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 9edbbb5..ab85e61 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md @@ -898,3 +898,100 @@ Committed as `9631cdd` and pushed. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-tuios-sessions-across-hosts-initextra-initcontent-|Paperclip/TUIOS sessions across hosts, initExtra→initContent fix, and dry-runs]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-11-23-32-18|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-11 23:32:18]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +You are right that I was inconsistent. Here is the exact state, then the simple rule for `office`. + +## What is applied, precisely + +| | `/etc/nixos` changed? | Evaluates to pi | Running pi | Needs | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| **`.13`** | **yes, now**: lock bumped to 2026-11-07, `initExtra` → `initContent` | **1.5.0** | 0.82.1 | one `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` | +| **`.27`** | **yes, now**: same two edits | 1.5.0 | 0.82.1 | a fix first — see below | +| **`.51`** | no | 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same two edits, then rebuild | + +Earlier I said "applied" when I had only tested a copy in `/tmp`. That was wrong wording on my part: nothing had been written to `/etc/nixos`. It has been now, on `.13` and `.27`, and `.13`'s dry-run build passes with 465 derivations to build and 5.5 GiB to fetch. + +On `.13`, the rebuild is: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop +``` + +**`.27` cannot be rebuilt yet.** Its evaluation fails in home-manager's fontconfig code: + +``` +… while evaluating the option `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings': +error: … head values (attrsets.nix:1711) +``` + +That is home-manager 2026-11-10 disagreeing with something in `.27`'s font configuration, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt is to bump **nixpkgs only** on `.27` and leave home-manager where it is — I would try that before touching fonts. + +`.51` would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. Say whether you want `.51` aligned in the same pass, or left at 0.87.1 until `.13` is proven. + +## Your notes, adopted — and the commands simplified + +I read `docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md`. Four things from it are now in our `bin/office`: + +- **A host name → address table** (`nixos-desktop`/`.13` → `192.168.20.13`, and so on), because the old version broke on names ssh could not resolve. +- **A check whether the named host is this machine**, before any ssh. I hit exactly that trap tonight: `office --remote 192.168.20.13` from `.13` tried to log in to itself. +- **An ssh probe** (`ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`) before doing anything remote, so a missing key says so instead of half-working. +- **`bin/board --reset`** — closes every pane, waits until the session is empty, clears the workspace names, then builds. `--replace` alone can run out of workspace slots on a half-built session. + +One thing is *simpler* than the old design: it needed `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session. Ours can, through the daemon's own verb. So it is one command. + +## The rule, in one table + +| Situation | Command | +|---|---| +| folder on this machine, shell on this machine | `bin/office --project ""` | +| folder Paperclip has not seen yet | `bin/office --new ""` | +| folder on another machine | `bin/office --project "" --host nixos-desktop` | +| repair / rebuild | `bin/board`, `bin/board --replace`, `bin/board --reset` | +| start again from nothing | `bin/project-reset ` | + +And the rule that removes the confusion: **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 `bin/office `. `--host` is only for the case where those two differ. + +Written into `docs/STARTUP.md`, committed as `7b2cccf` and pushed. + +## Your `email_agent` case, concretely + +The folder is on `.13`, the Paperclip project is **Email Agent** (`local_path`, so no worktree policy), and the session must live on `.13`. From `.27`: + +```sh +bin/office /home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent +``` + +That runs the work on `.13` over ssh, creates the session there, and builds eight panes. Then `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop email-agent`. No program can move your client, so that last step is always yours. + +## Source paths observed + +- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/0954f7ee2f6bb3dc7d4e3d0d8bcb8fd4bde4cfc5` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/f4a03c008967841f2a0b3cb7c436fc6fc31671f6` +- `home/sam/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 84% +- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp.md index 538b49a..21215ae 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp.md @@ -1016,3 +1016,101 @@ Say go on 1 and I will run the project-docs pass before anything else. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-headroom-integration-machine-drift-cancel-|paperclip-harness: headroom integration, machine drift, cancel feature, office workflow]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-itself-2026-11-11-08-00-32|Rich discovery: itself 2026-11-11 08:00:32]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|itself]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +Repo/config root is /etc/nixos (NixOS flake, home-manager). Hosts live under /etc/nixos/hosts//configuration.nix and shared home config in /etc/nixos/home.nix; flake.lock pins nixpkgs. + +Hosts and addresses: nixos-desktop/.13 -> 192.168.20.13, .27, .51 (ssh access by IP; names may not resolve). + +Pi CLI (the 'pi' tool) exists in three versions across the fleet: .13 and .27 evaluate to 1.5.0 after edits, .51 currently at 0.87.1. Running binaries were 0.82.1 on .13/.27 before rebuild. + +Fonts are declared per-host in configuration.nix (nerd-fonts.symbols-only, font-awesome, nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono) plus home-manager fontconfig (see hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix lines ~398-446 and hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix ~199-202). + +Office workflow docs are in /etc/nixos/docs/: STARTUP-COMMANDS.md (existing notes) and STARTUP.md (new simplified rule, committed as 7b2cccf). Helper scripts: bin/office, bin/board, bin/project-reset. + +Key rule documented: the folder and the session must live on the same machine. On the owning machine run `bin/office `; use `--host ` only when the folder and session machine differ. + +## Detailed context from completed turn + +You are right that I was inconsistent. Here is the exact state, then the simple rule for `office`. + +## What is applied, precisely + +| | `/etc/nixos` changed? | Evaluates to pi | Running pi | Needs | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| **`.13`** | **yes, now**: lock bumped to 2026-11-07, `initExtra` → `initContent` | **1.5.0** | 0.82.1 | one `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` | +| **`.27`** | **yes, now**: same two edits | 1.5.0 | 0.82.1 | a fix first — see below | +| **`.51`** | no | 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same two edits, then rebuild | + +Earlier I said "applied" when I had only tested a copy in `/tmp`. That was wrong wording on my part: nothing had been written to `/etc/nixos`. It has been now, on `.13` and `.27`, and `.13`'s dry-run build passes with 465 derivations to build and 5.5 GiB to fetch. + +On `.13`, the rebuild is: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop +``` + +**`.27` cannot be rebuilt yet.** Its evaluation fails in home-manager's fontconfig code: + +``` +… while evaluating the option `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings': +error: … head values (attrsets.nix:1711) +``` + +That is home-manager 2026-11-10 disagreeing with something in `.27`'s font configuration, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt is to bump **nixpkgs only** on `.27` and leave home-manager where it is — I would try that before touching fonts. + +`.51` would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. Say whether you want `.51` aligned in the same pass, or left at 0.87.1 until `.13` is proven. + +## Your notes, adopted — and the commands simplified + +I read `docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md`. Four things from it are now in our `bin/office`: + +- **A host name → address table** (`nixos-desktop`/`.13` → `192.168.20.13`, and so on), because the old version broke on names ssh could not resolve. +- **A check whether the named host is this machine**, before any ssh. I hit exactly that trap tonight: `office --remote 192.168.20.13` from `.13` tried to log in to itself. +- **An ssh probe** (`ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`) before doing anything remote, so a missing key says so instead of half-working. +- **`bin/board --reset`** — closes every pane, waits until the session is empty, clears the workspace names, then builds. `--replace` alone can run out of workspace slots on a half-built session. + +One thing is *simpler* than the old design: it needed `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session. Ours can, through the daemon's own verb. So it is one command. + +## The rule, in one table + +| Situation | Command | +|---|---| +| folder on this machine, shell on this machine | `bin/office --project ""` | +| folder Paperclip has not seen yet | `bin/office --new ""` | +| folder on another machine | `bin/office --project "" --host nixos-desktop` | +| repair / rebuild | `bin/board`, `bin/board --replace`, `bin/board --reset` | +| start again from nothing | `bin/project-reset ` | + +And the rule that removes the confusion: **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 `bin/office `. `--host` is only for the case where those two differ. + +Written into `docs/STARTUP.md`, committed as `7b2cccf` and pushed. + +## Your `email_agent` case, concretely + +The folder is on `.13`, the Paperclip project is **Email Agent** (`local_path`, so no worktree policy), and the session must live on `.13`. From `.27`: + +```sh +bin/office /home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent +``` + +That runs the work on `.13` over ssh, creates the session there, and builds eight panes. Then `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop email-agent`. No program can move your client, so that last step is always yours. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 85% +- Reason: Concrete repo layout, host map, version state and script names from the turn.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] 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 e8b7a05..cd151b8 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 @@ -1068,3 +1068,33 @@ Committed as `9631cdd` and pushed. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-tuios-sessions-across-hosts-initextra-initcontent-|Paperclip/TUIOS sessions across hosts, initExtra→initContent fix, and dry-runs]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-11-23-32-18|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-11 23:32:18]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +Deliverable: updated /etc/nixos on .13 and .27 (flake.lock bumped to nixpkgs 2026-11-07; Pi home.nix option initExtra -> initContent), simplified `bin/office` and `bin/board` per docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md, and rewrote the rule into docs/STARTUP.md (committed 7b2cccf, pushed). + +bin/office improvements adopted: hostname->address table (nixos-desktop/.13 -> 192.168.20.13), local-host detection before any ssh, `ssh -o BatchMode=yes true` probe, and it can create sessions itself via `tuios new` (one command instead of two). + +bin/board gains `--reset`: close every pane, wait until session empty, clear workspace names, then rebuild (avoids running out of workspace slots on a half-built session). + +Validation: .13 dry-build passes (465 derivations, 5.5 GiB). .27 blocked by fontconfig eval error. .51 untouched. + +Follow-ups: run switch on .13; fix .27 (nixpkgs-only bump first); decide whether to align .51. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 85% +- Reason: Concrete completed work, commit id, validation and open follow-ups. + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li.md index b629654..853df34 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li.md @@ -433,3 +433,33 @@ Say go on 1 and I will run the project-docs pass before anything else. - action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Paperclip Harness: docs published to Outline, Obsidian note updated, repo pushed]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-link-2026-11-11-21-45-49|Rich discovery: link. 2026-11-11 21:45:49]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|link.]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +Decision: `bin/office ` is the default when the folder and the session are on the same machine, including when you are typing inside the session on that machine. `--host ` is used only when the folder lives on a different machine than where the session must run. + +Context: previous docs required `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session; that plus ssh name resolution and self-ssh traps caused confusion. + +Rationale: our `bin/office` can now create sessions through the daemon's own verb, so one command suffices; a host name -> address table plus a BatchMode ssh probe and a 'is this me' check removes the common failure modes. + +Consequences: command table — local folder: `bin/office --project ""`; unseen folder: `--new ""`; remote folder: add `--host nixos-desktop`; repair: `bin/board` / `--replace` / `--reset`; full reset: `bin/project-reset `. Attaching is always a manual final step (`tuios attach --host `). + +Caveat: when done from .27 against an .13 folder, use `--host nixos-desktop --session `, e.g. `/home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent` (local_path project, no worktree policy). + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 85% +- Reason: Explicit convention with rationale, alternatives and command table. + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] 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 21ae114..2613e85 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 @@ -4302,3 +4302,118 @@ Committed as `9631cdd` and pushed. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-tuios-sessions-across-hosts-initextra-initcontent-|Paperclip/TUIOS sessions across hosts, initExtra→initContent fix, and dry-runs]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-11-23-32-18|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-11 23:32:18]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +As of this turn: + +- .13 (/etc/nixos changed): lock bumped to nixpkgs 2026-11-07 (from 2026-07-29), Pi initExtra -> initContent. Evaluates to pi 1.5.0; running 0.82.1. Dry-run build passes: 465 derivations to build, 1666 paths fetched (~5.5 GiB download, 17.8 GiB unpacked). Needs `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop`. +- .27: same two edits applied, but evaluation fails in home-manager fontconfig: `head values` at nixpkgs lib/attrsets.nix:1711 while evaluating `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings` / `10-hm-fonts.conf`. Suspected home-manager 2026-11-10 incompatibility; recommended next attempt is bumping nixpkgs only, leaving home-manager pinned, before touching font config. +- .51: unchanged, pi 0.87.1 both evaluated and running; would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. + +Also emitted: deprecation warnings that xorg package set is deprecated and xorg.libXtst/libxshmfence renamed to libxtst/libxshmfence. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 85% +- Reason: Factual state and a specific reproducible evaluation error, useful for future work. + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +You are right that I was inconsistent. Here is the exact state, then the simple rule for `office`. + +## What is applied, precisely + +| | `/etc/nixos` changed? | Evaluates to pi | Running pi | Needs | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| **`.13`** | **yes, now**: lock bumped to 2026-11-07, `initExtra` → `initContent` | **1.5.0** | 0.82.1 | one `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` | +| **`.27`** | **yes, now**: same two edits | 1.5.0 | 0.82.1 | a fix first — see below | +| **`.51`** | no | 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same two edits, then rebuild | + +Earlier I said "applied" when I had only tested a copy in `/tmp`. That was wrong wording on my part: nothing had been written to `/etc/nixos`. It has been now, on `.13` and `.27`, and `.13`'s dry-run build passes with 465 derivations to build and 5.5 GiB to fetch. + +On `.13`, the rebuild is: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop +``` + +**`.27` cannot be rebuilt yet.** Its evaluation fails in home-manager's fontconfig code: + +``` +… while evaluating the option `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings': +error: … head values (attrsets.nix:1711) +``` + +That is home-manager 2026-11-10 disagreeing with something in `.27`'s font configuration, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt is to bump **nixpkgs only** on `.27` and leave home-manager where it is — I would try that before touching fonts. + +`.51` would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. Say whether you want `.51` aligned in the same pass, or left at 0.87.1 until `.13` is proven. + +## Your notes, adopted — and the commands simplified + +I read `docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md`. Four things from it are now in our `bin/office`: + +- **A host name → address table** (`nixos-desktop`/`.13` → `192.168.20.13`, and so on), because the old version broke on names ssh could not resolve. +- **A check whether the named host is this machine**, before any ssh. I hit exactly that trap tonight: `office --remote 192.168.20.13` from `.13` tried to log in to itself. +- **An ssh probe** (`ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`) before doing anything remote, so a missing key says so instead of half-working. +- **`bin/board --reset`** — closes every pane, waits until the session is empty, clears the workspace names, then builds. `--replace` alone can run out of workspace slots on a half-built session. + +One thing is *simpler* than the old design: it needed `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session. Ours can, through the daemon's own verb. So it is one command. + +## The rule, in one table + +| Situation | Command | +|---|---| +| folder on this machine, shell on this machine | `bin/office --project ""` | +| folder Paperclip has not seen yet | `bin/office --new ""` | +| folder on another machine | `bin/office --project "" --host nixos-desktop` | +| repair / rebuild | `bin/board`, `bin/board --replace`, `bin/board --reset` | +| start again from nothing | `bin/project-reset ` | + +And the rule that removes the confusion: **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 `bin/office `. `--host` is only for the case where those two differ. + +Written into `docs/STARTUP.md`, committed as `7b2cccf` and pushed. + +## Your `email_agent` case, concretely + +The folder is on `.13`, the Paperclip project is **Email Agent** (`local_path`, so no worktree policy), and the session must live on `.13`. From `.27`: + +```sh +bin/office /home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent +``` + +That runs the work on `.13` over ssh, creates the session there, and builds eight panes. Then `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop email-agent`. No program can move your client, so that last step is always yours. + +## Source paths observed + +- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/0954f7ee2f6bb3dc7d4e3d0d8bcb8fd4bde4cfc5` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/f4a03c008967841f2a0b3cb7c436fc6fc31671f6` +- `home/sam/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 82% +- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] 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 e1a5d7e..caf690e 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 @@ -1335,3 +1335,104 @@ Caveat: `bin/office` dry runs create the TUIOS session and need manual kill (see - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-new-existing-dry-runs-clean-test-plan-pi-v|paperclip-harness: --new/--existing dry runs, clean test plan, Pi version dry-run on .13/.27]] - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-root-2026-11-11-22-37-01|Rich discovery: root 2026-11-11 22:37:01]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|root]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 00:35:25) + +Trigger: applying config changes in /etc/nixos, or the .27 fontconfig evaluation failure. + +Prerequisites: ssh access by IP (BatchMode probe `ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`), sudo on target host. + +Steps (on .13, known good): +1. Dry run to see scope: `sudo nixos-rebuild dry-build --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop` (expected ~465 derivations / 5.5 GiB). +2. Apply: `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop`. +3. Verify: check `pi --version` (evaluated vs running) after switch. + +Fix path for .27 (fontconfig eval error at `… fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings`): bump nixpkgs only in flake.lock, keep home-manager pinned, re-evaluate; do NOT change font config first. If it still fails, inspect home-manager fontconfig settings against newer nixpkgs attrsets (nixpkgs lib/attrsets.nix head). + +Rollback: revert flake.lock and the initContent/initExtra edits in /etc/nixos (git tracked), then rebuild. Safe edits: home.nix Pi option name, flake.lock. Dangerous: font package removal, home-manager version bumps without testing. + +Troubleshooting: 'already applied' claims must be verified — only edits in /etc/nixos count; /tmp copies are not applied. + +## Detailed procedure from completed turn + +You are right that I was inconsistent. Here is the exact state, then the simple rule for `office`. + +## What is applied, precisely + +| | `/etc/nixos` changed? | Evaluates to pi | Running pi | Needs | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| **`.13`** | **yes, now**: lock bumped to 2026-11-07, `initExtra` → `initContent` | **1.5.0** | 0.82.1 | one `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` | +| **`.27`** | **yes, now**: same two edits | 1.5.0 | 0.82.1 | a fix first — see below | +| **`.51`** | no | 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same two edits, then rebuild | + +Earlier I said "applied" when I had only tested a copy in `/tmp`. That was wrong wording on my part: nothing had been written to `/etc/nixos`. It has been now, on `.13` and `.27`, and `.13`'s dry-run build passes with 465 derivations to build and 5.5 GiB to fetch. + +On `.13`, the rebuild is: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop +``` + +**`.27` cannot be rebuilt yet.** Its evaluation fails in home-manager's fontconfig code: + +``` +… while evaluating the option `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings': +error: … head values (attrsets.nix:1711) +``` + +That is home-manager 2026-11-10 disagreeing with something in `.27`'s font configuration, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt is to bump **nixpkgs only** on `.27` and leave home-manager where it is — I would try that before touching fonts. + +`.51` would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. Say whether you want `.51` aligned in the same pass, or left at 0.87.1 until `.13` is proven. + +## Your notes, adopted — and the commands simplified + +I read `docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md`. Four things from it are now in our `bin/office`: + +- **A host name → address table** (`nixos-desktop`/`.13` → `192.168.20.13`, and so on), because the old version broke on names ssh could not resolve. +- **A check whether the named host is this machine**, before any ssh. I hit exactly that trap tonight: `office --remote 192.168.20.13` from `.13` tried to log in to itself. +- **An ssh probe** (`ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`) before doing anything remote, so a missing key says so instead of half-working. +- **`bin/board --reset`** — closes every pane, waits until the session is empty, clears the workspace names, then builds. `--replace` alone can run out of workspace slots on a half-built session. + +One thing is *simpler* than the old design: it needed `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session. Ours can, through the daemon's own verb. So it is one command. + +## The rule, in one table + +| Situation | Command | +|---|---| +| folder on this machine, shell on this machine | `bin/office --project ""` | +| folder Paperclip has not seen yet | `bin/office --new ""` | +| folder on another machine | `bin/office --project "" --host nixos-desktop` | +| repair / rebuild | `bin/board`, `bin/board --replace`, `bin/board --reset` | +| start again from nothing | `bin/project-reset ` | + +And the rule that removes the confusion: **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 `bin/office `. `--host` is only for the case where those two differ. + +Written into `docs/STARTUP.md`, committed as `7b2cccf` and pushed. + +## Your `email_agent` case, concretely + +The folder is on `.13`, the Paperclip project is **Email Agent** (`local_path`, so no worktree policy), and the session must live on `.13`. From `.27`: + +```sh +bin/office /home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent +``` + +That runs the work on `.13` over ssh, creates the session there, and builds eight panes. Then `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop email-agent`. No program can move your client, so that last step is always yours. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 80% +- Reason: Repeatable procedure with commands, failure handling and a validation caveat.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable + +## Related learned memories + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..327b2a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-00-35-25 +title: Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25 +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - autolearn + - rich-discovery + - repo/home +--- + +# Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 00:35:25 + +Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn. + + +## Source paths observed + +- `gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au/sam/paperclip-harness.git` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/0954f7ee2f6bb3dc7d4e3d0d8bcb8fd4bde4cfc5` +- `NixOS/nixpkgs/f4a03c008967841f2a0b3cb7c436fc6fc31671f6` +- `home/sam/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix` +- `etc/nixos/hosts/sam-thinkpad/configuration.nix` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent` + +## Final answer snapshot + +You are right that I was inconsistent. Here is the exact state, then the simple rule for `office`. + +## What is applied, precisely + +| | `/etc/nixos` changed? | Evaluates to pi | Running pi | Needs | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| **`.13`** | **yes, now**: lock bumped to 2026-11-07, `initExtra` → `initContent` | **1.5.0** | 0.82.1 | one `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` | +| **`.27`** | **yes, now**: same two edits | 1.5.0 | 0.82.1 | a fix first — see below | +| **`.51`** | no | 0.87.1 | 0.87.1 | the same two edits, then rebuild | + +Earlier I said "applied" when I had only tested a copy in `/tmp`. That was wrong wording on my part: nothing had been written to `/etc/nixos`. It has been now, on `.13` and `.27`, and `.13`'s dry-run build passes with 465 derivations to build and 5.5 GiB to fetch. + +On `.13`, the rebuild is: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#nixos-desktop +``` + +**`.27` cannot be rebuilt yet.** Its evaluation fails in home-manager's fontconfig code: + +``` +… while evaluating the option `home-manager.users.sam.fonts.fontconfig.configFile.fonts.settings': +error: … head values (attrsets.nix:1711) +``` + +That is home-manager 2026-11-10 disagreeing with something in `.27`'s font configuration, not the Pi change. The smaller next attempt is to bump **nixpkgs only** on `.27` and leave home-manager where it is — I would try that before touching fonts. + +`.51` would need the same two edits to reach 1.5.0. Say whether you want `.51` aligned in the same pass, or left at 0.87.1 until `.13` is proven. + +## Your notes, adopted — and the commands simplified + +I read `docs/STARTUP-COMMANDS.md`. Four things from it are now in our `bin/office`: + +- **A host name → address table** (`nixos-desktop`/`.13` → `192.168.20.13`, and so on), because the old version broke on names ssh could not resolve. +- **A check whether the named host is this machine**, before any ssh. I hit exactly that trap tonight: `office --remote 192.168.20.13` from `.13` tried to log in to itself. +- **An ssh probe** (`ssh -o BatchMode=yes true`) before doing anything remote, so a missing key says so instead of half-working. +- **`bin/board --reset`** — closes every pane, waits until the session is empty, clears the workspace names, then builds. `--replace` alone can run out of workspace slots on a half-built session. + +One thing is *simpler* than the old design: it needed `tuios new --host …` plus `office … --host …`, because `office` could not create a session. Ours can, through the daemon's own verb. So it is one command. + +## The rule, in one table + +| Situation | Command | +|---|---| +| folder on this machine, shell on this machine | `bin/office --project ""` | +| folder Paperclip has not seen yet | `bin/office --new ""` | +| folder on another machine | `bin/office --project "" --host nixos-desktop` | +| repair / rebuild | `bin/board`, `bin/board --replace`, `bin/board --reset` | +| start again from nothing | `bin/project-reset ` | + +And the rule that removes the confusion: **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 `bin/office `. `--host` is only for the case where those two differ. + +Written into `docs/STARTUP.md`, committed as `7b2cccf` and pushed. + +## Your `email_agent` case, concretely + +The folder is on `.13`, the Paperclip project is **Email Agent** (`local_path`, so no worktree policy), and the session must live on `.13`. From `.27`: + +```sh +bin/office /home/sam/paseo/projects/email_agent --project "Email Agent" --host nixos-desktop --session email-agent +``` + +That runs the work on `.13` over ssh, creates the session there, and builds eight panes. Then `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop email-agent`. No program can move your client, so that last step is always yours. + +## 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 + +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/tmp|NixOS /etc/nixos flake: hosts, Pi CLI versions, office workflow]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|NixOS fleet: Pi CLI version state and .27 fontconfig evaluation failure]] +- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild/switch a NixOS host and fix home-manager fontconfig eval error]] +- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Pi 1.5.0 edits in /etc/nixos, simplified office/board scripts, docs/STARTUP.md]] +- 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]] diff --git a/bin/office b/bin/office index d34ba77..69114c9 100755 --- a/bin/office +++ b/bin/office @@ -236,8 +236,26 @@ def run_on_remote(host, folder, opts): return 0 +USAGE = """office — open a folder as a project + + office --project "" adopt a project Paperclip already has + office --new "" create the Paperclip project too + office --project "" --host nixos-desktop the folder is on that machine + office --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 . +""" + + def main(): - opts = parse(sys.argv[1:]) + argv = sys.argv[1:] + if not argv or "-h" in argv or "--help" in argv: + h.say(USAGE.strip()) + return 0 + opts = parse(argv) + if opts["folder"] in ("", "."): + raise h.Refused(2, "give the folder: office --project \"\" (office --help)") folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(opts["folder"])) if not os.path.isdir(folder): raise h.Refused(2, "no folder at %s" % folder) @@ -277,9 +295,6 @@ def main(): h.say("dry run: nothing was written") return 0 - if not opts["no_switch"]: - ensure_session(session, folder) - if opts["host"] and opts["host"] not in (pj.this_machine(), pj.this_machine().split(".")[0]): # Only a note, because the panes are built by the machine that owns them. h.say("host: %s (build the pages there)" % host) @@ -323,6 +338,9 @@ def main(): pj.save(folder, cfg) h.say("wrote %s" % pj.path(folder)) + if not opts["no_switch"]: + ensure_session(session, folder) + pj.register(cfg, proj["name"]) h.say("recorded in %s" % pj.REGISTRY) diff --git a/docs/STARTUP.md b/docs/STARTUP.md index 3456375..613a93f 100644 --- a/docs/STARTUP.md +++ b/docs/STARTUP.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ -# Starting a project: the three commands and the rule +# Starting a project: the commands and the rule + +These commands are on your `PATH` as `office`, `board`, `merge`, `review`, `triage` and +`project-reset`. Each is a two-line wrapper in `~/.local/bin` that runs the real script in this +repository — a wrapper, not a symlink, because a symlinked script resolves its own directory to +`~/.local/bin` and then cannot find its siblings. The previous project's wrappers were moved to +`~/.local/bin/.old-harness/`, not deleted. Replaces the previous project's four commands. There are three now, and one rule that removes most of the confusion.