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+Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).

package/README.md

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+# AutoRatchet
+
+**Prevent code quality regressions, one pull request at a time.**
+
+AutoRatchet stops functions in your TypeScript and JavaScript code from getting more complex,
+without asking you to fix the complex code you already have. Install it on a ten-year-old
+codebase today, and from tomorrow no pull request can make it worse.
+
+```bash
+npm install -D autoratchet
+npx autoratchet check --base main
+```
+
+```text
+Complexity regressions detected:
+
+src/payments.ts
+  processPayment
+    cyclomatic: 19 → 24 (+5)
+    cognitive: 28 → 38 (+10)
+
+Quality gate failed.
+```
+
+## Why
+
+A complexity rule on a legacy codebase fails on hundreds of functions on day one, so teams
+either never turn it on or record the existing failures as accepted ("bulk suppressions").
+Suppressions count *how many* functions are over the limit in each file. A function that was
+already over the limit can then get worse forever without changing the count, and CI stays
+green.
+
+AutoRatchet compares every function with the same function on your target branch instead:
+
+- **A new function** must stay under the limit.
+- **A function already over the limit** may not get any worse.
+- **A function under the limit** may grow up to it.
+- **Improvements stick.** The target branch is the baseline, so there is no baseline file to
+  maintain, and every improvement becomes that function's new ceiling.
+
+It measures two things, because each misses regressions the other catches:
+
+| Metric | Measures | Limit for new code |
+|--------|----------|-------------------:|
+| Cyclomatic complexity ([Oxlint](https://oxc.rs/docs/guide/usage/linter), modified variant) | Decisions in a function: roughly, testing effort | 10 |
+| Cognitive complexity ([Biome](https://biomejs.dev/linter/rules/no-excessive-cognitive-complexity/)) | How hard the function is to read, weighted by nesting | 15 |
+
+New to these metrics? The companion guide,
+[Cyclomatic and cognitive complexity, explained](https://github.com/jagreehal/cyclomatic-and-cognitive-complexity-explained),
+teaches both from scratch with runnable examples, including false positives worth overriding
+and how quality gates get gamed.
+
+## Use it
+
+Needs Node.js 24 or newer and a git repository.
+
+### Locally
+
+```bash
+npx autoratchet check --base main              # whole repo
+npx autoratchet check --base main src          # only src/
+npx autoratchet check --base main src ':!src/generated'
+```
+
+`check` compares your working tree, uncommitted changes included, with
+`git merge-base main HEAD`. Files git ignores are skipped. Pathspecs work as in any git command.
+
+### In GitHub pull requests
+
+```yaml
+# .github/workflows/autoratchet.yml
+name: AutoRatchet
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted, dismissed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  ratchet:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+        with:
+          node-version: 24
+      - uses: jagreehal/autoratchet@v0.1.0
+        with:
+          path: src
+          override-approval: review
+```
+
+The action fails the check on a regression, marks each regressed function in the PR diff,
+writes the report to the job summary, and keeps one comment on the PR updated (it only
+comments once there is something to say).
+
+| Input | Default | Meaning |
+|-------|---------|---------|
+| `path` | whole repo | Git pathspecs to measure, space separated |
+| `base` | PR base | Ref to compare against |
+| `threshold` | `10` | Cyclomatic limit for new functions |
+| `cognitive-threshold` | `15` | Cognitive limit for new functions |
+| `override-approval` | `none` | `none`, `strict`, `review` or `label` (see [Overrides](#overrides)) |
+| `approval-label` | `complexity-override-approved` | The label `label` mode looks for |
+| `comment` | `true` | Keep one sticky PR comment |
+| `annotations` | `true` | Mark regressions in the diff |
+| `fail-on-regression` | `true` | Fail the job on a regression or incomplete measurement |
+
+Make the job a required status check so a failure blocks merging.
+
+### With coding agents
+
+AutoRatchet constrains the output rather than relying on instructions to the author, so it
+treats human- and agent-written code the same. For Claude Code, two hooks run the check while
+the agent works and hand any regression straight back to it:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p .claude/hooks
+cp node_modules/autoratchet/agent-hooks/claude-code/complexity-check.sh .claude/hooks/
+cp node_modules/autoratchet/agent-hooks/claude-code/settings.json .claude/settings.json  # or merge its "hooks" block
+```
+
+After every edit, the hook checks the file against its last commit. Before the agent finishes,
+it checks every changed file. It blocks on regressions, on files that do not parse, and on any
+new override comment, because an agent may not approve its own exception. The hooks need `git`
+and `jq`. Hooks run on the author's machine, so they are a fast feedback loop; the CI check is
+the enforcement.
+
+## Overrides
+
+Sometimes a high score is fine: an options object with ten defaults, a fallback chain of `?.`.
+Mark it on the function, with a reason:
+
+```ts
+// oxlint-disable-next-line complexity -- options bag: each default is one line, no logic
+export function createChart({ width = 640, height = 400 /* … */ } = {}) {
+```
+
+```ts
+// biome-ignore lint/complexity/noExcessiveCognitiveComplexity: follows the RFC 3986 parsing steps in order
+export function parseUri(input: string) {
+```
+
+An override **approves a score; it does not stop measurement.** AutoRatchet measures a copy of
+your code with every disable comment defused, so:
+
+- The PR that adds the override approves that function's current score on that one metric,
+  and the report lists the function, metric, score and reason for a reviewer.
+- Every later PR compares against that score. Make the function worse and the check fails.
+- The other metric stays enforced. An Oxlint comment covers cyclomatic only, `biome-ignore`
+  covers cognitive only.
+- File-wide disables (`/* oxlint-disable */`, `biome-ignore-all`) approve nothing.
+
+Who may approve a new override, with `override-approval`:
+
+| Mode | A new override passes when |
+|------|----------------------------|
+| `none` | Always. It is listed in the PR comment for a reviewer. |
+| `strict` | Never. Every new override fails the check. |
+| `review` | Someone other than the PR author, with write access, approves the PR's current head commit. A new push needs a new approval. |
+| `label` | The PR has the `complexity-override-approved` label. Anyone with write access can add labels, including the author, so this keeps out agents whose token cannot label, not people. |
+
+For an approval that the author cannot grant themselves, use `review` and also protect `main`:
+require a review from someone else, dismiss stale approvals when new commits arrive, and use
+CODEOWNERS so workflow and configuration changes need their owners' approval.
+
+## Outcomes and exit codes
+
+| Exit code | Meaning |
+|----------:|---------|
+| 0 | Every function measured, no regressions |
+| 1 | A regression, or a new override that needs approval |
+| 2 | Bad arguments |
+| 3 | Measurement incomplete: a file that does not parse, or a score that cannot be matched to a named function |
+| 4 | AutoRatchet itself failed |
+
+AutoRatchet fails closed. A function it could not measure is not evidence that the function is
+fine.
+
+## CLI
+
+```text
+autoratchet check [--base <ref>] [options] [pathspec...]
+autoratchet compare --base <dir|json> --head <dir|json> [options]
+
+--threshold <n>               cyclomatic limit for new functions (default 10)
+--cognitive-threshold <n>     cognitive limit for new functions (default 15)
+--require-override-approval   fail on any new override instead of approving its score
+--format <text|json|markdown> output format (default text)
+-o, --output <file>           write the report to a file
+```
+
+`--format json` is for dashboards, CI annotations and coding agents. It includes the verdict,
+every regression with file and line, approvals, measurement problems, and the Markdown report.
+
+## API
+
+```ts
+import { check, formatReport, verdict } from 'autoratchet';
+
+const result = await check({ base: 'main', paths: ['src'] });
+if (verdict(result) !== 'pass') {
+  console.error(formatReport(result));
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+}
+```
+
+`compareSources` and `comparePaths` compare two sets of files directly, and `passesComplexityGate`
+is the ratchet rule on its own:
+
+```ts
+current <= Math.max(previous ?? 0, threshold);
+```
+
+## How functions are identified
+
+Each function is matched across commits by file path and a qualified name from its syntax:
+`PaymentService.validate`, `handlers.onSubmit`, `createChart>helper`,
+`render>items.map()`, `PAYMENT_RULES["flagged-vip-review"]`. Moving a function to another file
+or renaming it makes it look new, so it must meet the limits for new code. Callbacks and table
+entries without a key are named by position, so reordering them pairs a function with another
+function's history; give table entries a key (`['name', fn]`, or an `id`/`key`/`name` property)
+to avoid that.
+
+## Limits
+
+- JavaScript and TypeScript only (`.js`, `.jsx`, `.ts`, `.tsx` and the `m`/`c` variants).
+- Two metrics: cyclomatic and cognitive complexity.
+- Biome does not report cognitive scores of 0 or 1, so both are recorded as 1.
+- Class field initialisers that are not functions are not measured.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).

package/agent-hooks/claude-code/complexity-check.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Claude Code hook: run AutoRatchet on what Claude changed, against the last commit.
+#   complexity-check.sh edited   PostToolUse (Edit|Write|MultiEdit): the one file just changed, in about a second.
+#   complexity-check.sh stop     Stop: every changed source file, once per turn, before Claude hands back.
+# Silent when clean. On problems: exit 2 with the report on stderr, which Claude reads and acts on.
+# Blocks on what CI would fail (a function over its limit that got worse, a new function over a limit,
+# a function that crossed a limit, a file that cannot be measured) and on any new complexity override
+# comment: a new override approves a score, and an agent may not approve its own. A person commits those.
+# Needs: jq, git, and AutoRatchet installed (node_modules/.bin/autoratchet).
+set -uo pipefail
+
+mode=${1:-edited}
+input=$(cat)
+cd "${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}" || exit 0
+ratchet=${AUTORATCHET:-node_modules/.bin/autoratchet}
+[ -x "$ratchet" ] || exit 0
+git rev-parse --verify -q HEAD >/dev/null || exit 0 # no commit to compare with yet
+
+is_source() {
+  case "$1" in
+    node_modules/* | dist/* | build/* | coverage/* | */generated/* | *.d.ts) return 1 ;;
+    *.ts | *.tsx | *.js | *.jsx | *.mts | *.cts | *.mjs | *.cjs) return 0 ;;
+    *) return 1 ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+files=()
+if [ "$mode" = "stop" ]; then
+  # A problem Claude could not fix must not trap it in a loop: report, don't block twice.
+  active=$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '.stop_hook_active // false')
+  while IFS= read -r f; do
+    [ -f "$f" ] && is_source "$f" && files+=("$f")
+  done < <(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all | sed -E 's/^.{3}//; s/.* -> //')
+else
+  active=false
+  f=$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '.tool_input.file_path // .tool_response.filePath // empty')
+  f=${f#"$PWD"/}
+  [ -n "$f" ] && [ -f "$f" ] && is_source "$f" && files+=("$f")
+fi
+[ ${#files[@]} -gt 0 ] || exit 0
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # split on purpose, e.g. "--threshold 12 --cognitive-threshold 18"
+report=$("$ratchet" check --base HEAD ${AUTORATCHET_ARGS:-} -- "${files[@]}" 2>&1)
+status=$?
+# 1 = regression, 3 = something could not be measured (often a file that does not parse yet).
+# Both go back to Claude. 2 and 4 mean the tool itself failed: say so, but never block on it.
+if [ "$status" -ne 0 ] && [ "$status" -ne 1 ] && [ "$status" -ne 3 ]; then
+  printf "autoratchet failed (exit %s), skipping the check:\n%s\n" "$status" "$report" >&2
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+problems=""
+[ "$status" -eq 3 ] && problems+="$report\n\nMake every changed file parse, then the check can measure it.\n"
+[ "$status" -eq 1 ] && problems+="$report\n\nFix the code, not the score: guard clauses, a lookup table, a switch over a union, named predicates, or a decision table. Do not split a function at an arbitrary point.\n"
+if printf '%s' "$report" | grep -qE 'Approved by a new override|sit on no single function'; then
+  overrides=$(printf '%s' "$report" | grep -E '^\s+line [0-9]+: |^  [^ ].*:[0-9]+  ')
+  problems+="New complexity override comments:\n$overrides\nRemove them. If you believe a score is a false positive, stop and ask the user; a person commits overrides.\n"
+fi
+
+[ -z "$problems" ] && exit 0
+if [ "$active" = "true" ]; then
+  printf "Complexity check still failing after a fix attempt (not blocking again):\n%b" "$problems" >&2
+  exit 0
+fi
+printf "Complexity check failed:\n%b" "$problems" >&2
+exit 2

package/agent-hooks/claude-code/settings.json

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+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "PostToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Edit|Write|MultiEdit",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/complexity-check.sh edited",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "statusMessage": "Checking complexity of the edited file"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "Stop": [
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/complexity-check.sh stop",
+            "timeout": 60,
+            "statusMessage": "Complexity ratchet on changed files"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}

package/config/biome-cognitive.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "../node_modules/@biomejs/biome/configuration_schema.json",
+  "formatter": { "enabled": false },
+  "assist": { "enabled": false },
+  "linter": {
+    "enabled": true,
+    "rules": {
+      "recommended": false,
+      "complexity": {
+        "noExcessiveCognitiveComplexity": {
+          "level": "error",
+          "options": { "maxAllowedComplexity": 1 }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

package/config/oxlint-cyclomatic.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "../node_modules/oxlint/configuration_schema.json",
+  "rules": {
+    "complexity": ["error", { "max": 0, "variant": "modified" }]
+  }
+}

package/dist/cli.d.ts

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+export {};

package/dist/cli.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { comparePaths, verdict } from './compare.js';
+import { check } from './git.js';
+import { formatMarkdown, formatReport, toJson } from './report.js';
+const USAGE = `Usage:
+  autoratchet check [--base <ref>] [options] [pathspec...]
+      Compare the working tree with merge-base(<ref>, HEAD). Default ref: main.
+      Pathspecs limit what is measured, e.g. src ':!src/generated'.
+
+  autoratchet compare --base <dir|json> --head <dir|json> [options]
+      Compare two directories (or JSON snapshots) directly.
+
+Options:
+  --threshold <n>               maximum cyclomatic score for new functions (default 10)
+  --cognitive-threshold <n>     maximum cognitive score for new functions (default 15)
+  --require-override-approval   fail on any new override instead of treating it as an approval
+  --format <text|json|markdown> output format (default text)
+  -o, --output <file>           write the report to a file instead of stdout
+
+Exit codes: 0 pass, 1 regression, 2 bad arguments, 3 measurement incomplete, 4 tool error.`;
+/** 0 pass, 1 regression, 3 measurement incomplete. 2 and 4 are set below. */
+const EXIT = { pass: 0, fail: 1, incomplete: 3 };
+const FORMATS = { text: formatReport, json: toJson, markdown: formatMarkdown };
+function number(value, flag) {
+    if (value === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+    const n = Number(value);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1)
+        throw new UsageError(`${flag} needs a positive number, got "${value}"`);
+    return n;
+}
+class UsageError extends Error {
+}
+async function runCommand(command, paths, values, options) {
+    if (command === 'check')
+        return check({ ...options, base: values.base, paths });
+    if (command !== 'compare')
+        throw new UsageError(`unknown command "${command}"`);
+    if (!values.base || !values.head)
+        throw new UsageError('compare needs --base and --head');
+    return comparePaths(values.base, values.head, options);
+}
+async function run(argv) {
+    const { values, positionals } = parseArgs({
+        args: argv,
+        allowPositionals: true,
+        options: {
+            base: { type: 'string' },
+            head: { type: 'string' },
+            threshold: { type: 'string' },
+            'cyclomatic-threshold': { type: 'string' },
+            'cognitive-threshold': { type: 'string' },
+            'require-override-approval': { type: 'boolean' },
+            format: { type: 'string', default: 'text' },
+            output: { type: 'string', short: 'o' },
+            help: { type: 'boolean', short: 'h' },
+        },
+    });
+    const [command, ...paths] = positionals;
+    if (values.help || !command) {
+        console.log(USAGE);
+        return values.help ? 0 : 2;
+    }
+    const format = FORMATS[values.format];
+    if (!format)
+        throw new UsageError(`--format must be text, json or markdown, got "${values.format}"`);
+    const options = {
+        cyclomaticThreshold: number(values.threshold ?? values['cyclomatic-threshold'], '--threshold'),
+        cognitiveThreshold: number(values['cognitive-threshold'], '--cognitive-threshold'),
+        requireOverrideApproval: values['require-override-approval'],
+    };
+    const result = await runCommand(command, paths, values, options);
+    const report = format(result);
+    if (values.output)
+        fs.writeFileSync(values.output, `${report}\n`);
+    else
+        console.log(report);
+    return EXIT[verdict(result)];
+}
+let code;
+try {
+    code = await run(process.argv.slice(2));
+}
+catch (error) {
+    const usage = error instanceof UsageError || error.code?.startsWith('ERR_PARSE_ARGS');
+    console.error(`autoratchet: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+    if (usage)
+        console.error(`\n${USAGE}`);
+    code = usage ? 2 : 4;
+}
+process.exit(code);