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Devin Foley d2cbe2cb23 Prefer pushing feature branches to a user fork in paperclip-dev skill (#4572)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - The `paperclip-dev` skill is the canonical reference agents read
before doing development work on the Paperclip repo itself
> - Today the skill assumes feature branches get pushed to `origin` (=
`paperclipai/paperclip`), which clutters the upstream branch list when
contributors actually have personal forks
> - This is the standard open-source contribution pattern (push to fork,
PR upstream) and the skill should reflect it
> - This pull request adds a "Forks — Prefer Pushing to a User Fork"
section that teaches agents to detect a fork remote, push there, and
only fall back to `origin` when no fork is configured
> - The benefit is cleaner upstream branch hygiene and behavior that
matches typical contributor workflows without any code/runtime change

## What Changed

- Added a new **Forks — Prefer Pushing to a User Fork** section to
`skills/paperclip-dev/SKILL.md` covering:
- How to detect a user fork via `git remote -v` (treat any
non-`paperclipai` GitHub remote as the fork)
  - How to push to the fork (`git push -u <fork-remote> HEAD`)
- How to create the PR from the fork (`gh pr create --repo
paperclipai/paperclip --head <fork-owner>:<branch>`)
- The no-fork fallback (push to `origin`, do not auto-create a fork —
ask first)
  - Keeping the fork's `master` in sync
- Added a reinforcing entry to the **Common Mistakes** table linking
back to the new section

## Verification

- Docs-only change to a single markdown skill file. Reviewer can confirm
by reading the diff in `skills/paperclip-dev/SKILL.md`:
- New `## Forks — Prefer Pushing to a User Fork` section sits between
`## Worktrees` and `## Pull Requests`
  - New row appended to the `## Common Mistakes` table
- No tests, no build, no runtime behavior affected.

## Risks

- Low risk. Documentation-only edit. The instructions are advisory —
they only change agent behavior on future runs that read the skill.

## Model Used

- Provider: Anthropic (Claude)
- Model ID: `claude-opus-4-7` (Claude Opus 4)
- Capabilities: tool use (file read/edit, shell, git, gh CLI), extended
reasoning
- Context: invoked via Claude Code / Paperclip heartbeat for issue
PAPA-139

## 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
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass (N/A — docs-only change; no
test surface)
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable (N/A)
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots (N/A — no UI change)
- [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
2026-04-26 22:19:07 -07:00
Devin Foley d1484551ee Add open-source hygiene note to paperclip-dev skill (#4541)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies.
> - The `paperclip-dev` skill is part of the contributor and agent
workflow layer that tells developers how to work in this repository
safely.
> - That skill already references the public upstream `origin`, but it
did not explicitly say that pushes there must be treated as publishable
open-source output.
> - Without that reminder, contributors are more likely to leak secrets,
PII, private logs, machine-local config, or noisy throwaway git history
into the public repo.
> - This pull request adds a prominent `OPEN SOURCE HYGIENE` callout
near the top of the skill, before the git workflow guidance.
> - The benefit is clearer safety guidance for contributors and less
accidental disclosure or branch/commit noise on the upstream project.

## What Changed

- Added an `OPEN SOURCE HYGIENE` callout near the top of
`skills/paperclip-dev/SKILL.md`.
- Explicitly warned that anything pushed to `origin` must be
publishable.
- Called out avoiding secrets, API keys, PII, private logs,
machine-local config, and noisy throwaway branches or checkpoint
commits.

## Verification

- N/a

## Risks

- Low risk. This is a docs-only change in a skill file; the main risk is
wording tone or placement, not runtime behavior.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex via the `codex_local` Paperclip adapter, GPT-5-based
coding agent runtime. Exact backend serving model ID is not exposed in
this heartbeat environment. Tool use, shell execution, and patch
application were enabled.

## 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
2026-04-26 12:14:49 -07:00
Devin Foley 91333ec86f feat: add paperclip-dev skill with optional bundled skill support (#3854)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - Agents working on the Paperclip codebase itself need guidance on dev
workflows: server lifecycle, worktrees, builds, database ops,
diagnostics
> - There was no bundled skill covering these workflows — agents had to
figure it out from scratch each time
> - Additionally, not every skill should be force-installed on every
agent — a dev-focused skill should be opt-in
> - This PR adds a `paperclip-dev` skill with `required: false`
frontmatter so it ships with Paperclip but isn't auto-installed
> - The skill's PR section references canonical files
(`.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`) instead of
duplicating their content, with gated instructions that force agents to
read those files before creating any PR
> - The benefit is that developers (human or agent) can opt in to
structured dev guidance without polluting the default agent skill set or
creating drift between duplicated docs

## What Changed

- Added `skills/paperclip-dev/SKILL.md` covering server management,
worktree lifecycle, builds, database ops, diagnostics, agent operations,
and common mistakes
- The Pull Requests section uses gated, reference-based instructions —
agents MUST read `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` and
`CONTRIBUTING.md` before running `gh pr create`, with a brief checklist
of required section names (no content duplication)
- Updated `packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts` to respect
`required: false` frontmatter — optional skills are bundled but not
auto-installed on agents
- Added test in `server/src/__tests__/paperclip-skill-utils.test.ts`
verifying that optional skills are excluded from the default install set

## Verification

```bash
# Run tests
pnpm test

# Manual verification: create a fresh worktree without seeding
npx paperclipai worktree:make test-optional-skill --no-seed
cd ~/paperclip-test-optional-skill
eval "$(npx paperclipai worktree env)"
npx paperclipai run

# Verify paperclip-dev appears in company skill library but is NOT auto-assigned
# Call listPaperclipSkillEntries() — paperclip-dev should show required: false
# Call resolvePaperclipDesiredSkillNames() — paperclip-dev should NOT be in the default set

# Cleanup
npx paperclipai worktree:cleanup test-optional-skill
```

## Risks

- Low risk. The `required` field defaults to `true` when absent, so all
existing skills behave identically. Only the new `paperclip-dev` skill
sets `required: false`.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 4.6 (`claude-opus-4-6`) via Claude Code, with tool use and
extended context.

## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-04-26 11:06:13 -07:00