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Codebase audit report template
A useful audit report does not bury the client in scanner output. It explains the codebase, ranks risk, and turns findings into a repair plan.
Section 1
Executive summary
Start with the business-facing readout: what is safe, what is risky, and what should happen next.
- Repository name, stack, and audit date
- Overall health verdict
- Top 3 risks
- Recommended next step
Section 2
Architecture map
Summarize entry points, domain modules, data stores, scheduled jobs, external services, and dependency hotspots.
- Routes and API handlers
- Database models and migrations
- Queues, jobs, and webhooks
- High fan-in or high fan-out modules
Section 3
Findings and evidence
Keep the findings short enough to act on. Each item should include severity, evidence, impact, and a suggested fix.
- Security and secrets hygiene
- Known vulnerable dependencies
- Missing tests around critical flows
- Duplication, oversized files, and dead code
Section 4
Repair roadmap
Close with a 30/60/90-day plan that separates critical risk from longer-term maintainability work.
- Immediate containment work
- High-value refactors
- Documentation and onboarding repairs
- Optional GitHub issues for accepted findings
How to use this template
- Use this template before a project kickoff, takeover quote, or founder planning meeting. The goal is to make the first engineering conversation concrete enough that the next paid step is obvious.
- Attach file paths, failing commands, screenshots, or dependency names to every critical and high finding. A report without evidence reads like opinion; a report with evidence becomes a decision artifact.
- Keep the final version short enough for a non-technical buyer to read, then link to deeper technical evidence for the engineering team. This split is what turns an audit into a client-ready deliverable.
- Review the report with the buyer before implementation starts. Accepted findings should become issues; rejected findings should be recorded as accepted risk rather than disappearing.
- Use the same structure across projects so the buyer can compare repositories over time and your team can improve the audit process instead of rewriting it from scratch.
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