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Devin Foley 856c6cb192 Fix remote workspace environment shaping (#5118)
> **Stacked PR (part 5 of 7).** Depends on:
  - PR #5114
  - PR #5115
  - PR #5116
  - PR #5117
> Diff against `master` includes commits from earlier PRs in the stack —
the new commit in this PR is the topmost one.

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - Agents run with a Paperclip-shaped environment
(`PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_CWD`,
> worktree path, `PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON` hints) so the CLI can
locate the
>   correct project tree
> - SSH testing reproduced a real failure: a Codex SSH run wrote to
> `/tmp/paperclip-env-matrix-...` (the *host* path) instead of the
realized
> remote workspace at `/home/<user>/paperclip-env-matrix-ssh-claude/...`
> because the adapter injected `PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_CWD=/tmp/...` into
the
>   remote env
> - Code review on the initial codex-only fix asked to roll the same
approach
> into every other SSH-capable adapter (claude, acpx, cursor, opencode,
gemini,
>   pi) via a shared helper rather than duplicating per-adapter
> - This PR adds `shapePaperclipWorkspaceEnvForExecution` in
adapter-utils that,
> when the execution target is remote: replaces local cwd with the
realized
> execution cwd, nulls out worktree path (which has no remote meaning),
and
> rewrites/strips `cwd` entries in workspace hints based on what was
actually
>   synced. Every adapter calls it before invoking the remote runner
> - The benefit is that remote runs see the realized remote workspace,
host-local
> paths stop leaking into remote env, and the rule is unit-tested in one
place

## What Changed

- Added `shapePaperclipWorkspaceEnvForExecution` to
  `packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts` with full unit coverage
  (`server-utils.test.ts`)
- Each of acpx-local, claude-local, codex-local, cursor-local,
gemini-local,
opencode-local, pi-local now calls the new shaper before issuing the
remote
  command and feeds the shaped values into `applyPaperclipWorkspaceEnv`
- Per-adapter `execute.remote.test.ts` files extended to cover the new
shaping
  behaviour: localhost paths replaced with remote cwd, foreign-cwd hints
  stripped, worktree path nulled out for remote targets
- `acpx-local/src/server/execute.test.ts` extended with shaping coverage

## Verification

- `pnpm test -- server-utils execute.remote`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-acpx-local test`
- Manual QA reproducing the original failure:
  1. Provision an E2B sandbox environment for the Paperclip QA company
2. Assign an issue to a remote-targeted claude-local agent and confirm
the
run starts in the correct remote cwd (no `/Users/...` path leakage in
the
     run logs)
  3. Repeat for opencode-local and pi-local

## Risks

- Behavioural shift: hints whose `cwd` doesn't match the workspace cwd
are now
stripped on remote targets. If any adapter relied on a leaked local hint
cwd,
it will see a missing `cwd` instead. Reviewed all current callers — none
do.
- Adds a small per-run cost (path resolve + string normalisation) on
every remote
  execution. Negligible.
- Worktree path is now nulled out on remote (it has no meaning there).
Adapters
  that previously read the value defensively will continue to work.

## Model Used

- OpenAI GPT-5.4 (reasoning effort: high) via Codex CLI
- Provider: OpenAI
- Used to author the code changes in this PR

## 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
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots — N/A
- [ ] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes — N/A
- [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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