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elsewhencode/project-guidelines

38.3

Weak · 25 September 2026

57

lines of production code

JavaScript

primary language

4

measurements over time

CAI band scale
CAI trend line
CAI lens gauges

What this system is

Features

Add project governance and configuration files

Added a \.gitignore\ file to exclude common editor, OS, and build artifacts from version control. Added \CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT.md\ to establish community standards for participation. Added \CONTRIBUTING.md\ to guide external contributors. Added \LICENSE\ file under the MIT license, attributing Elsewhen. These files provide structural and legal foundations for the project's open-source collaboration.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

How this codebase got here

Score

  • CAI 45 → 38 (-6.8)
  • Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.15 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

Lenses

  • Code Health 100 → 100 (+0.0)
  • Architecture 69 (new)
  • Maturity 50 → 34 (-15.7)
  • Readiness 17 → 15 (-1.4)
  • Security 100 → 100 (+0.0)

Resolved (2)

  • Dimension evaluation failed
  • No exposed public API

New (3)

  • Documentation: no installation or build instructions (README.md)
  • Documentation: no licence statement (README.md)
  • Documentation: no usage examples (README.md)

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

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About this page

  • The score is its most recent published measurement, taken on 25 September 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 87c9014ec4f96f8469984538ec5c6601e6f09e7e — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric-2026.09.15 — the same rubric and the same method as every other entry in this index.
  • Measured by watchdog.canine.dev using codehealth-analyzer preprod-dd72cc24c749.