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- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Convention: folder and session must live on the same machine; --host only when they differ]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Repository: https://gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git (branch main).
Purpose: provides the operator CLI commands for opening folders as Paperclip/TUIOS-backed projects.
CLI commands installed on PATH via thin wrapper scripts in ~/.local/bin: office, board, merge, review, triage, project-reset.
Wrappers, not symlinks. Reason: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to ~/.local/bin and cannot find sibling modules. Each wrapper is a two-line script execing the real script inside the repo checkout.
Python entrypoint for `office`: options --project <Name> (adopt existing Paperclip project), --new <Name> (create Paperclip project), --host <machine> (folder lives on remote machine; run_on_remote), --dry (print intended actions, write nothing), --no-switch, --session, --remote. Behaviour: resolves folder, refuses if not a dir; reuses existing project session from .harness/harness.toml or defaults to basename(folder); ensures the session exists and switches before writing; writes <folder>/.harness/harness.toml; builds eight panes in the session.
Previous project's three wrappers were moved (not deleted) to ~/.local/bin/.old-harness/ for comparison.
## Detailed context from completed turn
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Discovered architecture, CLI surface, and install convention for the repo worked on this turn.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Three NixOS machines managed from a flake at /etc/nixos (hosts under /etc/nixos/hosts/<host>/configuration.nix, e.g. sam-4screen-desktop, sam-thinkpad).
Host roles/addresses observed:
- .13 = nixos-desktop (flake target `nixos-desktop`); config changed (lock + initContent + lan-mouse fix); dry-run evaluates to pi 1.5.0, 29 derivations to build; still running pi 0.82.1; next step: sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop.
- .27 = sam-4screen-desktop; config changed (lock + initContent); evaluates to pi 1.5.0 but has an eval error in home-manager fontconfig (home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings) — home-manager dated 2026-11-10 cannot merge the font declaration; unrelated to Pi. Still running 0.82.1; plan is a deliberate fontconfig fix, with smaller fallback of bumping nixpkgs only.
- .51 = sam-thinkpad; not yet changed; running pi 0.87.1; plan is the same three edits then rebuild.
Both .27 and .51 declare lan-mouse in configuration.nix.
## Detailed context from completed turn
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: Fleet overview with host mapping, versions, and per-host state that future work will build on.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Source paths observed
- `etc/nixos/flake.nix`
- `nix/store/v4yl2ai666di77fysixjb0v3nic1p8h9-lan-mouse-0.11.0.drv`
- `nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/board`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/merge`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/office`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/project-reset`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/review`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/triage`
- `tmp/dryrun-alpha/.harness/harness.toml`
- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git`
- `.local/bin/.old-harness`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 84%
- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 01:11:14 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|paperclip-harness repository]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lan-mouse 0.11.0 build panic on new nixpkgs and the override fix]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Fix a single package build before a NixOS rebuild, then switch]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|office CLI wrappers installed; office bugs fixed; .13 rebuild failure fixed and pushed]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14]]

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- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Convention: folder and session must live on the same machine; --host only when they differ]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Deliverables:
- Installed wrappers for office, board, merge, review, triage, project-reset at /home/sam/.local/bin (new wrappers); prior project's three wrappers moved to ~/.local/bin/.old-harness/.
- Fixed two `office` bugs: `office --help` previously ran with the current directory and created a stray session named 'tmp' (that session was killed); the session was created before the Paperclip project was validated, leaving a session behind on a bad command — now validation happens first.
- Fixed the .13 rebuild failure: added the lan-mouse LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR="0" override in /etc/nixos/flake.nix; dry-run then reported 29 derivations and pi 1.5.0.
Validation/result: `office --help` shows the intended usage; `--dry` prints would-write/.harness/harness.toml, would-create-session, 'dry run: nothing was written'; an unclaimed /tmp folder is refused with 'which Paperclip project is /tmp? pass --project <id|urlKey|name>'.
Git: committed a129c4e (7b2cccf..a129c4e) and pushed to main on gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git.
Follow-up: after .13 reboots into the new generation, report `pi --version`; then apply the same three edits (lock + initContent + lan-mouse fix) to .27 (after fixing its fontconfig eval error) and .51.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Completed work with artifacts, validation, and follow-ups worth remembering.
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 01:11:14 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|paperclip-harness repository]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lan-mouse 0.11.0 build panic on new nixpkgs and the override fix]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Fix a single package build before a NixOS rebuild, then switch]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|office CLI wrappers installed; office bugs fixed; .13 rebuild failure fixed and pushed]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14]]

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- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Convention: folder and session must live on the same machine; --host only when they differ]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Symptom: `lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build on the .13 rebuild with:
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
Cause: newer nixpkgs sets LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR, while lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2.
Fix (validated by building the package alone before changing the system), one line in /etc/nixos/flake.nix:
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
Build produced /nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0, and the system dry-run then evaluated cleanly (29 derivations).
Caveat: further packages may need similar treatment after the nixpkgs bump; diagnose each the same way, by building just that package with an override before switching.
## Detailed observations from completed turn
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Concrete troubleshooting discovery with the exact error, cause, and validated fix.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Source paths observed
- `etc/nixos/flake.nix`
- `nix/store/v4yl2ai666di77fysixjb0v3nic1p8h9-lan-mouse-0.11.0.drv`
- `nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/board`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/merge`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/office`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/project-reset`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/review`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/triage`
- `tmp/dryrun-alpha/.harness/harness.toml`
- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git`
- `.local/bin/.old-harness`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 82%
- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 01:11:14 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|paperclip-harness repository]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lan-mouse 0.11.0 build panic on new nixpkgs and the override fix]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Fix a single package build before a NixOS rebuild, then switch]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|office CLI wrappers installed; office bugs fixed; .13 rebuild failure fixed and pushed]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14]]

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- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Convention: folder and session must live on the same machine; --host only when they differ]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 01:11:14)
Trigger: a `nixos-rebuild` fails while building a specific derivation (e.g. a Rust/crate package reacting badly to the newer nixpkgs).
Procedure:
1. Identify the failing package and its exact error text; send/triage the first error block.
2. Build only that package with the intended override, e.g. via nix build of the flake package, before touching the system config. Validated example: lan-mouse override produced /nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0.
3. Apply the minimal override in /etc/nixos/flake.nix, e.g. `lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });`.
4. Dry-run/evaluate the system build to confirm it computes, e.g. confirming 29 derivations to build and the expected pi version.
5. Switch: `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#<host>` (e.g. #nixos-desktop for .13).
Rollback: switch back to the previous generation with `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --rollback` (or boot the previous generation) if the new generation misbehaves.
Troubleshooting: if the next rebuild fails elsewhere, repeat step 2 for the new failing package rather than guessing; eval errors in home-manager (e.g. fontconfig settings merge) are separate from package build errors and should be fixed deliberately.
## Detailed procedure from completed turn
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: Repeatable validated procedure used and generalised this turn.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 01:11:14 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|paperclip-harness repository]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lan-mouse 0.11.0 build panic on new nixpkgs and the override fix]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Fix a single package build before a NixOS rebuild, then switch]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|office CLI wrappers installed; office bugs fixed; .13 rebuild failure fixed and pushed]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14]]

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---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14
title: Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-12
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/session
- autolearn
- rich-discovery
- repo/local
---
# Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
## Source paths observed
- `etc/nixos/flake.nix`
- `nix/store/v4yl2ai666di77fysixjb0v3nic1p8h9-lan-mouse-0.11.0.drv`
- `nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix`
- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/board`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/merge`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/office`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/project-reset`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/review`
- `home/sam/.local/bin/triage`
- `tmp/dryrun-alpha/.harness/harness.toml`
- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git`
- `.local/bin/.old-harness`
## Final answer snapshot
Both done, and the rebuild failure is fixed.
## The commands are now plain commands
`office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage`, `project-reset` are on your path. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this repository — a **wrapper, not a symlink**, for the reason your old notes give: a symlinked script resolves its own directory to `~/.local/bin` and cannot find its siblings. The previous project's three wrappers were moved to `~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted, in case you want to compare.
```
$ office --help
office — open a folder as a project
office <folder> --project "<Name>" adopt a project Paperclip already has
office <folder> --new "<Name>" create the Paperclip project too
office <folder> --project "<Name>" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine
office <folder> --dry say what would happen, write nothing
The folder and the session live on the same machine. If you are typing inside the
session, on the machine that owns the folder, it is just: office <folder>.
```
Two bugs fixed while doing it: `office --help` used to run with the current directory and create a stray session called `tmp` (I killed it), and the session was being created before the Paperclip project was checked — so a bad command left a session behind. Both corrected.
## The `.13` rebuild failure: found and fixed
`lan-mouse 0.11.0` panics during build:
```
The environment variable LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR has been set but no compatible system libgit2 could be found.
```
The new nixpkgs sets that variable, and lan-mouse's crate insists on a system libgit2. Letting it vendor its own fixes it. I built it with the override before touching anything:
```
/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0 ← built
```
and applied the one-line change to `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
Now the system dry-run evaluates with **29 derivations to build** and pi at **1.5.0**. Your rebuild:
```sh
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop
```
If it fails again, send the first error block; the next likely candidate is another package that the newer nixpkgs treated differently, and each one is found the same way — build just that package with an override before switching.
## Where the machines stand
| | config changed | evaluates to | running | next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | lock + `initContent` + lan-mouse fix | pi 1.5.0, 29 to build | 0.82.1 | rebuild now |
| `.27` | lock + `initContent` | pi 1.5.0, but **eval error** in home-manager fontconfig | 0.82.1 | needs a fix; smaller attempt is bumping nixpkgs only |
| `.51` | not yet | pi 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same three edits, then rebuild |
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` — home-manager 2026-11-10 with a font declaration it cannot merge. It has nothing to do with Pi, and I would rather fix it deliberately than guess at its font config.
Committed as `a129c4e` and pushed. After `.13` reboots into the new generation, tell me what `pi --version` says and I will do `.27` and `.51` to match.
## 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-2026-11-12 01:11:14 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|paperclip-harness repository]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lan-mouse 0.11.0 build panic on new nixpkgs and the override fix]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Fix a single package build before a NixOS rebuild, then switch]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|office CLI wrappers installed; office bugs fixed; .13 rebuild failure fixed and pushed]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-01-11-14|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 01:11:14]]

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- Local git repo only, one commit, no remote. It is not on Gitea. Push it somewhere before
relying on it, or accept that only this machine has it.
## NixOS alignment for Pi, 2026-11-11
Goal: all three machines on the same Pi. The `pi-coding-agent` version comes from the nixpkgs pin,
so aligning means bumping `nixpkgs` and `home-manager` in each machine's flake.
Measured after `nix flake update nixpkgs home-manager`:
| machine | nixpkgs pin | pi after update | state |
|---|---|---|---|
| `.13` | 2026-07-29 → 2026-11-07 | **1.5.0** | config ready, 12 derivations to build |
| `.27` | same | 1.5.0 | evaluation fails in home-manager fontconfig |
| `.51` | 2026-09-26 | 0.87.1 (today) | not started |
Two changes are needed with the bump, both measured:
1. `programs.zsh.initExtra` was renamed: `initContent`.
2. **lan-mouse 0.11.0 panics** when `LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR` is set and there is no system libgit2
(nixpkgs 2026-11-07 sets it). An overlay on `pkgs.lan-mouse` did **not** fix it — the
derivation hash barely moved and the same panic came back. What does work is building the
flake's own lan-mouse package with `LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"`:
```nix
lm = lan-mouse.packages.${system}.default.overrideAttrs (o: { LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = "0"; });
```
and using `lm` in `systemPackages` instead of the plain package. Built and verified:
`/nix/store/f6w228jqp5wq6xznf6arq69kck6axyyf-lan-mouse-0.11.0`.
`.27`'s failure names `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings`. It is a
home-manager option merge, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt there is to bump `nixpkgs`
only and leave `home-manager` where it is.