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Dotta 778e775c35 Add secrets provider vaults and remote import (#5429) 
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI-agent companies and needs secrets handling
to work across local development, hosted operators, and governed agent
execution.
> - The affected subsystem is the company-scoped secrets control plane:
database schema, server services/routes, CLI workflows, and the Secrets
settings UI.
> - The gap was that secrets were local-only and operators could not
manage provider vaults or import existing remote references without
exposing plaintext.
> - This branch adds provider vault configuration plus an AWS Secrets
Manager remote-import path while preserving company boundaries, binding
context, and audit trails.
> - I kept the PR to a single branch PR, removed unrelated
lockfile/package drift, rebased the full branch onto the current
`public-gh/master`, and addressed fresh Greptile findings.
> - The benefit is a reviewable implementation of provider-backed
secrets with focused tests covering provider selection, import
conflicts, deleted secret reuse, rotation guards, and AWS signing
behavior.

## What Changed

- Added provider vault support for company secrets, including provider
config storage, default vault handling, health checks, binding usage,
access events, and remote import preview/commit.
- Added an AWS Secrets Manager provider using SigV4 request signing,
bounded request timeouts, namespace guardrails, cached runtime
credential resolution, and external-reference linking without plaintext
reads.
- Added Secrets UI surfaces for vault management and remote import, plus
CLI/API documentation for setup and operations.
- Stabilized routine webhook secret binding paths and SSH
environment-driver fixture bindings discovered during verification.
- Addressed Greptile and CI findings: no lockfile/package drift,
monotonic migration metadata, disabled-vault default races, soft-deleted
secret hiding/recreate behavior, remove behavior with disabled vaults,
soft-deleted external-reference re-import, non-active rotation guards,
managed-secret soft deletion through PATCH, and per-call AWS SDK
credential client churn.
- Rebased this branch onto `public-gh/master` at `0e1a5828` and
force-pushed with lease to keep this as the single PR for the branch.

## Verification

- `git fetch public-gh master`
- `git rebase public-gh/master`
- `git diff --name-only public-gh/master...HEAD | grep
'^pnpm-lock\.yaml$' || true` confirmed `pnpm-lock.yaml` is not in the PR
diff.
- Confirmed migration ordering: master ends at `0081_optimal_dormammu`;
this PR adds `0082_dry_vision` and
`0083_company_secret_provider_configs`.
- Inspected migrations for repeat safety: new tables/indexes use `IF NOT
EXISTS`; foreign keys are guarded by `DO $$ ... IF NOT EXISTS`; column
additions use `ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS`.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` passed before the Greptile follow-up commits.
- `pnpm test:run` ran the full stable Vitest path before the Greptile
follow-up commits; it completed with 3 timing-related failures under
parallel load: `codex-local-execute.test.ts`,
`cursor-local-execute.test.ts`, and `environment-service.test.ts`.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/__tests__/codex-local-execute.test.ts
src/__tests__/cursor-local-execute.test.ts
src/__tests__/environment-service.test.ts` passed on targeted rerun
(`24/24`).
- `pnpm build` passed before the Greptile follow-up commits. Vite
reported existing chunk-size/dynamic-import warnings.
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
exec vitest run src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts` passed (`26/26`).
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
exec vitest run src/__tests__/aws-secrets-manager-provider.test.ts
src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts` passed (`39/39`).
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
typecheck` passed.
- Captured Storybook screenshots from `ui/storybook-static` for visual
review.
- Latest PR checks on `5ca3a5cf`: `policy`, serialized server suites
1/4-4/4, `Canary Dry Run`, `e2e`, `security/snyk`, and `Greptile Review`
pass; aggregate `verify` is still registering the completed child
checks.
- Greptile review loop continued through the latest requested pass; all
Greptile review threads are resolved and the latest `Greptile Review`
check on `5ca3a5cf` passed with 0 comments added.

## Screenshots

Before: the provider-vault and remote-import surfaces did not exist on
`master`; these are after-state screenshots from the Storybook fixtures.

![Secrets
inventory](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperclipai/paperclip/PAP-2339-secrets-make-a-plan/doc/pr/5429/secrets-inventory.png)

![Secret binding
picker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperclipai/paperclip/PAP-2339-secrets-make-a-plan/doc/pr/5429/secret-binding-picker.png)

![Environment editor with
secrets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperclipai/paperclip/PAP-2339-secrets-make-a-plan/doc/pr/5429/env-editor-with-secrets.png)

## Risks

- Migration risk: this adds new secret provider tables and extends
existing secret rows. The migrations were checked for monotonic ordering
and idempotent guards, but reviewers should still inspect upgrade
behavior carefully.
- Provider risk: AWS support uses direct SigV4 requests. Automated tests
cover signing, request timeouts, vault-config selection, namespace
guardrails, pending-version archival, sanitized provider errors, and
service-level cleanup paths. A real-vault AWS smoke test remains
deployment validation for an operator with AWS credentials rather than
an unverified merge blocker in this local branch.
- UI risk: the Secrets page and import dialog are large new surfaces;
screenshots are included above for reviewer inspection.
- Verification risk: the full local stable test command hit
parallel-load timing failures, although the exact failed files passed
when rerun directly.
- Operational risk: remote import intentionally avoids plaintext reads;
operators must understand that imported external references resolve at
runtime and may fail if AWS permissions change.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5 coding agent with local shell/tool use in the
Paperclip worktree. Exact context-window size was not exposed by the
runtime.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [ ] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-09 18:22:17 -05:00

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CLI Reference

Paperclip CLI now supports both:

  • instance setup/diagnostics (onboard, doctor, configure, env, allowed-hostname, env-lab)
  • control-plane client operations (issues, approvals, agents, activity, dashboard)

Base Usage

Use repo script in development:

pnpm paperclipai --help

First-time local bootstrap + run:

pnpm paperclipai run

Choose local instance:

pnpm paperclipai run --instance dev

Deployment Modes

Mode taxonomy and design intent are documented in doc/DEPLOYMENT-MODES.md.

Current CLI behavior:

  • paperclipai onboard and paperclipai configure --section server set deployment mode in config
  • server onboarding/configure ask for reachability intent and write server.bind
  • paperclipai run --bind <loopback|lan|tailnet> passes a quickstart bind preset into first-run onboarding when config is missing
  • runtime can override mode with PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE
  • paperclipai run and paperclipai doctor still do not expose a direct low-level --mode flag

Canonical behavior is documented in doc/DEPLOYMENT-MODES.md.

Allow an authenticated/private hostname (for example custom Tailscale DNS):

pnpm paperclipai allowed-hostname dotta-macbook-pro

Bring up the default local SSH fixture for environment testing:

pnpm paperclipai env-lab up
pnpm paperclipai env-lab doctor
pnpm paperclipai env-lab status --json
pnpm paperclipai env-lab down

All client commands support:

  • --data-dir <path>
  • --api-base <url>
  • --api-key <token>
  • --context <path>
  • --profile <name>
  • --json

Company-scoped commands also support --company-id <id>.

Use --data-dir on any CLI command to isolate all default local state (config/context/db/logs/storage/secrets) away from ~/.paperclip:

pnpm paperclipai run --data-dir ./tmp/paperclip-dev
pnpm paperclipai issue list --data-dir ./tmp/paperclip-dev

Context Profiles

Store local defaults in ~/.paperclip/context.json:

pnpm paperclipai context set --api-base http://localhost:3100 --company-id <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai context show
pnpm paperclipai context list
pnpm paperclipai context use default

To avoid storing secrets in context, set apiKeyEnvVarName and keep the key in env:

pnpm paperclipai context set --api-key-env-var-name PAPERCLIP_API_KEY
export PAPERCLIP_API_KEY=...

Company Commands

pnpm paperclipai company list
pnpm paperclipai company get <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai company delete <company-id-or-prefix> --yes --confirm <same-id-or-prefix>

Examples:

pnpm paperclipai company delete PAP --yes --confirm PAP
pnpm paperclipai company delete 5cbe79ee-acb3-4597-896e-7662742593cd --yes --confirm 5cbe79ee-acb3-4597-896e-7662742593cd

Notes:

  • Deletion is server-gated by PAPERCLIP_ENABLE_COMPANY_DELETION.
  • With agent authentication, company deletion is company-scoped. Use the current company ID/prefix (for example via --company-id or PAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID), not another company.

Issue Commands

pnpm paperclipai issue list --company-id <company-id> [--status todo,in_progress] [--assignee-agent-id <agent-id>] [--match text]
pnpm paperclipai issue get <issue-id-or-identifier>
pnpm paperclipai issue create --company-id <company-id> --title "..." [--description "..."] [--status todo] [--priority high]
pnpm paperclipai issue update <issue-id> [--status in_progress] [--comment "..."]
pnpm paperclipai issue comment <issue-id> --body "..." [--reopen]
pnpm paperclipai issue checkout <issue-id> --agent-id <agent-id> [--expected-statuses todo,backlog,blocked]
pnpm paperclipai issue release <issue-id>

Agent Commands

pnpm paperclipai agent list --company-id <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai agent get <agent-id>
pnpm paperclipai agent local-cli <agent-id-or-shortname> --company-id <company-id>

agent local-cli is the quickest way to run local Claude/Codex manually as a Paperclip agent:

  • creates a new long-lived agent API key
  • installs missing Paperclip skills into ~/.codex/skills and ~/.claude/skills
  • prints export ... lines for PAPERCLIP_API_URL, PAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID, PAPERCLIP_AGENT_ID, and PAPERCLIP_API_KEY

Example for shortname-based local setup:

pnpm paperclipai agent local-cli codexcoder --company-id <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai agent local-cli claudecoder --company-id <company-id>

Secrets Commands

pnpm paperclipai secrets list --company-id <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai secrets declarations --company-id <company-id> [--include agents,projects] [--kind secret]
pnpm paperclipai secrets create --company-id <company-id> --name anthropic-api-key --value-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
pnpm paperclipai secrets link --company-id <company-id> --name prod-stripe-key --provider aws_secrets_manager --external-ref <provider-ref>
pnpm paperclipai secrets doctor --company-id <company-id>
pnpm paperclipai secrets migrate-inline-env --company-id <company-id> [--apply]

Secret listing and declarations never print secret values. create accepts --value-env so shell history does not capture the value. link records provider-owned references without copying the secret value into Paperclip. For AWS-backed secrets, secrets doctor reports missing non-secret provider env and the expected AWS SDK runtime credential source; do not store AWS bootstrap credentials in Paperclip secrets.

Per-company provider vaults (multiple vault instances per provider, default vault selection, coming-soon GCP/Vault) are configured from the board UI under Company Settings → Secrets → Provider vaults or through /api/companies/{companyId}/secret-provider-configs. There is no CLI surface for vault management today. See the secrets deploy guide and API reference for the contract.

Approval Commands

pnpm paperclipai approval list --company-id <company-id> [--status pending]
pnpm paperclipai approval get <approval-id>
pnpm paperclipai approval create --company-id <company-id> --type hire_agent --payload '{"name":"..."}' [--issue-ids <id1,id2>]
pnpm paperclipai approval approve <approval-id> [--decision-note "..."]
pnpm paperclipai approval reject <approval-id> [--decision-note "..."]
pnpm paperclipai approval request-revision <approval-id> [--decision-note "..."]
pnpm paperclipai approval resubmit <approval-id> [--payload '{"...":"..."}']
pnpm paperclipai approval comment <approval-id> --body "..."

Activity Commands

pnpm paperclipai activity list --company-id <company-id> [--agent-id <agent-id>] [--entity-type issue] [--entity-id <id>]

Dashboard Commands

pnpm paperclipai dashboard get --company-id <company-id>

Heartbeat Command

heartbeat run now also supports context/api-key options and uses the shared client stack:

pnpm paperclipai heartbeat run --agent-id <agent-id> [--api-base http://localhost:3100] [--api-key <token>]

Local Storage Defaults

Default local instance root is ~/.paperclip/instances/default:

  • config: ~/.paperclip/instances/default/config.json
  • embedded db: ~/.paperclip/instances/default/db
  • logs: ~/.paperclip/instances/default/logs
  • storage: ~/.paperclip/instances/default/data/storage
  • secrets key: ~/.paperclip/instances/default/secrets/master.key

Override base home or instance with env vars:

PAPERCLIP_HOME=/custom/home PAPERCLIP_INSTANCE_ID=dev pnpm paperclipai run

Storage Configuration

Configure storage provider and settings:

pnpm paperclipai configure --section storage

Supported providers:

  • local_disk (default; local single-user installs)
  • s3 (S3-compatible object storage)
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