How It Works

How TrueMend audits your codebase and delivers results

The Audit

We point TrueMend at your codebase. It scans every supported file against its full anti-pattern library:

truemend audit src/

This produces findings grouped by severity, with per-function quality scores.

Understanding Results

TrueMend reports findings at three severity levels:

  • Critical: Issues that likely cause bugs or security vulnerabilities
  • High: Anti-patterns that significantly impact maintainability
  • Medium: Style issues and minor code smells

Each finding includes:

  • The file and line number
  • The anti-pattern that matched
  • The fix tier (deterministic, cataloged, or structural)
  • A suggested remediation

Three-Tier Remediation

Tier 1 — Deterministic Patches: Safe AST transforms applied automatically. Reversible. Verified by re-parse.

truemend fix src/

Tier 2 — Cataloged Refactors: Bounded refactors from a known catalog. We review and apply these with your team.

Tier 3 — Structural Rewrites: Evidence-backed recommendations delivered in the audit report. Never auto-applied.

Reporting

We deliver a comprehensive report with per-function scoring, before/after comparisons, and an executive summary:

truemend report --format pdf --client "Acme Corp" --project "Platform" --tier 1

Continuous Monitoring

For ongoing engagements, TrueMend integrates into your CI pipeline to prevent regression:

truemend audit src/ --ci
# exit 0 = pass, 1 = fail, 2 = warning
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