AI CODE DETECTOR GUIDE

Does indentation change an AI code detector score?

Adding four leading spaces did not change the score or matched rule in two tested examples: a descriptive function name and a boilerplate comment both produced the same result before and after indentation. This is specific to those inputs and the current rules, not a guarantee about every formatting change.

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What the current examples show

The descriptive-identifier check looks for a pattern within a line. The tested line matched whether it began at the first column or had four spaces before it:

function calculateCustomerTotal() { return 1; }
    function calculateCustomerTotal() { return 1; }

Both versions matched “Highly descriptive multi-word identifier” and returned a score of 7.

The current boilerplate-comment pattern also allows whitespace before the comment marker. In this test, indentation did not change the match:

// Return a clear result
    // Return a clear result

Both versions matched “Boilerplate explanatory comment phrasing” and returned a score of 13. These values come from running the exact lines against the current local analyzer.

Keep the conclusion narrow

The analyzer evaluates configured text patterns line by line. A different edit—such as changing words, adding a comment, or splitting text across lines—can change which patterns match. These examples show only that adding leading spaces did not change these two matches; they do not establish that formatting is irrelevant in general.

A matched rule and its score are heuristic review signals, not proof of who wrote the code. Open the AI code detector, or read what its score means.