Automattic / Automattic/harper

False positive: "Builtin" wrongly flagged to change to "Built in" where it should be "Built-in"

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bug harper-core linting
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Description

**What got flagged?**

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**Builtin WebUI**: Builtin web UI to manage your bot.

**Why is this incorrect?**

Here "Builtin" is not actually a compound noun, but a compound adjective. Compound adjectives should be hyphenated when used attributively, which means before the noun they describe, in this case "WebUI" an "web UI".

We have a separate linter for "built-in" but it seems not to be triggered here, or is perhaps overridden?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Reproduce the report with “Builtin WebUI” and inspect the separate “built-in” linter and the rule that flags “Builtin” as “Built in.” Done means the compound adjective is handled as “Built-in” without producing the incorrect replacement warning.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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