AL Griller Launches Static Analyzer for Business Central

Independent developer Yahyatouil has released AL Griller, a static analyzer designed for Dynamics 365 Business Central AL code that delivers humorous roasts whenever it detects real issues in the codebase. Behind the jokes lies a rigorous filtering process used to select the underlying rules from comprehensive knowledge repositories.

The project was built by working through Microsoft's BCQuality repository, a curated knowledge base and skills library dedicated to Business Central quality. Yahyatouil explicitly credits the BCQuality team while noting that AL Griller is an independent, community-run open-source project and not an official Microsoft product.

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The BCQuality repository is extensive, containing over 200 knowledge files across 14 domains such as performance, query optimization, data modeling, error handling, events, and security. However, not every file could be converted into a static analysis rule, as many describe judgment calls that require broader context beyond a single-file text scanner.

The research pass acted as a strict filter applied file by file. Full reads were dedicated to performance with 54 files, along with query, data modeling, and error handling layers, while security utilized a representative sample of 8 out of roughly 20 files. Other domains like privacy and telemetry were flagged for future research.