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| license: gpl-3.0 |
| tags: |
| - python |
| - governance |
| - ast |
| - deterministic |
| - code-governance |
| pretty_name: CodeTruth Agent V2 Evaluation |
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| # CodeTruth Agent V2 |
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| ## Deterministic Pre-Modification Governance Layer for Python Code Changes |
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| [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20569647) |
| [](https://github.com/Zeeshan78699/CodeTruthAgent/blob/main/LICENSE) |
| [](https://github.com/Zeeshan78699/CodeTruthAgent) |
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| ## Overview |
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| CodeTruth Agent V2 is an open-source deterministic governance layer that analyzes candidate Python function pairs using semantic similarity and behavioral analysis, and produces SAFE, REVIEW, or BLOCK governance decisions before repository modification is attempted. |
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| **No LLM in the decision path. Fully deterministic. Fully reproducible.** |
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| ## The Problem |
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| AI coding agents generate and apply code changes autonomously. They do not pause to check whether a function that looks similar actually does something completely different. |
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| `rollback()` and `get_rollback()` have a semantic score of 0.95. |
| One performs database recovery. The other reads a boolean flag. |
| An autonomous agent cannot detect this distinction from names or embeddings alone. |
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| V2 catches it through behavioral analysis — before the patch reaches the repository. |
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| ## How It Works |
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| ``` |
| Repository Scan |
| → Candidate Selection |
| → Semantic Analysis (sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2) |
| → Behavioral Analysis (AST-based, 10 operation categories) |
| → Multi-Signal Fusion |
| → Governance Decision: SAFE / REVIEW / BLOCK / FREEZE_PATCH |
| → Human Approval |
| → Safe Application |
| ``` |
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| ## Governance Decisions |
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| | Decision | Meaning | |
| |----------|---------| |
| | SAFE | Low risk — AUTO_APPLY recommended | |
| | REVIEW | Medium/High risk — human approval required | |
| | BLOCK | Critical risk — individual approval required | |
| | FREEZE_PATCH | Opposing behavior detected — mandatory human review | |
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| **V2 recommends governance actions. It does not modify files autonomously.** |
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| ## Evaluation Results |
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| Evaluated on 8 open-source Python repositories: |
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| | Repository | Files | Gov Findings | Gov BLOCKs | Pairs | Pipeline BLOCKs | Opposing | Errors | |
| |------------|-------|-------------|-----------|-------|----------------|---------|--------| |
| | Flask Tutorial | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Click | 60 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| | HTTPX | 60 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Flask (Full) | 83 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| | DRF | 154 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Rich | 213 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Django | 2,917 | 68 | 16 | 100 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Transformers | 4,426 | 296 | 76 | 1,000 | 464 | 4 | 0 | |
| | **Total** | **7,862** | **386** | **99** | **1,241** | **563** | **4** | **0** | |
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| **Zero pipeline errors across 1,241 function-pair analyses.** |
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| ## Precision Audit |
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| 14-pair BLOCK precision audit: |
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| | Category | Count | Proportion | |
| |----------|-------|-----------| |
| | Governance-significant (GENUINE) | 6 | 60% | |
| | Family-pattern noise (NOISE_FAMILY) | 3 | 30% | |
| | Embedding limitation (NOISE_EMBEDDING) | 1 | 10% | |
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| All 4 opposing-behavior detections confirmed GENUINE. |
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| ## Star Example — Opposing Behavior Detection |
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| ``` |
| update_version_in_file vs update_version_in_examples |
| Semantic score: 0.70 — names look related |
| Tags A: FILE_READ, FILE_WRITE, STATE_MUTATION |
| Tags B: DELETE_OPERATION |
| Action: FREEZE_PATCH (CRITICAL) |
| ``` |
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| One function rewrites files. The other deletes content. |
| Semantic similarity alone would not catch this. |
| V2 catches it through behavioral opposition detection. |
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| ## Dataset Contents |
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| This dataset contains the full evaluation reports from the 8-repository evaluation: |
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| - `tutorial_report.json` — Flask Tutorial evaluation |
| - `click_report.json` — Click evaluation |
| - `httpx_report.json` — HTTPX evaluation |
| - `flask_report.json` — Flask (Full) evaluation |
| - `drf_report.json` — Django REST Framework evaluation |
| - `rich_report.json` — Rich evaluation |
| - `django_report.json` — Django evaluation |
| - `transformers_report.json` — Hugging Face Transformers evaluation |
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| All reports include full decision pipeline results, governance findings, and opposing-behavior detections for independent verification. |
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| ## Reproduce the Evaluation |
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| ```python |
| import json |
| import random |
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| with open('transformers_report.json') as f: |
| data = json.load(f) |
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| # Reproduce Group B precision audit sample |
| blocks = [r for r in data['decision_pipeline_results'] |
| if r['fusion_decision'] == 'BLOCK'] |
| random.seed(20260603) |
| group_b = random.sample(blocks, 5) |
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| # Get all opposing detections |
| group_c = [r for r in data['decision_pipeline_results'] |
| if r['fusion_opposing_detected']] |
| # Returns exactly 4 pairs |
| ``` |
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| ## Known Limitations |
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| - **Single-reviewer audit** — 14 pairs, wide confidence interval |
| - **Python-only** — AST parser is Python-specific |
| - **V1 25-file sampling cap** — V1-driven extraction did not activate in evaluation |
| - **NOISE_FAMILY 30%** — token-overlap on naming families generates combinatorial noise |
| - **No patch generation** — V2 decides only, does not generate patches (V3 scope) |
| - **No interactive HITL UI** — programmatic API only (V3 scope) |
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| ## Citation |
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| ```bibtex |
| @software{codetruth_v2_2026, |
| author = {Saud, Zeeshan}, |
| title = {CodeTruth Agent V2: A Deterministic Pre-Modification Governance Layer for Python Code Changes}, |
| year = {2026}, |
| doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20569647}, |
| url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20569647} |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ## Links |
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| - **GitHub:** https://github.com/Zeeshan78699/CodeTruthAgent |
| - **Zenodo DOI:** https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20569647 |
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| ## Author |
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| **Zeeshan Saud** — Independent Researcher, UAE |
| zeeshansaud786@gmail.com |
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| ## License |
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| GPLv3 — see [LICENSE](https://github.com/Zeeshan78699/CodeTruthAgent/blob/main/LICENSE) |
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