Skill and extension picker for Paperclip agents; session notes and cleanup plan
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|paperclipai]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|paperclipai deployment operations]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclipai repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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## Rich discovery update (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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Yes — I now have your question right, and I confirmed it by doing it rather than reading about it.
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## What you are asking for
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A picker like `pi-config`'s, but aimed at Paperclip agents: read your global skill and extension set, show what each agent has, and apply changes **before** the run — because Paperclip builds the Pi session folder at run time, so the TypeScript picker cannot reach in beforehand.
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That is exactly right, and it is feasible. Here is the measured path.
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## The gap, measured
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| Set | Where | Count |
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| what the `pi-config` picker lists | `~/.agents/skills` | **21** |
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| what Paperclip can assign | `GET /api/companies/{id}/skills` | **9** |
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Eleven skills you can see in the picker — `nixos-workflow`, `caveman`, `tuios`, `archify`, `ste-writing` and the rest — could not be given to a Paperclip agent, because Paperclip had never heard of them. That is the whole problem.
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## What works, proven in this session
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1. **Local import has one door.** `POST /api/companies/{id}/skills/import` with a path under `~/.agents` returns **403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied`** — "Import from a configured Paperclip workspace or the company managed-skill directory". Copying the skill into `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/nixos-workflow` and importing that path returned **201**, with key `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`.
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2. **Assignment is per agent, and it worked.** On `Documenter`:
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```
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POST /api/agents/{id}/skills/sync
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{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow"]} → 200
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desiredSkills: 3 → 4 … then remove → back to 3
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```
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So the per-agent list is real and I have driven it. My earlier claim that there was one set for everyone was wrong, and this is the proof.
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3. **Extensions are the one genuine gap.** `~/.agents/extensions` has no Paperclip counterpart. The per-agent lever is `adapterConfig.command` — it defaults to `pi` and the adapter appends its own arguments — so a wrapper per agent that passes `--extension …` then `exec pi "$@"` is the equivalent of `pi-config` for Paperclip runs.
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## The picker, precisely
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Read `~/.agents/skills` and `~/.agents/extensions`, plus the company list and the agent's `desiredSkills`. Mark each: *available but not in Paperclip · in Paperclip · on this agent*. Choosing an unavailable skill copies it into the managed directory, imports it, then syncs it onto the agent. Removing is a `sync` with `remove`. For an extension, add it to that agent's wrapper and point `adapterConfig.command` at it.
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Every step of that is verified above. It is one command or one panel, not a new subsystem.
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**Change I made while checking:** `nixos-workflow` is now imported into the company (copied into the managed directory), so it can be assigned to any agent. It is assigned to nobody, and `Documenter`'s skills are back exactly as they were.
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## History — your instinct is right
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`~/.pi/paperclips/<timestamp>-<agentId>.jsonl` — 178 files, one per run, and `task-sessions` maps task → file. So the cheap version is enough: a tool-pane entry that opens that folder in Yazi, or a pane running `pi --resume`. Minutes of work, nothing invented. A transcript tab inside `Agents>agents` is the integrated option, worth doing only if browsing files becomes a detour in practice.
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Committed as `e44b0df`, documentation only — the running layout is untouched.
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## Source paths observed
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/agentmail`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/obsidian-cli`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-board`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-create-agent`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/para-memory-files`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/project-docs`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/system-architect`
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- `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`
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- `.paperclip/instances/default/skills`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 84%
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- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-10 21:58:38 -->
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Add an existing ~/.agents skill to a Paperclip company and assign it to an agent]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-|Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38|Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|.paperclip]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.paperclip repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -1890,3 +1890,84 @@ If you want, the next build can be small and specific: an `Agents>skills` tab th
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|paperclipai]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|paperclipai deployment operations]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclipai repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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Yes — I now have your question right, and I confirmed it by doing it rather than reading about it.
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## What you are asking for
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A picker like `pi-config`'s, but aimed at Paperclip agents: read your global skill and extension set, show what each agent has, and apply changes **before** the run — because Paperclip builds the Pi session folder at run time, so the TypeScript picker cannot reach in beforehand.
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That is exactly right, and it is feasible. Here is the measured path.
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## The gap, measured
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| Set | Where | Count |
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| what the `pi-config` picker lists | `~/.agents/skills` | **21** |
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| what Paperclip can assign | `GET /api/companies/{id}/skills` | **9** |
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Eleven skills you can see in the picker — `nixos-workflow`, `caveman`, `tuios`, `archify`, `ste-writing` and the rest — could not be given to a Paperclip agent, because Paperclip had never heard of them. That is the whole problem.
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## What works, proven in this session
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1. **Local import has one door.** `POST /api/companies/{id}/skills/import` with a path under `~/.agents` returns **403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied`** — "Import from a configured Paperclip workspace or the company managed-skill directory". Copying the skill into `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/nixos-workflow` and importing that path returned **201**, with key `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`.
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2. **Assignment is per agent, and it worked.** On `Documenter`:
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```
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POST /api/agents/{id}/skills/sync
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{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow"]} → 200
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desiredSkills: 3 → 4 … then remove → back to 3
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```
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So the per-agent list is real and I have driven it. My earlier claim that there was one set for everyone was wrong, and this is the proof.
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3. **Extensions are the one genuine gap.** `~/.agents/extensions` has no Paperclip counterpart. The per-agent lever is `adapterConfig.command` — it defaults to `pi` and the adapter appends its own arguments — so a wrapper per agent that passes `--extension …` then `exec pi "$@"` is the equivalent of `pi-config` for Paperclip runs.
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## The picker, precisely
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Read `~/.agents/skills` and `~/.agents/extensions`, plus the company list and the agent's `desiredSkills`. Mark each: *available but not in Paperclip · in Paperclip · on this agent*. Choosing an unavailable skill copies it into the managed directory, imports it, then syncs it onto the agent. Removing is a `sync` with `remove`. For an extension, add it to that agent's wrapper and point `adapterConfig.command` at it.
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Every step of that is verified above. It is one command or one panel, not a new subsystem.
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**Change I made while checking:** `nixos-workflow` is now imported into the company (copied into the managed directory), so it can be assigned to any agent. It is assigned to nobody, and `Documenter`'s skills are back exactly as they were.
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## History — your instinct is right
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`~/.pi/paperclips/<timestamp>-<agentId>.jsonl` — 178 files, one per run, and `task-sessions` maps task → file. So the cheap version is enough: a tool-pane entry that opens that folder in Yazi, or a pane running `pi --resume`. Minutes of work, nothing invented. A transcript tab inside `Agents>agents` is the integrated option, worth doing only if browsing files becomes a detour in practice.
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Committed as `e44b0df`, documentation only — the running layout is untouched.
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## Source paths observed
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/agentmail`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/obsidian-cli`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-board`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-create-agent`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/para-memory-files`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/project-docs`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/system-architect`
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- `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`
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- `.paperclip/instances/default/skills`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 82%
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- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-10 21:58:38 -->
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Add an existing ~/.agents skill to a Paperclip company and assign it to an agent]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-|Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38|Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|.paperclip]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.paperclip repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -600,3 +600,112 @@ If you want, the next build can be small and specific: an `Agents>skills` tab th
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|paperclipai]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|paperclipai deployment operations]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclipai repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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Trigger: user wants a skill listed in the local pi-config picker (`~/.agents/skills`) to be usable by/assigned to a Paperclip agent.
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Prerequisites: companyId known; skill present under `~/.agents/skills/<skill>`; API auth as used by the harness bash tool.
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Steps:
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1. Copy the skill into the company managed-skill directory: `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/<skill>`. Direct import of the `~/.agents` path is blocked.
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2. Import: `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills/import` body `{"source":"<path under managed dir>"}` → expect 201 with a key like `local/9a9eba3826/<skill>`.
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3. Assign per agent: `POST /api/agents/{agentId}/skills/sync` body `{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["<key>"]}` → 200. Use `"mode":"remove"` to unassign.
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4. Verify by re-reading the agent's skills; count should change by exactly the delta.
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Dangerous/pitfalls:
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- Do NOT attempt `POST /skills/import` with `source` under `~/.agents`; it is rejected (403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied`).
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- `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills` create accepts only minimal `name` required; prefer import for existing skills.
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Rollback: sync `{"mode":"remove","desiredSkills":["<key>"]}` on the agent; the imported company skill remains (import only, harmless if unassigned).
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Extension equivalent: no assignments exist for extensions; create a per-agent wrapper that passes `--extension <path>` then `exec pi "$@"` and point `adapterConfig.command` at it.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Repeatable procedure with a proven workaround and rollback, useful for future skill management tasks.
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---
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## Update (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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## Deployment/runbook details discovered (2026-11-10 21:58:38)
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Yes — I now have your question right, and I confirmed it by doing it rather than reading about it.
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## What you are asking for
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A picker like `pi-config`'s, but aimed at Paperclip agents: read your global skill and extension set, show what each agent has, and apply changes **before** the run — because Paperclip builds the Pi session folder at run time, so the TypeScript picker cannot reach in beforehand.
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That is exactly right, and it is feasible. Here is the measured path.
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## The gap, measured
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| Set | Where | Count |
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| what the `pi-config` picker lists | `~/.agents/skills` | **21** |
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| what Paperclip can assign | `GET /api/companies/{id}/skills` | **9** |
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Eleven skills you can see in the picker — `nixos-workflow`, `caveman`, `tuios`, `archify`, `ste-writing` and the rest — could not be given to a Paperclip agent, because Paperclip had never heard of them. That is the whole problem.
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## What works, proven in this session
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1. **Local import has one door.** `POST /api/companies/{id}/skills/import` with a path under `~/.agents` returns **403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied`** — "Import from a configured Paperclip workspace or the company managed-skill directory". Copying the skill into `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/nixos-workflow` and importing that path returned **201**, with key `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`.
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2. **Assignment is per agent, and it worked.** On `Documenter`:
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```
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POST /api/agents/{id}/skills/sync
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{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow"]} → 200
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desiredSkills: 3 → 4 … then remove → back to 3
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```
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So the per-agent list is real and I have driven it. My earlier claim that there was one set for everyone was wrong, and this is the proof.
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3. **Extensions are the one genuine gap.** `~/.agents/extensions` has no Paperclip counterpart. The per-agent lever is `adapterConfig.command` — it defaults to `pi` and the adapter appends its own arguments — so a wrapper per agent that passes `--extension …` then `exec pi "$@"` is the equivalent of `pi-config` for Paperclip runs.
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## The picker, precisely
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Read `~/.agents/skills` and `~/.agents/extensions`, plus the company list and the agent's `desiredSkills`. Mark each: *available but not in Paperclip · in Paperclip · on this agent*. Choosing an unavailable skill copies it into the managed directory, imports it, then syncs it onto the agent. Removing is a `sync` with `remove`. For an extension, add it to that agent's wrapper and point `adapterConfig.command` at it.
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Every step of that is verified above. It is one command or one panel, not a new subsystem.
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**Change I made while checking:** `nixos-workflow` is now imported into the company (copied into the managed directory), so it can be assigned to any agent. It is assigned to nobody, and `Documenter`'s skills are back exactly as they were.
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## History — your instinct is right
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`~/.pi/paperclips/<timestamp>-<agentId>.jsonl` — 178 files, one per run, and `task-sessions` maps task → file. So the cheap version is enough: a tool-pane entry that opens that folder in Yazi, or a pane running `pi --resume`. Minutes of work, nothing invented. A transcript tab inside `Agents>agents` is the integrated option, worth doing only if browsing files becomes a detour in practice.
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Committed as `e44b0df`, documentation only — the running layout is untouched.
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## Source paths observed
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/agentmail`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/obsidian-cli`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-board`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-create-agent`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/para-memory-files`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/project-docs`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/system-architect`
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- `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`
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- `.paperclip/instances/default/skills`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 83%
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- Reason: Extracted repeatable deploy/configuration procedure from rich discovery
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-10 21:58:38 -->
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Add an existing ~/.agents skill to a Paperclip company and assign it to an agent]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-|Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38|Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|.paperclip]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.paperclip repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
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---
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type: session
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id: session.paperclip-harness.paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-
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title: Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries
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status: active
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source_of_truth: false
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freshness: current
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last_reviewed: 2026-11-10
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tags:
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- pack/paperclip-harness
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- agent-memory/session
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- paperclip
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- skills
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- extensions
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- pi-config
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- api
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- agent-assignment
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---
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# Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries
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Discovery turn on a Paperclip harness workspace investigating whether a `pi-config`-style picker (global skills+extensions → per-agent assignment) can be built for Paperclip agents.
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Measured sets:
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- `~/.agents/skills` = 21 skills (what the local pi-config picker lists): archify, caveman, design-build, design-explore, graphify, markitdown, nixos-workflow, npm-security, obsidian-cli, obsidian-sorter, openspec-apply-change, openspec-archive-change, openspec-explore, openspec-propose, paperclip-board, project-docs, ste-writing, system-architect, terminal-browser, tuios (and one more).
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- Company skill list `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/skills` = 9 entries (mix of paperclipai/paperclip/* catalog keys and company/<companyId>/* local keys).
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- Gap: 11+ picker-visible skills were unknown to Paperclip.
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API facts verified:
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- `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills` (create) required only `name`; other props slug, description, markdown, categories, sharingScope enum private|company|public_link, forkedFromSkillId.
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- `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills/import` requires `{source}`; importing a path under `~/.agents` returns HTTP 403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied` with remediation "Import from a configured Paperclip workspace or the company managed-skill directory."
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- Workaround that worked: copy skill into `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/<skill>` then import that path → 201, key like `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`.
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- Assignment is per agent: `POST /api/agents/{id}/skills/sync` with `{"mode":"add"|"remove","desiredSkills":[...]}` → 200; verified add then remove on agent `Documenter` (desiredSkills 3→4→3).
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- Extensions (`~/.agents/extensions`) have no Paperclip counterpart; per-agent lever is `adapterConfig.command` (default `pi`, adapter appends its own args) → wrapper per agent that passes `--extension …` then `exec pi "$@"`.
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- Run history: `~/.pi/paperclips/<timestamp>-<agentId>.jsonl` (178 files), with `task-sessions` mapping task→file; cheap UI option is a tool-pane entry opening that folder in Yazi or a pane running `pi --resume`.
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Cleanup state: `nixos-workflow` imported into the company and assignable, assigned to no agent; Documenter's skills restored to original 3. Committed as `e44b0df`, documentation only, running layout untouched.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Final answer contains many durable, measured API/path details for a future picker implementation.
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## Related
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- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-10 21:58:38 -->
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Add an existing ~/.agents skill to a Paperclip company and assign it to an agent]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-|Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38|Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|.paperclip]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.paperclip repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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type: session
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id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38
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title: Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38
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status: active
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source_of_truth: false
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freshness: current
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last_reviewed: 2026-11-10
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tags:
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- pack/paperclip-harness
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- agent-memory/session
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- autolearn
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- rich-discovery
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- repo/paperclip
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---
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# Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38
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Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
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## Source paths observed
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/agentmail`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/obsidian-cli`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-board`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/paperclip-create-agent`
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- `paperclipai/paperclip/para-memory-files`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/project-docs`
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- `company/d4921013-e5da-4d88-8016-57d5746e2d03/system-architect`
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- `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`
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- `.paperclip/instances/default/skills`
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## Final answer snapshot
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Yes — I now have your question right, and I confirmed it by doing it rather than reading about it.
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## What you are asking for
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A picker like `pi-config`'s, but aimed at Paperclip agents: read your global skill and extension set, show what each agent has, and apply changes **before** the run — because Paperclip builds the Pi session folder at run time, so the TypeScript picker cannot reach in beforehand.
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That is exactly right, and it is feasible. Here is the measured path.
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## The gap, measured
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| Set | Where | Count |
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|---|---|---|
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| what the `pi-config` picker lists | `~/.agents/skills` | **21** |
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| what Paperclip can assign | `GET /api/companies/{id}/skills` | **9** |
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Eleven skills you can see in the picker — `nixos-workflow`, `caveman`, `tuios`, `archify`, `ste-writing` and the rest — could not be given to a Paperclip agent, because Paperclip had never heard of them. That is the whole problem.
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|
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## What works, proven in this session
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|
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1. **Local import has one door.** `POST /api/companies/{id}/skills/import` with a path under `~/.agents` returns **403 `skill_workspace_boundary_denied`** — "Import from a configured Paperclip workspace or the company managed-skill directory". Copying the skill into `~/.paperclip/instances/default/skills/<companyId>/nixos-workflow` and importing that path returned **201**, with key `local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow`.
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|
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2. **Assignment is per agent, and it worked.** On `Documenter`:
|
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|
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```
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POST /api/agents/{id}/skills/sync
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{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["local/9a9eba3826/nixos-workflow"]} → 200
|
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desiredSkills: 3 → 4 … then remove → back to 3
|
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```
|
||||
|
||||
So the per-agent list is real and I have driven it. My earlier claim that there was one set for everyone was wrong, and this is the proof.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Extensions are the one genuine gap.** `~/.agents/extensions` has no Paperclip counterpart. The per-agent lever is `adapterConfig.command` — it defaults to `pi` and the adapter appends its own arguments — so a wrapper per agent that passes `--extension …` then `exec pi "$@"` is the equivalent of `pi-config` for Paperclip runs.
|
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|
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## The picker, precisely
|
||||
|
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Read `~/.agents/skills` and `~/.agents/extensions`, plus the company list and the agent's `desiredSkills`. Mark each: *available but not in Paperclip · in Paperclip · on this agent*. Choosing an unavailable skill copies it into the managed directory, imports it, then syncs it onto the agent. Removing is a `sync` with `remove`. For an extension, add it to that agent's wrapper and point `adapterConfig.command` at it.
|
||||
|
||||
Every step of that is verified above. It is one command or one panel, not a new subsystem.
|
||||
|
||||
**Change I made while checking:** `nixos-workflow` is now imported into the company (copied into the managed directory), so it can be assigned to any agent. It is assigned to nobody, and `Documenter`'s skills are back exactly as they were.
|
||||
|
||||
## History — your instinct is right
|
||||
|
||||
`~/.pi/paperclips/<timestamp>-<agentId>.jsonl` — 178 files, one per run, and `task-sessions` maps task → file. So the cheap version is enough: a tool-pane entry that opens that folder in Yazi, or a pane running `pi --resume`. Minutes of work, nothing invented. A transcript tab inside `Agents>agents` is the integrated option, worth doing only if browsing files becomes a detour in practice.
|
||||
|
||||
Committed as `e44b0df`, documentation only — the running layout is untouched.
|
||||
|
||||
## Evidence
|
||||
|
||||
- Confidence: 86%
|
||||
- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn
|
||||
|
||||
## Related
|
||||
|
||||
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
|
||||
|
||||
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-10 21:58:38 -->
|
||||
|
||||
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Add an existing ~/.agents skill to a Paperclip company and assign it to an agent]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-agent-skill-extension-picker-feasibility-measured-|Paperclip agent skill/extension picker feasibility: measured API path and boundaries]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-paperclip-2026-11-10-21-58-38|Rich discovery: .paperclip 2026-11-10 21:58:38]]
|
||||
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclipai|.paperclip]]
|
||||
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.paperclip repository structure and configuration patterns]]
|
||||
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