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elliott-chong1/shepherd

41.0

Weak · 22 September 2026

127

lines of production code

Python

primary language

6

measurements over time

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What this system is

This system is an automated agent management service that orchestrates autonomous ownership tasks. It has been refactored from a standalone Python script into a continuous, reactive Flow architecture. The system is triggered by webhooks and includes logic to debounce re-triggers, ensuring stable and controlled execution of the Shepherd agent.

Behavioural changes

Shepherd agent migrated from external script to internal Flow architecture

The autonomous MR ownership agent, previously implemented as a standalone Python script (shepherd.py), has been removed and replaced by a new 'Shepherd' Flow. The webhook filter (webhook\_filter.py) has been updated to trigger this new Flow instead of the old script, and now includes a debounce label to manage re-triggering. The migration changes how the agent is invoked and managed, shifting from a one-shot execution model to a continuously reactive agent model.

scripts · high confidence

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How this codebase got here

Score

  • CAI 39 → 41 (+1.6)
  • Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

Lenses

  • Code Health 100 → 100 (+0.0)
  • Architecture 69 → 69 (+0.0)
  • Maturity 22 → 22 (+0.0)
  • Readiness 26 → 32 (+6.2)
  • Security 99 → 100 (+0.3)

Resolved (7)

  • Dependency hygiene not measured — dependency manifest found but not parsed for hygiene
  • Medium CVE: [GHSA redacted] (requirements.txt)
  • No exposed public API
  • early-stage repository — too little history to judge knowledge freshness
  • git history depth insufficient
  • git history depth insufficient
  • single-maintainer — knowledge-concentration (bus factor) risk

New (5)

  • Banned license: python-gitlab
  • Medium CVE: [GHSA redacted] (requirements.txt)
  • No dependency advisory monitoring
  • Outdated: python-gitlab
  • Outdated: requests

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About this page

  • The score is its most recent published measurement, taken on 22 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 0a23ff4774dc4081161892ac740ac214e96d228b — 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-821afab8930d.