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fd

A simple, fast, and user-friendly alternative to find

workhorse Rust sharkdp/fd
70% pass rate
3/7 principles met

Spec Coverage

How many of the spec's requirements were verified for this tool. See /coverage for the full matrix.

Level Total Verified Unverified
MUST 23 9 14
SHOULD 16 0 16
MAY 7 0 7

file-traversal Scored as a file-traversal tool: subcommand-shape applicability filters already produce the expected Skip outcomes for fd/find-style tools, so no checks are explicitly suppressed by this profile today.

This is an informational signal, not an authoritative verdict — see methodology. The per-check evidence below is the ground truth.

Top Issues

All Checks

P1: Non-Interactive by Default

PASS Non-interactive by default
SKIP Non-interactive gate flag advertised in --help target satisfies P1 via alternative gate (help-on-bare or stdin-primary)
WARN Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help 63 flag(s) found in --help but no `[env: NAME]` bindings advertised

P2: Structured, Parseable Output

WARN Structured output support --output/--format flag detected but could not validate JSON via safe probes (--help/--version override output flags in most CLIs)

P3: Progressive Help Discovery

PASS Help flag produces useful output
PASS Version flag works

P4: Fail-Fast, Actionable Errors

PASS Rejects invalid arguments

P6: Composable, Predictable Command Structure

PASS Handles SIGPIPE gracefully
WARN Pager-using CLI ships --no-pager escape hatch pager referenced in --help but no --no-pager escape hatch advertised
PASS Respects NO_COLOR

P7: Bounded, High-Signal Responses

PASS Quiet mode available

Details

Version scored
10.4.2
Audit date
2026-05-01 10:08:57 UTC
Duration
94ms
Platform
linux/x86_64
Mode
command
Anc build
0.3.0
Install
brew install fd

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Reproduce this scorecard for fd locally and inspect the failing checks:

anc check --command fd --audit-profile file-traversal --output json

Install anc first if you don't have it. Add --output json to get the same JSON shape committed under scorecards/.