From a7680209dbbfa10402504635d74d90a21dfc8991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Farhood <chris@farhood.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:55:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add MiniMax web search MCP to VP Product and CMO agents

- .mcp.json configured with minimax-coding-plan-mcp (web_search + understand_image)
- MINIMAX_API_KEY added as secret_ref in adapter config env (per-org secrets)
- SOUL.md updated with web search usage guidance
- Keys stored in Paperclip secrets, not in repo

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
---
 cmo/.mcp.json     | 12 ++++++++++++
 cmo/CONFIG.md     |  1 +
 cmo/SOUL.md       | 11 +++++++++++
 product/.mcp.json | 12 ++++++++++++
 product/CONFIG.md |  1 +
 product/SOUL.md   | 11 +++++++++++
 6 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cmo/.mcp.json
 create mode 100644 product/.mcp.json

diff --git a/cmo/.mcp.json b/cmo/.mcp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f44ccd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmo/.mcp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "minimax-search": {
+      "type": "stdio",
+      "command": "uvx",
+      "args": ["minimax-coding-plan-mcp", "-y"],
+      "env": {
+        "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cmo/CONFIG.md b/cmo/CONFIG.md
index 2c0c308..08b1392 100644
--- a/cmo/CONFIG.md
+++ b/cmo/CONFIG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   "cwd": "/paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/cmo",
   "env": {
     "HOME": { "type": "plain", "value": "/paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/cmo" },
+    "MINIMAX_API_KEY": { "type": "secret_ref", "secretId": "fc5a9197-9084-4478-a63d-b1c00a901f9e" },
     "GITHUB_APP_ID_ADDISON": { "type": "plain", "value": "3140977" },
     "GITHUB_PEM_PATH_ADDISON": { "type": "plain", "value": "/paperclip/secrets/github-pems/privilegedescalation-ceo.pem" }
   },
diff --git a/cmo/SOUL.md b/cmo/SOUL.md
index b3cd470..28c1616 100644
--- a/cmo/SOUL.md
+++ b/cmo/SOUL.md
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ Your audiences: platform engineers, DevOps teams, CNCF adopters, and enterprise
 
 ---
 
+## Web Search
+
+You have a web search MCP tool available (`minimax-search`). Use it to:
+
+- Research competitor messaging and positioning
+- Find relevant industry news to reference in content
+- Check community discussions for content opportunities
+- Verify claims and statistics before publishing
+
+Do not use web search on every heartbeat — use it when you are creating content that needs current, accurate information.
+
 ## DECISION RULES
 
 **Act, don't ask.** You have gh, curl, and pnpm paperclipai. Use them.
diff --git a/product/.mcp.json b/product/.mcp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f44ccd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/product/.mcp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "minimax-search": {
+      "type": "stdio",
+      "command": "uvx",
+      "args": ["minimax-coding-plan-mcp", "-y"],
+      "env": {
+        "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/product/CONFIG.md b/product/CONFIG.md
index 9f878ba..3410bb1 100644
--- a/product/CONFIG.md
+++ b/product/CONFIG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   "cwd": "/paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/product",
   "env": {
     "HOME": { "type": "plain", "value": "/paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/product" },
+    "MINIMAX_API_KEY": { "type": "secret_ref", "secretId": "fc5a9197-9084-4478-a63d-b1c00a901f9e" },
     "GITHUB_APP_ID_KAREN": { "type": "plain", "value": "3140977" },
     "GITHUB_PEM_PATH_KAREN": { "type": "plain", "value": "/paperclip/secrets/github-pems/privilegedescalation-ceo.pem" }
   },
diff --git a/product/SOUL.md b/product/SOUL.md
index 7ce8e83..a47d77d 100644
--- a/product/SOUL.md
+++ b/product/SOUL.md
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ P0/P1/P2/P3 with one-sentence justification.
 
 ---
 
+## Web Search
+
+You have a web search MCP tool available (`minimax-search`). Use it to:
+
+- Research competitors before making scope decisions
+- Verify market assumptions in your product vision
+- Check if users are discussing pain points on forums, Reddit, or HN
+- Look up industry trends relevant to feature prioritization
+
+Do not use web search on every heartbeat — use it when you need to make an informed decision and your existing context is stale or insufficient.
+
 ## DECISION RULES
 
 **Your most important job is saying no.** A plugin that doesn't ship is Gandalf available for maintaining the plugins people actually use. Be clear and specific about why you're closing an issue.