paperclip/doc/AGENT-ARTIFACTS.md

Agent Artifact Upload Workflow

Generated files that a board user or reviewer should inspect as deliverables must be attached to the Paperclip issue before the agent chooses a final disposition. A local workspace path is not enough, because cloud users and reviewers often cannot access the agent's disk.

Use the helper bundled with the Paperclip skill from the repo root:

skills/paperclip/scripts/paperclip-upload-artifact.sh path/to/output.webm \
  --title "Walkthrough render" \
  --summary "Rendered walkthrough for review"

The helper uses the authenticated Paperclip API from the current heartbeat environment:

• PAPERCLIP_API_URL
• PAPERCLIP_API_KEY
• PAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID
• PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID
• PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID

It uploads the file to POST /api/companies/{companyId}/issues/{issueId}/attachments and creates an artifact work product on POST /api/issues/{issueId}/work-products by default. The command prints issue-safe markdown links for the final task comment.

Uploaded Artifacts vs Workspace Files

Use uploaded artifacts for deliverables: videos, PDFs, screenshots, archives, reports, rendered HTML, or any file the board should inspect without needing the agent's checkout. Attachment-backed artifact work products set type to artifact and provider to paperclip, with metadata canonicalized from the uploaded attachmentId.

Use workspace_file metadata only for important files that intentionally remain in a project or execution workspace, such as source files, committed markdown plans, or generated files whose meaning depends on the checkout. Workspace-only references are useful signposts, but they are not durable uploads.

Expected work product metadata shape:

{
  "resourceRef": {
    "kind": "workspace_file",
    "issueId": "<issue-id>",
    "workspaceKind": "execution_workspace",
    "workspaceId": "<execution-workspace-id>",
    "relativePath": "doc/plans/example.md",
    "line": 1,
    "column": 1,
    "displayPath": "doc/plans/example.md:1:1"
  }
}

workspaceKind is execution_workspace or project_workspace. line and column are optional. relativePath must be relative to that workspace root; do not store host-local absolute paths as workspace references.

Workspace file links resolve only inside registered Paperclip workspaces. The default target is the current issue's execution workspace first, then its project workspace. A link may target another same-company project workspace only when it carries both that projectId and workspaceId. Paperclip does not resolve arbitrary machine-wide filesystem paths, absolute host paths, home paths, or relative paths that escape the selected workspace.

Completion Pattern

When a task produces a user-inspectable deliverable file:

1. Generate and verify the file locally.
2. Upload it with skills/paperclip/scripts/paperclip-upload-artifact.sh.
3. Keep the artifact work product unless the file is incidental; pass --no-work-product only for supporting files that should not be promoted.
4. Link the printed attachment URL in the final issue comment.
5. Then set the final issue status.

Final comments should name and link the uploaded artifact or work product, not just the local filesystem path. For workspace-only files, include the work product title and recorded relative path. Local paths can be included as diagnostic context, but they cannot be the only access path. Browse/search is a fallback for recovering workspace files when the issue link or chip is not available, not the preferred way to deliver files to users.

Video Examples

Upload an .mp4 render:

skills/paperclip/scripts/paperclip-upload-artifact.sh dist/demo.mp4 \
  --title "Demo video render" \
  --summary "MP4 render for board review"

Upload a .webm render:

skills/paperclip/scripts/paperclip-upload-artifact.sh out/walkthrough.webm \
  --title "Walkthrough video" \
  --summary "WebM walkthrough render"

The helper detects .mp4, .webm, and .mov content types. If a renderer uses an unusual extension, pass the MIME type explicitly:

skills/paperclip/scripts/paperclip-upload-artifact.sh render.bin \
  --title "Demo video render" \
  --content-type video/mp4

Direct API Pattern

If the helper is unavailable, use the same API shape:

curl -sS -X POST \
  "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/companies/$PAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID/issues/$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID/attachments" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" \
  -F 'file=@"dist/demo.mp4";type=video/mp4'

Then create a work product when the uploaded file is the deliverable:

curl -sS -X POST \
  "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/issues/$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID/work-products" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @artifact-work-product.json

Use type: "artifact", provider: "paperclip", and metadata containing the uploaded attachmentId. The server canonicalizes contentType, byteSize, contentPath, openPath, downloadPath, and originalFilename.