',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Pure black background',
description:
'Pure #000000 as a background color looks harsh and unnatural. Tint it slightly toward your brand hue (e.g., oklch(12% 0.01 250)) for a more refined feel.',
skillSection: 'Color & Contrast',
skillGuideline: 'pure black (#000)',
},
{
id: 'gray-on-color',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Gray text on colored background',
description:
'Gray text looks washed out on colored backgrounds. Use a darker shade of the background color instead, or white/near-white for contrast.',
skillSection: 'Color & Contrast',
skillGuideline: 'gray text on colored backgrounds',
},
{
id: 'low-contrast',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Low contrast text',
description:
'Text does not meet WCAG AA contrast requirements (4.5:1 for body, 3:1 for large text). Increase the contrast between text and background.',
},
{
id: 'layout-transition',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Layout property animation',
description:
'Animating width, height, padding, or margin causes layout thrash and janky performance. Use transform and opacity instead, or grid-template-rows for height animations.',
skillSection: 'Motion',
skillGuideline: 'Animate layout properties',
},
{
id: 'line-length',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Line length too long',
description:
'Text lines wider than ~80 characters are hard to read. The eye loses its place tracking back to the start of the next line. Add a max-width (65ch to 75ch) to text containers.',
skillSection: 'Layout & Space',
skillGuideline: 'wrap beyond ~80 characters',
},
{
id: 'cramped-padding',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Cramped padding',
description:
'Text is too close to the edge of its container. Add at least 8px (ideally 12-16px) of padding inside bordered or colored containers.',
},
{
id: 'body-text-viewport-edge',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Body text touching viewport edge',
description:
'Body paragraphs render flush against the left or right viewport edge with no container providing horizontal padding. Wrap content in a container with at least 16px (ideally 24-32px) of horizontal padding, or apply max-width with mx-auto.',
},
{
id: 'tight-leading',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Tight line height',
description:
'Line height below 1.3x the font size makes multi-line text hard to read. Use 1.5 to 1.7 for body text so lines have room to breathe.',
},
{
id: 'skipped-heading',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Skipped heading level',
description:
'Heading levels should not skip (e.g. h1 then h3 with no h2). Screen readers use heading hierarchy for navigation. Skipping levels breaks the document outline.',
},
{
id: 'justified-text',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Justified text',
description:
'Justified text without hyphenation creates uneven word spacing ("rivers of white"). Use text-align: left for body text, or enable hyphens: auto if you must justify.',
},
{
id: 'tiny-text',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Tiny body text',
description:
'Body text below 12px is hard to read, especially on high-DPI screens. Use at least 14px for body content, 16px is ideal.',
},
{
id: 'all-caps-body',
category: 'quality',
name: 'All-caps body text',
description:
'Long passages in uppercase are hard to read. We recognize words by shape (ascenders and descenders), which all-caps removes. Reserve uppercase for short labels and headings.',
skillSection: 'Typography',
skillGuideline: 'long body passages in uppercase',
},
{
id: 'wide-tracking',
category: 'quality',
name: 'Wide letter spacing on body text',
description:
'Letter spacing above 0.05em on body text disrupts natural character groupings and slows reading. Reserve wide tracking for short uppercase labels only.',
},
];
const RULE_ENGINE_SUPPORT = {
regex: new Set(['source', 'page-analyzer']),
'static-html': new Set(['element', 'page']),
browser: new Set(['element', 'page', 'layout']),
visual: new Set(['visual-contrast']),
};
function getAntipattern(id) {
return ANTIPATTERNS.find(rule => rule.id === id);
}
function getRulesForCategory(category) {
return ANTIPATTERNS.filter(rule => rule.category === category);
}
function getRuleEngineSupport(engine) {
return RULE_ENGINE_SUPPORT[engine] || new Set();
}
export {
ANTIPATTERNS,
RULE_ENGINE_SUPPORT,
getAntipattern,
getRulesForCategory,
getRuleEngineSupport,
};