Only 16% of 'Docs' Commits Were Docs. Re-Tier Review.
A study of 77,773 Claude Code plugin commits re-classified every one by what its diff actually did. Of 8,007 commits labelled 'docs', only 16% were documentation — the rest changed what the agent does at runtime, through the exact path most review policies auto-approve.
August 31, 2026 · 12 min read