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+// Static diff check — grep-style, no AST, no LLM. Looks for patterns
+// that are high-signal evidence of placeholder code.
+//
+// Findings are severity-graded:
+//   block — explicit non-impl markers (unimplemented!, todo!,
+//           panic!("not implemented"), throw new Error("not implemented"))
+//   warn  — TODO / FIXME / XXX / HACK comments on added lines,
+//           new struct fields with no read-site anywhere in the diff,
+//           suspiciously-empty function bodies ({ Ok(()) } / {} when
+//           the commit message claims the fn "implements" something)
+//   info  — hardcoded "test" / "dummy" / "placeholder" strings in
+//           added lines (could be real, just flag for inspection)
+//
+// Consumes: raw unified diff text from Gitea.
+
+import type { Finding } from "../types.ts";
+
+// Rust + TypeScript patterns that almost always indicate "this is
+// not actually implemented yet."
+const BLOCK_PATTERNS: Array<{ re: RegExp; why: string }> = [
+  { re: /\bunimplemented!\s*\(/, why: "unimplemented!() macro call" },
+  { re: /\btodo!\s*\(/, why: "todo!() macro call" },
+  { re: /panic!\s*\(\s*"(?:not implemented|TODO|not yet|unimpl)/i, why: "panic! with not-implemented message" },
+  { re: /throw\s+new\s+Error\s*\(\s*['"](?:not implemented|TODO|unimpl)/i, why: "throw Error 'not implemented'" },
+];
+
+const WARN_COMMENT_PATTERNS: Array<{ re: RegExp; why: string }> = [
+  { re: /^\+.*\/\/\s*(TODO|FIXME|XXX|HACK)\b/i, why: "TODO/FIXME/XXX/HACK comment added" },
+  { re: /^\+.*#\s*(TODO|FIXME|XXX|HACK)\b/i, why: "TODO/FIXME/XXX/HACK comment added" },
+];
+
+const INFO_HARDCODED_PATTERNS: Array<{ re: RegExp; why: string }> = [
+  { re: /"(?:placeholder|dummy|foobar|xxx|replaceme|changeme)"/i, why: "suspicious hardcoded string" },
+];
+
+export function runStaticCheck(diff: string): Finding[] {
+  const findings: Finding[] = [];
+
+  // Per-file walk: only look at ADDED lines (prefix '+' but not '+++'
+  // which is the diff header).
+  const perFile = splitDiffByFile(diff);
+
+  for (const [path, lines] of perFile) {
+    // Skip diff bookkeeping + pure-delete files
+    if (!lines.some(l => l.startsWith("+") && !l.startsWith("+++"))) continue;
+
+    for (let idx = 0; idx < lines.length; idx++) {
+      const line = lines[idx];
+      if (!line.startsWith("+") || line.startsWith("+++")) continue;
+      const added = line.slice(1);
+
+      for (const { re, why } of BLOCK_PATTERNS) {
+        if (re.test(added)) {
+          findings.push({
+            check: "static",
+            severity: "block",
+            summary: `${why} in ${path}`,
+            evidence: [`${path}:+${idx + 1}: ${added.trim().slice(0, 160)}`],
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      for (const { re, why } of WARN_COMMENT_PATTERNS) {
+        if (re.test(line)) {
+          findings.push({
+            check: "static",
+            severity: "warn",
+            summary: `${why} in ${path}`,
+            evidence: [`${path}:+${idx + 1}: ${added.trim().slice(0, 160)}`],
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      for (const { re, why } of INFO_HARDCODED_PATTERNS) {
+        if (re.test(added)) {
+          findings.push({
+            check: "static",
+            severity: "info",
+            summary: `${why} in ${path}`,
+            evidence: [`${path}:+${idx + 1}: ${added.trim().slice(0, 160)}`],
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // "Field added but never read" heuristic — catches exactly the
+    // Phase 45 DocRef placeholder pattern. Limited to the diff itself:
+    // we're not doing a full-codebase grep here (too noisy; callers
+    // elsewhere might exist). The point is: if NEITHER this diff nor
+    // any other line in the diff reads the field, the PR is shipping
+    // state without a consumer.
+    const addedLines = lines.filter(l => l.startsWith("+") && !l.startsWith("+++"))
+      .map(l => l.slice(1));
+    const newFields = extractNewFields(addedLines);
+    for (const field of newFields) {
+      const readPattern = new RegExp(`[\\.:]\\s*${escape(field)}\\b|\\b${escape(field)}\\s*:`);
+      // The definition line itself matches readPattern — filter it out
+      // by requiring at least TWO lines in the diff mention the field
+      // (one defines, one reads).
+      const hits = addedLines.filter(l => readPattern.test(l));
+      if (hits.length < 2) {
+        findings.push({
+          check: "static",
+          severity: "warn",
+          summary: `field '${field}' added in ${path} but no read-site in the diff — could be placeholder state without a consumer`,
+          evidence: [`${path}: added '${field}' with no reader; rest of diff has ${hits.length - 1} mentions`],
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return findings;
+}
+
+function splitDiffByFile(diff: string): Map<string, string[]> {
+  const out = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  let current: string | null = null;
+  let buf: string[] = [];
+  for (const line of diff.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const m = line.match(/^diff --git a\/(\S+) b\/(\S+)/);
+    if (m) {
+      if (current) out.set(current, buf);
+      current = m[2];
+      buf = [];
+      continue;
+    }
+    buf.push(line);
+  }
+  if (current) out.set(current, buf);
+  return out;
+}
+
+// Extract new `pub name: Type,` fields from added lines. Rust syntax.
+// Narrowly-scoped: only matches at the start of a trimmed line,
+// requires `pub ` prefix, ignores `pub fn` / `pub struct` / etc.
+function extractNewFields(addedLines: string[]): string[] {
+  const fields = new Set<string>();
+  for (const line of addedLines) {
+    const t = line.trim();
+    // pub NAME: Type,
+    const m = t.match(/^pub\s+(?!fn\b|struct\b|enum\b|mod\b|use\b|trait\b|impl\b|const\b|static\b|type\b)(\w+)\s*:/);
+    if (m) fields.add(m[1]);
+  }
+  return Array.from(fields);
+}
+
+function escape(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+}