## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - Agents increasingly depend on reusable skills, so the control plane needs a first-class way to browse, inspect, install, version, and attach those skills. > - The old skills surface was mostly operational plumbing; it did not give operators a store-like discovery flow, canonical detail URLs, rich source/version context, or creation paths. > - The backend also needed stronger contracts around company skill metadata, versions, install counts, runtime materialization, and adapter skill preferences. > - This pull request builds the Skills Store foundation across DB, shared contracts, server routes/services, UI, and Storybook. > - The benefit is a more inspectable, operator-friendly skill workflow that still preserves company-scoped control-plane boundaries and agent runtime behavior. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description No GitHub issue exists for this Paperclip work item. Paperclip task refs: PAP-10846 and PAP-10921. Feature request: Paperclip operators need a single Skills Store experience where company skills can be discovered, inspected, created, versioned, installed, and attached to agents without relying on scattered operational screens or implicit runtime state. Related PR search: - Searched GitHub for `Skills Store`, `company skills`, and `skill detail`. - Found several open skills-related PRs such as #7809 and #4409, but no duplicate PR for this end-to-end Skills Store branch. ## What Changed - Added the Skills Store backend foundation: company skill schema fields, migrations, shared types/validators, and expanded server skill routes/services. - Added skill discovery, category navigation, canonical skill detail routes, tabs, source attribution, version snapshots/diffs, install count backfill, and creation flows. - Updated agent skill preference handling so version selections survive runtime mention injection and runtime skill materialization honors pinned versions. - Preserved unversioned skill assignments as live/current selections instead of silently pinning them to the current version at assignment time. - Added focused regression coverage for company skill routes/services, route helpers, UI behavior, skill version diffs, and runtime skill version pins. - Added Storybook coverage for Skills Store discovery/detail states and updated the main layout navigation. - Addressed Greptile findings around version creation races, soft-deleted comments, fork metadata scoping, GitHub skill directory fallback, runtime snapshot materialization, shared runtime skill-selection helpers, and version-assignment semantics. ## Verification - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-project-env.test.ts server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-runtime-skills.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run packages/shared/src/validators/company-skill.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts server/src/__tests__/company-skills-service.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run cli/src/__tests__/company-import-export-e2e.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/agent-skills-routes.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/openapi-routes.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/company-skills-service.test.ts server/src/__tests__/company-skills-routes.test.ts server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-runtime-skills.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/company-skills-service.test.ts` - `pnpm exec vitest run ui/src/components/IssueProperties.test.tsx -t "edits existing custom assignee model options from the properties pane"` - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` - GitHub checks are green on `0823957a2`: Build, Canary Dry Run, General tests, Typecheck + Release Registry, serialized server suites, e2e, policy/review, Socket, Snyk, and aggregate `verify`. - Greptile Review succeeded on `0823957a2` with `40 files reviewed, 0 comments added`; GitHub unresolved review threads: 0. Not run in this heartbeat: - Browser screenshot capture for the UI changes. This PR intentionally omits screenshots per the Paperclip task direction not to add design screenshots/images. ## Risks - Broad feature branch touching DB, shared contracts, server, and UI; reviewers should still scan merge conflicts carefully if `master` moves again before landing. - Skill version/runtime behavior is sensitive: pinned skill versions must stay pinned while default selections should continue following the current version. - UI polish should get normal reviewer/browser attention before merge because this PR includes a large Skills Store surface and screenshots were intentionally omitted. > 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-based coding agent with tool use and local command execution. ## 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 searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked them above - [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes #` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue template - [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 (intentionally omitted per PAP-10921 direction) - [ ] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes - [x] I have considered and documented any risks above - [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green - [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups - [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before requesting merge --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@paperclipai/adapter-utils
Shared utilities for Paperclip adapters: process spawning, environment injection, sandbox/SSH transport, workspace sync, and the round-trip helpers that move code between the local execution-workspace cwd and wherever the agent actually runs.
For the adapter-author guide see
docs/adapters/creating-an-adapter.md
and the in-repo notes at packages/adapters/AUTHORING.md.
No-remote-git contract
The local execution-workspace cwd is the only persistence boundary across runs. No adapter may depend on a git remote for cross-run state.
Adapters that run the agent on a different host should use the SSH round-trip
helpers in src/ssh.ts:
prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir })— bundles the local cwd (tracked files, dirty edits, untracked additions, and the git history needed to reconstruct it) toremoteDirbefore the run starts. Runs with nogit remoteconfigured.restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir, ... })— syncs the remote cwd back intolocalDirafter the run, including any new commits the agent created. Also runs with nogit remoteconfigured.
prepareRemoteManagedRuntime in
src/remote-managed-runtime.ts wraps both
calls for adapters that want a per-run remote workspace and an automatic
restoreWorkspace() finally hook.
The invariant is pinned by the no-remote-git contract case in
src/ssh-fixture.test.ts, which asserts that a
remote-only commit propagates to the local worktree through the
prepare → restore round-trip with no git remote configured at any point. Do
not regress that test.