diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md index 78019bb..99b95e5 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md @@ -1428,3 +1428,119 @@ Say go and I will build it in this order: the creation gate (with `defaultRef` a - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-git-repo-2026-11-12-09-24-20|Rich discovery: git_repo 2026-11-12 09:24:20]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|git_repo]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|git_repo repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +All four answered, and two of them turned into code. + +## 1. The prompt now says what to do next + +``` + Y make the repository now, then three steps: + + 1. PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE YOU DO NOT WANT COMMITTED. + A file there is invisible to the agent, which is usually what + you want for evidence folders, notes with credentials, and + .paperclip/, which is written there for you. + 2. commit what is left, in lazygit: stage with space, commit with c. + 3. run this same command again to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/gw2 --new "gw2" + + N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge. +``` + +The repeat command is generated from what you actually typed, so it includes `--host nixos-desktop` when you used one. And the message after staging repeats it with the lazygit keys: + +``` + i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore + space stage or unstage e edit a file, .gitignore included + c commit ? every key + + Then repeat this command to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/rtest13 --new "rtest13" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +## 2. `l` is lazygit, `t` is the tool chooser — on every pane + +You were right: `t` meant two different things. Now, on both `Board>board` and `Project>project`: + +| key | does | +|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | +| `l` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | + +`l` was free because TUIOS owns `h j k l` in window mode, so the old "next tab" binding on `l` never fired anyway. Tabs are `(` and `)`. The chooser is now one shared function used by both panes, so they cannot drift apart again — that duplication is what let them disagree. + +## 3. `~/TEST-BETA` from `.27` — yes, it needs `--host`, and drop `--session` + +`~` expands on the machine you are typing on. From `.27`, `~/TEST-BETA` means `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` **on `.27`**, where it does not exist. The folder is on `.13`, so: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +Two things to change in what you planned: + +- **drop `--session security`.** There is already a session called `security` on `.13`, made for `~/SECURITY`. Two projects in one session means `board` rebuilds those panes against the wrong folder and you lose the first one. Leave `--session` off and it becomes `test-beta`, one project, one session. +- `TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** (I checked: `folder-0`, `TEST0.md`…, no `.git`), so the gate will ask Y or N. Since your terminal is interactive it will ask properly — I made the remote run take a terminal when yours has one. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y plus commit in one step: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop --git-init +``` + +That makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, stops, and prints the exact command to run again once you have committed in lazygit. Verified end to end against a folder on `.13` driven from `.27`. + +While testing this I also found and fixed a real bug: the "agents cannot see this folder" guard was firing on the machine you were *sitting at* instead of the machine that *owns the folder*, so `--host nixos-desktop` from `.27` was refused before it ever reached `.13`. + +## 4. Do you need to reload zsh? + +**Not for the rebuild itself, yes for `PATH` in a shell that was already open.** An environment variable belongs to the process that started the shell, and `PATH` is fixed at that moment. The rebuild changed the file that *new* shells read. + +So: + +```sh +exec zsh # in the open shell, replaces it with a new one +``` + +or just open a new terminal. You can tell instantly: + +```sh +echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -c .local/bin # want 1 +``` + +You clearly already did this on `.27`, because `office` resolved by name when you ran it. And it no longer matters much: the commands read the secrets file themselves, so a shell without those variables still works. + +One thing worth knowing for `.13`: TUIOS panes inherit the environment of the **daemon**, which there started on 5 November. A `PATH` change today would not reach a pane until the daemon restarts. That is why the pane launcher sets `PATH` explicitly before starting a tool, and why `bin/lib/harness.py` prepends its own directories — neither relies on the daemon's environment being current. + +## Committed + +`paperclip-harness` → `cba45f8`, pushed, and the commands plus the rebuilt binary are copied to `.27` and `.51`. + +Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. + +## Source paths observed + +- `HOME/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` +- `bin/lib/harness.py` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 84% +- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration + +## Related learned memories + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md index 7765398..1917d7c 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md @@ -1324,3 +1324,33 @@ Note: git status immediately before showed untracked `.harness/` (separate from - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +Delivered and committed to paperclip-harness at `cba45f8` (pushed to main; synced to `.27` and `.51`, harness rebuilt). + +Changes: +- `office` non-git prompt now spells out next steps (gitignore, lazygit commit, re-run command) and generates the repeat command from actual typed args including `--host`. +- Added `--git-init` (auto-Y) and `--commit-all` (Y + commit) flags; post-staging message lists lazygit keys and the exact re-run command. +- Unified keybindings on Board and Project panes: `t`=tool chooser, `l`=lazygit, tabs `(`/`)`; chooser refactored into one shared function. +- Fixed a bug where the 'agents cannot see this folder' guard ran on the local machine instead of the remote host owning the folder, blocking `--host nixos-desktop`. +- Remote runs now allocate a terminal so the Y/N prompt can be interactive. + +Validation: verified end-to-end against a folder on `.13` driven from `.27`; checked staging leaves `.gitignore` (containing `.paperclip/`) plus `a.md` staged and no commit. Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 90% +- Reason: Concrete completed work with commit, artifacts, and validation results. + +## Related learned memories + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md index b4e7252..593d89a 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md @@ -6686,3 +6686,119 @@ you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit you - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +All four answered, and two of them turned into code. + +## 1. The prompt now says what to do next + +``` + Y make the repository now, then three steps: + + 1. PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE YOU DO NOT WANT COMMITTED. + A file there is invisible to the agent, which is usually what + you want for evidence folders, notes with credentials, and + .paperclip/, which is written there for you. + 2. commit what is left, in lazygit: stage with space, commit with c. + 3. run this same command again to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/gw2 --new "gw2" + + N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge. +``` + +The repeat command is generated from what you actually typed, so it includes `--host nixos-desktop` when you used one. And the message after staging repeats it with the lazygit keys: + +``` + i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore + space stage or unstage e edit a file, .gitignore included + c commit ? every key + + Then repeat this command to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/rtest13 --new "rtest13" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +## 2. `l` is lazygit, `t` is the tool chooser — on every pane + +You were right: `t` meant two different things. Now, on both `Board>board` and `Project>project`: + +| key | does | +|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | +| `l` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | + +`l` was free because TUIOS owns `h j k l` in window mode, so the old "next tab" binding on `l` never fired anyway. Tabs are `(` and `)`. The chooser is now one shared function used by both panes, so they cannot drift apart again — that duplication is what let them disagree. + +## 3. `~/TEST-BETA` from `.27` — yes, it needs `--host`, and drop `--session` + +`~` expands on the machine you are typing on. From `.27`, `~/TEST-BETA` means `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` **on `.27`**, where it does not exist. The folder is on `.13`, so: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +Two things to change in what you planned: + +- **drop `--session security`.** There is already a session called `security` on `.13`, made for `~/SECURITY`. Two projects in one session means `board` rebuilds those panes against the wrong folder and you lose the first one. Leave `--session` off and it becomes `test-beta`, one project, one session. +- `TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** (I checked: `folder-0`, `TEST0.md`…, no `.git`), so the gate will ask Y or N. Since your terminal is interactive it will ask properly — I made the remote run take a terminal when yours has one. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y plus commit in one step: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop --git-init +``` + +That makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, stops, and prints the exact command to run again once you have committed in lazygit. Verified end to end against a folder on `.13` driven from `.27`. + +While testing this I also found and fixed a real bug: the "agents cannot see this folder" guard was firing on the machine you were *sitting at* instead of the machine that *owns the folder*, so `--host nixos-desktop` from `.27` was refused before it ever reached `.13`. + +## 4. Do you need to reload zsh? + +**Not for the rebuild itself, yes for `PATH` in a shell that was already open.** An environment variable belongs to the process that started the shell, and `PATH` is fixed at that moment. The rebuild changed the file that *new* shells read. + +So: + +```sh +exec zsh # in the open shell, replaces it with a new one +``` + +or just open a new terminal. You can tell instantly: + +```sh +echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -c .local/bin # want 1 +``` + +You clearly already did this on `.27`, because `office` resolved by name when you ran it. And it no longer matters much: the commands read the secrets file themselves, so a shell without those variables still works. + +One thing worth knowing for `.13`: TUIOS panes inherit the environment of the **daemon**, which there started on 5 November. A `PATH` change today would not reach a pane until the daemon restarts. That is why the pane launcher sets `PATH` explicitly before starting a tool, and why `bin/lib/harness.py` prepends its own directories — neither relies on the daemon's environment being current. + +## Committed + +`paperclip-harness` → `cba45f8`, pushed, and the commands plus the rebuilt binary are copied to `.27` and `.51`. + +Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. + +## Source paths observed + +- `HOME/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` +- `bin/lib/harness.py` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 82% +- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery + +## Related learned memories + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md index 08cd9d8..c6ea526 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md @@ -2143,3 +2143,35 @@ Follow-up observed: `~/SECURITY` was intentionally not touched; when run it will - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 20:21:44) + +Trigger: creating a new `office` project whose folder lives on another machine (e.g. from `.27` targeting `nixos-desktop`/`.13`). + +Steps: +1. Always pass `--host ` when the folder is not on the current machine; `~` expands locally, so `~/FOO` from `.27` is `.27`'s home and will not exist there. +2. Do not reuse an existing `--session` name that is already bound to a different project/folder (e.g. `security` on `.13` for `~/SECURITY`); omit `--session` so the project name becomes the session. +3. If target folder is not a git repo, the office prompt asks Y/N: + - Interactive terminal (remote runs now get one): answer Y to create a repo, but you must complete the three steps: edit `.gitignore` (must include `.paperclip/`, plus evidence/credential files), commit in lazygit (space stage, c commit), then re-run the exact command printed. + - Non-interactive: `--git-init` = Y (stages, stops, prints re-run command); `--commit-all` = Y plus commit in one step. + - N = create in place without worktrees (no branch, no diff, task edits files directly). +4. After staging, review and commit in lazygit, then re-run the printed `office --new "" [--host ...]` command to create the project with worktrees. + +Caveats: verify folder ownership/guard uses remote host, not local machine (bug now fixed). Rebuilt harness needs a fresh shell (`exec zsh`) on the machine where `office` is used, though TUIOS panes on `.13` inherit the old daemon env — pane launcher sets PATH explicitly. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 90% +- Reason: Repeatable procedure with prerequisites, steps, safe/dangerous flags, and caveats. + +## Related learned memories + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f9fbda3 --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too +title: paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - paperclip-harness + - office + - cli-prompt + - lazygit + - remote-hosts + - tuios + - path +--- + +# paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow + +Working on paperclip-harness (repo `paperclip-harness`, commit `cba45f8`, pushed to main; commands synced to hosts `.27` and `.51`; harness rebuilt). + +Key durable discovery: two machines involved — local workstation `sam-4screen-desktop` (192.168.20.27) and remote `nixos-desktop` (192.168.20.13). Remote runs use `run_on_remote`; there is a `is_this_machine` check and a guard that was firing on the machine you are sitting at instead of the machine that owns the folder — bug fixed (guard now applies where the folder lives). + +New `office` project-creation prompt (when target dir is not a git repo): +- Y = make repository now, then three steps: (1) put everything unwanted into `.gitignore` (evidence folders, notes with credentials, `.paperclip/`), (2) commit via lazygit (space=stage, c=commit, i=gitignore, e=edit, ?=all keys), (3) re-run same command to create project with worktrees. +- N = create project in place, no branches/worktrees, task edits files directly. +- The repeat command is generated from what the user actually typed (e.g. preserves `--host nixos-desktop`). +- `--git-init` = answer Y non-interactively; `--commit-all` = Y plus commit in one step (then still prints the re-run command after staging). Remote runs now get a terminal to ask in when the local terminal is interactive. + +Key bindings unified on both `Board>board` and `Project>project` panes: `t` = tool chooser (lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell), `l` = lazygit straight away in project folder. Tabs are `(` and `)`. `l` was free because TUIOS owns `h j k l` in window mode. Chooser is now one shared function for both panes to prevent drift. + +Path/`--session` caveats: `~` expands on the machine you type on, so from `.27` `~/TEST-BETA` needs `--host nixos-desktop` to reach `.13`. Do not reuse `--session security` (already exists on `.13` for `~/SECURITY`); omit `--session` so it becomes `test-beta`. `~/TEST-BETA` is not a git repo, so gate applies. + +Environment: TUIOS panes inherit the daemon environment (on `.13` daemon started 5 Nov), so `PATH` changes don't reach panes until daemon restart; pane launcher sets `PATH` explicitly and `bin/lib/harness.py` prepends its own dirs. An already-open shell needs `exec zsh` (or new terminal) to pick up `PATH`; check with `echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -c .local/bin` (want 1). Commands read the secrets file themselves so shell env vars are no longer required. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 90% +- Reason: Rich sanitized discovery snapshot with architecture, CLI behavior, keybindings, host/IP layout, and caveats useful to a future agent. + +## Related + +- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]] + +## Related learned memories + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..768ef65 --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44 +title: Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44 +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - autolearn + - rich-discovery + - repo/now +--- + +# Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44 + +Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn. + + +## Source paths observed + +- `HOME/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` +- `bin/lib/harness.py` + +## Final answer snapshot + +All four answered, and two of them turned into code. + +## 1. The prompt now says what to do next + +``` + Y make the repository now, then three steps: + + 1. PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE YOU DO NOT WANT COMMITTED. + A file there is invisible to the agent, which is usually what + you want for evidence folders, notes with credentials, and + .paperclip/, which is written there for you. + 2. commit what is left, in lazygit: stage with space, commit with c. + 3. run this same command again to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/gw2 --new "gw2" + + N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge. +``` + +The repeat command is generated from what you actually typed, so it includes `--host nixos-desktop` when you used one. And the message after staging repeats it with the lazygit keys: + +``` + i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore + space stage or unstage e edit a file, .gitignore included + c commit ? every key + + Then repeat this command to create the project with worktrees: + + office /tmp/rtest13 --new "rtest13" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +## 2. `l` is lazygit, `t` is the tool chooser — on every pane + +You were right: `t` meant two different things. Now, on both `Board>board` and `Project>project`: + +| key | does | +|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | +| `l` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | + +`l` was free because TUIOS owns `h j k l` in window mode, so the old "next tab" binding on `l` never fired anyway. Tabs are `(` and `)`. The chooser is now one shared function used by both panes, so they cannot drift apart again — that duplication is what let them disagree. + +## 3. `~/TEST-BETA` from `.27` — yes, it needs `--host`, and drop `--session` + +`~` expands on the machine you are typing on. From `.27`, `~/TEST-BETA` means `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` **on `.27`**, where it does not exist. The folder is on `.13`, so: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop +``` + +Two things to change in what you planned: + +- **drop `--session security`.** There is already a session called `security` on `.13`, made for `~/SECURITY`. Two projects in one session means `board` rebuilds those panes against the wrong folder and you lose the first one. Leave `--session` off and it becomes `test-beta`, one project, one session. +- `TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** (I checked: `folder-0`, `TEST0.md`…, no `.git`), so the gate will ask Y or N. Since your terminal is interactive it will ask properly — I made the remote run take a terminal when yours has one. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y plus commit in one step: + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "test-beta" --host nixos-desktop --git-init +``` + +That makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, stops, and prints the exact command to run again once you have committed in lazygit. Verified end to end against a folder on `.13` driven from `.27`. + +While testing this I also found and fixed a real bug: the "agents cannot see this folder" guard was firing on the machine you were *sitting at* instead of the machine that *owns the folder*, so `--host nixos-desktop` from `.27` was refused before it ever reached `.13`. + +## 4. Do you need to reload zsh? + +**Not for the rebuild itself, yes for `PATH` in a shell that was already open.** An environment variable belongs to the process that started the shell, and `PATH` is fixed at that moment. The rebuild changed the file that *new* shells read. + +So: + +```sh +exec zsh # in the open shell, replaces it with a new one +``` + +or just open a new terminal. You can tell instantly: + +```sh +echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -c .local/bin # want 1 +``` + +You clearly already did this on `.27`, because `office` resolved by name when you ran it. And it no longer matters much: the commands read the secrets file themselves, so a shell without those variables still works. + +One thing worth knowing for `.13`: TUIOS panes inherit the environment of the **daemon**, which there started on 5 November. A `PATH` change today would not reach a pane until the daemon restarts. That is why the pane launcher sets `PATH` explicitly before starting a tool, and why `bin/lib/harness.py` prepends its own directories — neither relies on the daemon's environment being current. + +## Committed + +`paperclip-harness` → `cba45f8`, pushed, and the commands plus the rebuilt binary are copied to `.27` and `.51`. + +Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. + +## 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 + +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|create a paperclip-harness project on a remote host]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness cba45f8: clearer office prompt, unified t/l keys, remote guard fix]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-office-project-creation-prompt-lazygit-too|paperclip-harness: office project-creation prompt, lazygit/tool-chooser keys, remote --host workflow]] +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/bin/harness b/bin/harness index f26a06e..6fc0c0f 100755 Binary files a/bin/harness and b/bin/harness differ diff --git a/tui/board.go b/tui/board.go index 2daec65..81e11de 100644 --- a/tui/board.go +++ b/tui/board.go @@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ func (m boardModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) { case "t": m.tools = true return m, nil - case "l": - // lazygit in the project folder, the same key as on the other panes. + case "g": + // lazygit in the project folder. `l` stays a navigation key. if err := openTool(m.folder, "lazygit"); err != nil { m.err = err } @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (m boardModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) { m.needsTab-- } return m, nil - case "]": + case "]", "l": if m.focus == focusNeeds && m.needsTab < 1 { m.needsTab++ } @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func (m boardModel) footerLine() string { keyHint("u", "unblock"), keyHint("c", "cancel"), keyHint("t", "tools"), - keyHint("l", "lazygit"), + keyHint("g", "lazygit"), keyHint("/", "filter"), keyHint("?", "keys"), keyHint("tab", "panel"), diff --git a/tui/project.go b/tui/project.go index 946cd95..cc4255c 100644 --- a/tui/project.go +++ b/tui/project.go @@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ func (m projectModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) { case "t": m.tools = true return m, nil - case "l": + case "g": // lazygit in the project folder: the tool that stages, excludes and - // commits. `t` is the chooser, as it is on every other pane. + // commits. `t` is the chooser, as it is on every other pane, and `l` + // stays a navigation key. if err := openTool(m.folder, "lazygit"); err != nil { m.err = err } @@ -248,13 +249,13 @@ func (m projectModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) { } } return m, nil - case "(", "[": + case "(", "[", "h": if m.tab > 0 { m.tab-- m.scroll = 0 } return m, nil - case ")", "]", "tab": + case ")", "]", "l", "tab": if m.tab < len(projectTabs)-1 { m.tab++ m.scroll = 0 @@ -320,8 +321,9 @@ func (m projectModel) View() string { return helpOverlay("the project", [][2]string{ {"( )", "overview, git, facts, costs, settings, projects"}, {"t", "open a tool pane here (lazygit, yazi, nvim, …)"}, - {"l", "lazygit, straight away"}, - {"[ ] h l", "previous and next tab"}, + {"g", "lazygit, straight away"}, + {"h l", "previous and next tab"}, + {"[ ]", "previous and next tab"}, {"↑ ↓ j k", "scroll"}, {"r", "read again"}, {"R", "rebuild every pane"}, @@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ func (m projectModel) View() string { footer := hintLine([]string{ keyHint("( )", "tab"), keyHint("t", "tools"), - keyHint("l", "lazygit"), + keyHint("g", "lazygit"), keyHint("↑↓", "scroll"), keyHint("r", "refresh"), keyHint("R", "rebuild"),