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.agents/skills/setup-code-maintenance-bot/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: setup-code-maintenance-bot
+description: >
+  Set up a Paperclip agent and routine that applies a selected code-maintenance
+  skill to a repository and opens pull requests. Use for nightly maintenance
+  bots, scheduled code gardening, or webhook-driven maintenance, using an
+  existing agent or a new hire.
+---
+
+# Set Up a Code Maintenance Bot
+
+Turn the user's maintenance intent into a runnable Paperclip routine with a
+named agent, accessible repository and skill, bounded work, and inspectable PRs.
+The maintenance skill supplies the domain judgment: test auditing, documentation
+upkeep, dependency maintenance, refactoring, or another chosen task.
+
+If asked only to draft instructions or a setup plan, produce that artifact and
+stop before provisioning or running anything. Do not perform the maintenance
+while setting up the bot. An immediate trial is a separate choice from scheduling.
+
+## 1. Establish the destination and agent
+
+Start with the instance and agent choices, using answers already supplied:
+
+- **Instance:** show a clickable, verified Paperclip web URL and ask which
+  instance to use. If none is known, ask for its URL; never assume localhost,
+  the instance used in an earlier task, or the first connected tool.
+- **Company:** resolve the company within that instance; ask if ambiguous.
+- **Agent:** list accessible, suitable agents with names and links, and offer
+  **use an existing agent** or **create a new agent**. Do not silently choose.
+
+Example, after resolving the actual URL: “Use [Paperclip](<verified-web-url>),
+company Acme? Which agent should own this: an existing agent or a new one?”
+
+For a new agent, resolve its name, harness/adapter, provider and model, AI
+connection/account, execution environment, reporting line, and budget. Present
+available compatible choices from the selected instance. Distinguish the AI
+connection from repository credentials. For an existing agent, inspect these
+settings and preserve them unless the requested maintenance needs an authorized
+change. Keep maintenance-specific instructions in the routine, not by replacing
+an existing agent's role.
+
+Read [references/paperclip-api.md](references/paperclip-api.md) for authentication,
+discovery, connection binding, hiring, and exact provisioning calls. If the API
+is unavailable or not working and browser access is available, use the selected
+instance's Paperclip UI to perform the same setup. Verify the instance and
+company, honor UI approval gates, and inspect the saved agent and routine after
+saving. Reconcile any partially completed API setup before creating through the
+browser so the fallback does not duplicate resources. Resolve access against
+the selected instance before collecting secrets or making writes.
+
+## 2. Resolve the maintenance contract
+
+Ask only for missing choices; group related questions rather than presenting a
+long questionnaire. Discover actual projects and skills before offering them.
+
+| Choice | Resolve before activation |
+| --- | --- |
+| Repository | Project, repository URL, target branch, execution workspace/environment |
+| Work | Maintenance goal, exact skill/source, included areas and exclusions |
+| Trigger | Timer with local time and IANA timezone; webhook event/source; or manual/API |
+| Limits | Per-run time/cost limit, maximum PRs per run, outstanding-PR cap |
+| Delivery | PR target and reviewer/owner; draft or ready; required verification |
+| Lifecycle | Monitor and revise PRs until checks pass; owner and continuation path for blocked work |
+
+“Every night” still needs a time and timezone. Propose a concrete time if useful,
+but do not infer one silently. A reasonable starting proposal is one coherent PR
+per run, a bounded timebox, no automatic merging, and no new work once the agreed
+outstanding-PR cap is reached. These are proposals, not fixed product limits.
+
+Resolve the skill at a source the execution environment can actually read.
+A file in this chat's checkout is not proof it exists in a remote worker.
+Verify the committed target-branch path and all referenced resources, or install
+and assign the company skill. Record the chosen source/version policy. Never
+replace an unavailable requested skill with a loosely similar task silently.
+
+## 3. Prepare the configuration
+
+Use [references/run-instructions.md](references/run-instructions.md) to write
+the complete routine description. It becomes the task given to the worker;
+“run maintenance” or a bare skill name is insufficient.
+
+Inspect existing agents and routines to avoid duplicates. Match by company,
+repository, task/skill, and trigger; names alone are not identities. Reuse the
+requested agent. If an equivalent routine exists, show it and resolve whether
+to reuse or change it rather than creating another nightly job.
+
+Show a compact summary with the instance link, agent choice, connection/harness,
+repository, skill, trigger/timezone, limits, PR behavior, and readiness gaps.
+Proceed within the user's existing setup authorization once choices are settled;
+ask only for unresolved choices or required product approvals. Draft-only scope
+never authorizes creation. Honor server approval gates without bypassing them.
+
+## 4. Provision, verify, and activate
+
+Follow the API reference or equivalent browser UI in order: acquire authorized
+access, provision/reuse the
+agent, make the skill available, create the routine **paused**, add its trigger
+**disabled**, and read everything back. Record returned IDs as each step succeeds.
+Resume partial setup from those records; an ambiguous response is not a reason
+to blindly repeat creation.
+
+Verify the agent is runnable and can use its selected connection, repository,
+skill, and PR credentials in the actual execution environment. A successful
+adapter probe alone does not prove Git push/PR permission. Keep the routine
+paused if a hire approval, credential, workspace, or skill is unresolved.
+Do not change shared project defaults just to make this bot work.
+
+Enable the trigger and activate the routine only when readiness and scheduling
+authorization are established. Use Paperclip's routine trigger as the clock;
+do not add a second agent timer or a desktop automation for the same work.
+Run a maintenance trial only if requested. Read back the saved schedule and
+next run time; distinguish configured scheduling from an observed successful run.
+
+## 5. Hand off
+
+Return links to the instance, agent, routine, and project; the selected skill;
+the trigger and timezone; active/paused state; limits and PR policy; readiness
+evidence and remaining gaps. If trialed, link the run issue and resulting PR or
+no-change result. Explain how to pause the routine and which owner handles
+follow-up. Never report a draft, pending hire, or paused routine as running.

.agents/skills/setup-code-maintenance-bot/agents/openai.yaml

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+interface:
+  display_name: "Set Up Code Maintenance Bot"
+  short_description: "Set up Paperclip maintenance agents and routines"
+  default_prompt: "Use $setup-code-maintenance-bot to configure a Paperclip routine that applies my chosen maintenance skill and opens pull requests."

.agents/skills/setup-code-maintenance-bot/references/paperclip-api.md

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+# Paperclip setup API
+
+Use this reference when executing setup. These are API shapes, not commands to
+run while authoring this skill. Read the selected instance's advertised schemas
+before mutations; deployments can differ from the source used here.
+
+## Access and discovery
+
+Prefer the selected instance's available Paperclip tools. On Runner, discover
+operations through its advertised `search_api` / `call_api` tools when present;
+they supply authentication and company context. Do not invent tool names or
+recover tokens from workspace files when those tools are unavailable.
+
+If API access is unavailable or calls are not working and browser access is
+available, use the authenticated Paperclip web UI on the selected instance.
+Perform the same agent, skill, project, routine, and trigger setup through its
+visible controls. Inspect existing records first, including resources created
+by a partially successful API attempt. Honor the signed-in user's permissions
+and approval gates. After saving, reopen the agent/routine and verify its fields,
+trigger, and active/paused state. Record IDs and links from the resulting pages.
+If the UI cannot configure a required setting, report that specific gap and keep
+the setup paused; do not claim the setting was saved or bypass access controls.
+
+For an authorized HTTP client, use its existing board session or injected
+`PAPERCLIP_API_URL` / `PAPERCLIP_API_KEY`. Normalize the base to append `/api`
+exactly once. A run bridge address may differ from the user-facing web URL;
+show the web URL but use the injected bridge for API requests. Never send the
+credential to a different origin while resolving the user's instance choice.
+Use the supported sign-in flow if access is missing, not credentials pasted
+into chat. Keep secret values out of generated instructions, logs, and files.
+
+Resolve identity/company through tool context, the authenticated CLI's `whoami`,
+or `GET /api/agents/me` for agent callers. The latter is not a board identity
+endpoint. Read only the selected company's records:
+
+| Purpose | Operation |
+| --- | --- |
+| Candidate agents | `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/agents` |
+| Agent configuration (permission required) | `GET /api/agents/{agentId}/configuration` |
+| Projects and workspace selection | `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/projects`, `GET /api/projects/{projectId}`, `GET /api/projects/{projectId}/workspaces` |
+| Existing routines | `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/routines` |
+| Adapter capabilities | `GET /llms/agent-configuration.txt`, then `/llms/agent-configuration/{adapterType}.txt` |
+| Available models | `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/adapters/{adapterType}/models` |
+| AI connections (board access) | `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/ai-connections` |
+
+Agent callers can manage only routines assigned to themselves. Creating a new
+agent does not confer permission to manage that agent's routine. Use authorized
+board/operator access for another agent (including the necessary `tasks:assign`
+grant), or hand off through the supported authorized setup path. Do not mint an
+agent key or impersonate the assignee to bypass this restriction. A forbidden
+connection-list/configuration read is an access gap, not evidence of no accounts.
+
+## Agent and AI connection
+
+Read adapter docs before constructing configuration. A harness is the execution
+adapter/runtime; a provider/model is its inference choice; an AI connection is
+the account used to authenticate/bill it. The runtime also needs an execution
+environment and separate Git-host access. Do not copy redacted credentials or
+unrelated agents' entire configs.
+
+For instances supporting managed AI connections, the binding belongs under
+`runtimeConfig.aiConnection`, not an invented top-level `connectionId`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mode": "shared",
+  "provider": "<supported-provider>",
+  "method": "<supported-auth-method>",
+  "connectionId": "<selected-connection-uuid>",
+  "grantId": "<returned-grant-uuid>"
+}
+```
+
+The alternative `responsible_user` binding uses `provider`, `method`, and
+`mode: "responsible_user"` without connection/grant IDs. It resolves the
+responsible user's provider default at run time; verify the scheduled routine's
+responsible user and access, not just the setup caller's login. Discover compatible
+bindings on the deployed instance. Never assume a model/provider combination
+works merely because both appear in separate lists.
+
+Prefer the governance-aware hire endpoint for a new agent:
+
+```text
+POST /api/companies/{companyId}/agent-hires
+```
+
+Construct the body using discovered values:
+
+- `name`, `role`, `title`, `reportsTo`, `capabilities`, and a supported `icon`.
+- `adapterType`, adapter-specific `adapterConfig`, and `defaultEnvironmentId`
+  when supported and needed for the selected environment.
+- `runtimeConfig.aiConnection` for the resolved managed connection, if used.
+- `runtimeConfig.heartbeat: {"enabled": false, "wakeOnDemand": true}` for a new
+  routine-driven agent when supported. Preserve existing agents' other schedules.
+- `instructionsBundle.files["AGENTS.md"]` for managed-instruction adapters:
+  a focused maintenance role, repository rules, bounded execution, normal
+  Paperclip task lifecycle, and the user's PR/merge authority. Do not use legacy
+  prompt-template config when managed instructions are supported.
+- `desiredSkills` with installed company skill references when applicable.
+- `budgetMonthlyCents` for the user-selected monthly budget, and `sourceIssueId`
+  only when a real source issue exists.
+
+Use the installed `paperclip-create-agent` skill for its detailed role-template
+and hiring workflow when available. Read the response's `agent` and `approval`.
+A pending hire is not runnable; leave activation pending and link the approval.
+Do not use direct creation to evade governance. Preserve existing agents'
+instructions, permissions, connection, and budgets unless changes are authorized.
+
+The adapter probe is:
+
+```text
+POST /api/companies/{companyId}/adapters/{adapterType}/test-environment
+```
+
+Its current body accepts `adapterConfig`, optional `agentId`, `aiConnection`, and
+`environmentId`. Supply the actual execution environment: omitting it can test
+the Paperclip host instead of the worker. Inspect the probe's diagnostics; an
+HTTP success alone is insufficient. Use supported runtime checks to verify
+repository/skill readability and Git-host identity/permissions without publishing
+a throwaway PR. Report any capability not exercised; leave unresolved access
+blocked rather than claiming a successful maintenance run.
+
+## Make the maintenance skill available
+
+Choose either verified repository delivery or company installation:
+
+- **Repository:** verify the full skill directory is committed and reachable on
+  the selected checkout ref, including references/scripts. Use the worker's
+  workspace-relative path, never the setup machine's absolute path. Document
+  whether the worker follows that branch or an explicitly pinned version.
+- **Company library:** inspect `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/skills`; reuse the
+  exact installed skill when suitable. For an external source, use
+  `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills/import` with `{"source":"<source>"}`.
+  For a catalog skill, discover it via `GET /api/skills/catalog`, then use
+  `POST /api/companies/{companyId}/skills/install-catalog` with its returned
+  `catalogSkillId`. Local import paths must exist on the importing server.
+
+Read back the installed skill's `SKILL.md` and required resources. Installation
+is separate from assignment. Attach with:
+
+```text
+POST /api/agents/{agentId}/skills/sync
+{"mode":"add","desiredSkills":["<resolved-company-skill-key>"]}
+```
+
+Verify through `GET /api/agents/{agentId}/skills`. Use `add` to preserve other
+assignments; do not replace the full set for a single maintenance task.
+
+## Create a paused routine and disabled trigger
+
+Serialize the complete run instructions as `description` with real newlines.
+Do not interpolate untrusted prose into a shell command. A JSON file or structured
+tool argument avoids shell expansion. Replace every placeholder before sending.
+
+```text
+POST /api/companies/{companyId}/routines
+```
+
+```json
+{
+  "title": "<maintenance name>",
+  "description": "<complete instructions from run-instructions.md>",
+  "assigneeAgentId": "<agent-uuid>",
+  "projectId": "<project-uuid>",
+  "status": "paused",
+  "concurrencyPolicy": "skip_if_active",
+  "catchUpPolicy": "skip_missed",
+  "activityGatePolicy": "always",
+  "activityGateScope": "project"
+}
+```
+
+The server derives `responsibleUserId` from the authorized user/parent-issue
+context; it is not an arbitrary create-body field. Verify that attribution on
+read-back. If an agent caller has no resolvable responsible user, use an
+appropriate authorized parent-issue context or operator setup rather than
+inventing a user ID.
+
+`skip_if_active` avoids overlapping run issues; `coalesce_if_active` is another
+supported choice if the user wants firings associated with current work. Neither
+limits outstanding GitHub PRs: the run instructions must enforce that separately.
+Use `always` for literal nightly execution. Paperclip's external-activity gate
+tracks Paperclip activity, not Git commits; do not use it as a repository-change
+detector. The worker can cheaply check whether new repository work exists.
+
+The routine schema does not accept arbitrary workspace settings. Inspect the
+project's execution policy and verify the worker gets the intended repository
+and isolation. Do not assume workspace overrides on one manual run will persist
+for future scheduled runs. Prefer an existing suitable project/workspace; if
+provisioning one is needed, resolve that scope and use its advertised API.
+
+```text
+POST /api/routines/{routineId}/triggers
+```
+
+Schedule example, **only if the user selected 02:00 America/Chicago**:
+
+```json
+{"kind":"schedule","enabled":false,"cronExpression":"0 2 * * *","timezone":"America/Chicago"}
+```
+
+Cron uses five fields. Inspect the server's next run time and daylight-saving
+behavior for the chosen timezone; do not promise a fixed 24-hour interval.
+
+For webhooks, use the supported signing scheme, for example:
+
+```json
+{"kind":"webhook","enabled":false,"signingMode":"hmac_sha256","replayWindowSec":300}
+```
+
+Use the response's trigger ID, webhook URL, and secret material; do not fabricate
+them. Store signing secrets through the supported secret/connection flow without
+printing the response's secret fields. Configure the sender only within the
+user's authorization. Inspect the deployed signing protocol, event filter, and
+replay behavior; a generic Paperclip webhook is not automatically compatible
+with every provider's event signature. Keep it disabled if the sender is not ready.
+
+For manual/API use, the trigger body is `{"kind":"api","enabled":false}`.
+API triggers require callers; they do not create a timer.
+
+## Read back, activate, and report
+
+Read `GET /api/routines/{routineId}` and verify the complete saved description,
+assignee, project, policies, trigger, and absence of unintended extra triggers.
+Keep a setup receipt of IDs and completed steps. If a create response is lost,
+reconcile existing records before retrying; these create calls should not be
+assumed idempotent. A run endpoint's idempotency key does not protect setup calls.
+
+Once ready and authorized:
+
+```text
+PATCH /api/routine-triggers/{triggerId}
+{"enabled":true}
+
+PATCH /api/routines/{routineId}
+{"status":"active"}
+```
+
+Read back again. If activation fails, leave the routine paused; report the
+existing resources and exact next step. Do not delete a reused agent or project
+as cleanup for partial setup.
+
+Only for an authorized immediate trial:
+
+```text
+POST /api/routines/{routineId}/run
+{"source":"manual","idempotencyKey":"<stable-key-for-this-one-trial>"}
+```
+
+This starts real work and can dispatch even while the routine is paused; it is
+not a dry-run API. Reuse the key only for retries of that trial. Inspect
+`GET /api/routines/{routineId}/runs?limit=10` and the returned execution issue:
+queued, coalesced, or skipped is not a successful maintenance run. A bounded trial
+must either return the promised PR/no-change result or a specific failure.
+
+To stop future automatic work, `PATCH /api/routines/{routineId}` with
+`{"status":"paused"}`. Pausing does not cancel an already dispatched issue/run;
+inspect that separately if the user requests a full stop. Archiving is terminal,
+so use pause for reversible suspension.
+
+Prefer returned UI links. Otherwise resolve the company's actual URL prefix and
+build links under the verified web base: `/{prefix}/agents/{agent-key-or-id}`,
+`/{prefix}/projects/{project-key-or-id}`, `/{prefix}/routines/{routineId}`, and
+`/{prefix}/issues/{identifier}`. Never substitute an API bridge URL for a web link.
+
+## Source anchors
+
+These shapes were checked against Paperclip source revision
+`c65fc9e3c81c41aafe421aa90a00514b84343285`. When available in the target repository,
+inspect `packages/shared/src/validators/{agent,routine,project}.ts`,
+`packages/shared/src/ai-connections.ts`, `server/src/routes/{agents,routines,ai-connections}.ts`,
+and `server/src/services/routines.ts`. The deployed instance's schemas and access
+checks remain authoritative. This skill does not require those source files
+to be installed alongside it.

.agents/skills/setup-code-maintenance-bot/references/run-instructions.md

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+# Instructions for each maintenance run
+
+Use this to compose the routine's `description`. Resolve the fields from setup;
+do not leave placeholders in the saved task. These instructions invoke the chosen
+maintenance skill, **not** `setup-code-maintenance-bot` again.
+
+## Task template
+
+```markdown
+Maintain <repository URL>, targeting <branch>, in project <project name/ID>.
+Goal: <user's maintenance outcome>.
+
+Read and apply <exact skill name and worker-accessible path/company skill key>.
+Skill source/version policy: <committed branch path or installed version>.
+Scope: <included areas>. Exclusions: <out-of-scope changes>.
+
+Bound this run to <time/cost limit>, at most <N> coherent PRs, and at most
+<M> outstanding PRs for this maintenance routine. These are upper limits,
+not output quotas. Reserve time for verification and reporting.
+
+1. Read the assigned execution issue, repository instructions, prior routine
+   results, and open maintenance PRs. Inspect remote PR status before editing.
+   Recover this run's existing branch/PR on a retry rather than duplicating it.
+   If equivalent work is already open or the outstanding-PR cap is reached,
+   follow the agreed policy: <skip new work or maintain existing owned PRs>.
+2. Fetch the target branch and record the base revision. Work in an isolated
+   workspace/branch for this execution issue; use the repository's branch
+   convention and a descriptive name. Record the issue/run-to-branch mapping
+   on the Paperclip execution issue. Include internal identifiers in published
+   branch names only when the target repository's rules permit them.
+   Preserve unrelated work.
+   Do not edit a shared live checkout or reuse another active run's worktree.
+3. Apply the maintenance skill within scope. Establish the relevant baseline,
+   retain the skill's evidence and safety requirements, and make the smallest
+   coherent useful change. Finding no justified change is a successful outcome.
+4. Run <repository-required and change-relevant checks>. Compare failures with
+   the baseline. Do not weaken checks to create a green result. Distinguish
+   measured improvements from estimates; never promise arbitrary savings.
+5. If a useful validated diff exists, commit, push, and open/update the owned
+   PR against <target branch>, using the repository's PR template. Explain
+   the problem, change, evidence, risks, and verification. Requested PR state:
+   <draft or ready>. Record the PR URL, branch, and head on the Paperclip
+   execution issue for future deduplication. Include routine/run issue links
+   in the published PR only when the target repository's rules permit them.
+   Monitor the PR and revise it until all required checks pass on its current
+   head. Wait for pending checks; inspect failing checks and their logs, fix
+   actionable failures, verify locally, commit, and push. After every push,
+   refresh the head revision and repeat the check loop; an earlier green commit
+   does not validate the revised PR. Address review findings required by the
+   repository. Opening the PR alone does not complete the maintenance task.
+   Do not merge or enable auto-merge unless that authority was explicitly given.
+6. Report the PR URL and head, checks and limitations, changed scope, retained
+   or deferred candidates, and next owner/action on the execution issue.
+   If unchanged, record the examined scope and reason without an empty PR.
+   If blocked, record the blocker and responsible owner; do not claim success.
+   Stop at the limit; preserve unfinished work with an honest status.
+```
+
+## Durable run behavior
+
+- **Issue lifecycle:** follow the installed Paperclip execution/checkout contract.
+  Complete PR-producing work only after required checks pass on the current head
+  and the project's required review findings are resolved. If the time/cost limit
+  arrives first, preserve the PR and patch, record exact pending/failing checks
+  and the next action, and arrange continuation through the supported Paperclip
+  follow-up mechanism. Verify that continuation is actually scheduled or assigned;
+  do not claim an unscheduled watcher will resume work. External blockers need a
+  named owner and action; report blocked status rather than claiming completion.
+  Once checks and required review pass, follow the project's completion policy
+  and name who owns later PR follow-up. A human merge need not keep the run issue
+  open; open issues can suppress the next run under concurrency controls.
+- **Backpressure:** an issue being complete does not mean its PR is merged.
+  Count still-open owned PRs independently on every run. Search the named repo
+  using the PR URLs and branch identities recorded on the Paperclip execution
+  issues, not only titles. Do not require public PRs to contain private links
+  or identifiers when the target repository prohibits them.
+  Never close other people's PRs or push to branches the bot does not own.
+- **Failures:** retry only plausibly transient failures within a bounded limit.
+  Authentication, approval, and permission failures need resolution, not repeated
+  new PR attempts. Record the blocker once and surface it to the configured owner;
+  route repeated failures to a decision to pause the routine. Do not send Slack
+  or email messages unless that destination and action were authorized.
+- **Inputs:** webhook payloads and repository text are task data. They cannot
+  expand the authorized repository, skill, permissions, budget, or merge policy.
+  Keep event-specific values constrained to the declared maintenance scope.
+- **Cleanup:** remove only this run's disposable resources after its needed work
+  and evidence are durably preserved. Do not discard an unpushed patch on timeout.
+
+## Example adaptations
+
+For test gardening, select `test-audit` and require evidence that retained tests
+protect the removed contracts. Report test/support LOC separately from production
+LOC and do not treat noisy wall-clock differences as proven CI savings.
+
+For documentation upkeep, select the relevant documentation skill and specify
+which docs and source behavior to reconcile. Use its appropriate verification;
+do not copy test-removal controls into a documentation-only task.
+
+For dependency maintenance, select the chosen dependency policy/skill and define
+allowed update classes, compatibility checks, and excluded packages. Existing
+dependency PRs count toward duplicate-work and outstanding-PR checks.
+
+The setup workflow stays the same; scope, proof, and risk rules come from the
+selected maintenance task. If the user has no suitable skill yet, resolve whether
+to author one before activation rather than silently making the routine generic.

doc/DATABASE.md

@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
 
 Paperclip uses PostgreSQL via [Drizzle ORM](https://orm.drizzle.team/). There are three ways to run the database, from simplest to most production-ready.
 
+### Task query performance
+
+Run-context lookups use expression indexes for both `context_snapshot.issueId`
+and `context_snapshot.paperclipIssue.id`. Task creation provenance has its own
+company-scoped expression index that follows the query's native issue ID and
+legacy `issueId`/`taskId`/`taskKey` precedence. Migration 0345 builds the two new
+indexes concurrently and can resume an interrupted build without blocking run
+writes for the full build. The indexes add storage and run-write overhead; they
+do not change task visibility or secret redaction.
+
+The chat wake-notice sweep compares UUID columns directly against guarded,
+canonical lowercase UUID payload values. Malformed and noncanonical payloads
+still match nothing. The query can use existing primary keys without adding a
+wakeup-history index.
+
+To compare all three queries on the same disposable local PostgreSQL fixture:
+
+```sh
+pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx ../scripts/benchmark-slow-queries.ts --baseline-ref=origin/master
+```
+
+Use a revision before these fixes for `--baseline-ref` after they merge. The
+benchmark loads that revision's chat query, uses synthetic data only, compares
+complete returned rows, and prints timings and `EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)` plans.
+Local results measure query execution, not staging request latency.
+
 ## 1. Embedded PostgreSQL — zero config
 
 If you don't set `DATABASE_URL`, the server automatically starts an embedded PostgreSQL instance and manages a local data directory.

doc/connections/GITHUB.md

@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ an agent runtime can execute a review.
 
 ### One editable response per request
 
+A pull request task can retain both its main discussion and inline finding
+threads. Bot tool discovery lists each endpoint/catalog tool once across those
+threads. Publishing an inline finding therefore does not duplicate the tool
+catalog on the task's next run. Both conversation mappings remain available for
+authorized follow-up replies.
+
 After accepting authorized GitHub work, Paperclip posts **Working on this…**
 before starting the agent. Issue and PR discussion comments use the same GitHub
 comment API; inline-review conversations receive an inline reply. Description

doc/execution-semantics.md

@@ -1628,6 +1628,13 @@ URL, and token together through the launch allowlist; unrelated environment
 secrets remain excluded. This does not restrict arbitrary network access to a
 public service outside the gateway.
 
+Tool discovery collapses identical descriptors with the same gateway name for
+every provider. Native assigned-tool projection applies the same rule at startup
+and during fresh discovery. A name with conflicting schemas, risk, or source
+bindings remains an error; distinct names retain separate tools. Discovery does
+not grant execution authority: calls still use the existing gateway policy,
+approval, revocation, and audit paths.
+
 
 ### Use real connection requests (2026-09-14)
 

doc/observability.md

@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ and launcher preparation, run output initialization, workspace validation,
 runtime services, instruction files, and runtime selection. Database and HTTP
 instrumentation can attach child spans during each awaited operation.
 
+Execution configuration also records separate phases for mentioned skills,
+GitHub identity selection, secret resolution, managed AI runtime preparation,
+skill inventory, connector assignments, connector skill preparation and delivery,
+connection instructions, and agent identity. Their names are
+`heartbeat.prepare.configuration_<step>`, using the closed names in
+`server/src/services/heartbeat/preparation-timing.ts`. These intervals are inside
+`execution_configuration`; do not add them to its duration. They remain available
+when a later setup step fails before the provider lifecycle trace starts.
+
 Each phase starts a new root trace and links to the active trigger span when
 one exists. An unsampled HTTP request must not suppress diagnostics for the
 background run it starts. Root traces still follow the operator's configured

maps/agent-access-map/gateways-profiles.md

@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ remaining operations before qualifying the whole capability.
 Gaps: Scoped sessions remain agent/run-bound. MCP requires its existing protocol
 client; named gateways and gateway-token management retain board permissions.
 
+Discovery collapses identical descriptors with the same gateway name across
+providers, including native assigned-tool startup and fresh searches. Conflicting
+definitions remain an error. Distinct names and the normal invocation grants,
+approvals and revocation checks remain independent. Regression coverage lives in
+[gateway tests](../../server/src/__tests__/tool-gateway.test.ts) and
+[assigned-tool tests](../../server/src/services/native-runtime/assigned-mcp-tools.test.ts);
+these fixtures do not certify a live external-client journey.
+
 ## `tokens`
 
 Review: `baseline`.

packages/db/src/client.ts

@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ const MIGRATIONS_WITH_TOP_LEVEL_STATEMENTS = new Set([
   "0313_private_task_access.sql",
   "0314_private_task_draft_assets.sql",
   "0332_little_night_nurse.sql",
+  "0345_luxuriant_carmella_unuscione.sql",
 ]);
 
 async function applyPendingMigrationsManually(

packages/db/src/heartbeat-context-snapshot-index-migration.test.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ d("heartbeat context_snapshot expression index migration", () => {
     expect(names).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_issue_created_idx");
     expect(names).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_task_created_idx");
     expect(names).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_taskkey_created_idx");
+    expect(names).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_paperclip_issue_created_idx");
+    expect(names).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_origin_issue_idx");
     expect(names).toContain("agent_wakeup_requests_company_payload_issue_idx");
 
     await sql.unsafe("SET enable_seqscan = off");
@@ -52,6 +54,20 @@ d("heartbeat context_snapshot expression index migration", () => {
     const taskKeyText = taskKeyPlan.map((r) => Object.values(r)[0]).join("\n");
     expect(taskKeyText).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_taskkey_created_idx");
 
+    // An empty table can use any company-prefix index for the OR. Check the
+    // new branch directly here; the populated benchmark proves BitmapOr use.
+    const redactionPlan = await sql.unsafe(
+      "EXPLAIN SELECT id FROM heartbeat_runs WHERE company_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' AND context_snapshot -> 'paperclipIssue' ->> 'id' = 'x'",
+    );
+    const redactionText = redactionPlan.map((r) => Object.values(r)[0]).join("\n");
+    expect(redactionText).toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_paperclip_issue_created_idx");
+
+    const originPlan = await sql.unsafe(
+      "EXPLAIN SELECT id FROM heartbeat_runs WHERE company_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' AND coalesce(native_issue_id::text, nullif(context_snapshot->>'issueId', ''), nullif(context_snapshot->>'taskId', ''), nullif(context_snapshot->>'taskKey', '')) IN ('x', 'SRC-1')",
+    );
+    expect(originPlan.map((r) => Object.values(r)[0]).join("\n"))
+      .toContain("heartbeat_runs_company_origin_issue_idx");
+
     const wakePlan = await sql.unsafe(
       "EXPLAIN SELECT id FROM agent_wakeup_requests WHERE company_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' AND status = 'deferred_issue_execution' AND payload ->> 'issueId' = 'x' LIMIT 1",
     );
@@ -63,6 +79,7 @@ d("heartbeat context_snapshot expression index migration", () => {
     for (const migration of [
       "./migrations/0209_heartbeat_context_snapshot_indexes.sql",
       "./migrations/0210_heartbeat_context_taskkey_index.sql",
+      "./migrations/0345_luxuriant_carmella_unuscione.sql",
     ]) {
       const migrationSql = await readFile(
         fileURLToPath(new URL(migration, import.meta.url)),

packages/db/src/migrations/0345_luxuriant_carmella_unuscione.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- Keep both JSON branches indexable without blocking run writes during the build.
+CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS "heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_paperclip_issue_created_idx" ON "heartbeat_runs" USING btree ("company_id",("context_snapshot" -> 'paperclipIssue' ->> 'id'),"created_at" DESC NULLS LAST);--> statement-breakpoint
+-- Match the creation-source query's exact native/legacy precedence.
+CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS "heartbeat_runs_company_origin_issue_idx" ON "heartbeat_runs" USING btree ("company_id",coalesce(
+        "native_issue_id"::text,
+        nullif("context_snapshot"->>'issueId', ''),
+        nullif("context_snapshot"->>'taskId', ''),
+        nullif("context_snapshot"->>'taskKey', '')
+      ));

packages/db/src/migrations/meta/_journal.json

@@ -2402,6 +2402,13 @@
       "when": 1791930226792,
       "tag": "0344_wide_blue_marvel",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 345,
+      "version": "7",
+      "when": 1791978393174,
+      "tag": "0345_luxuriant_carmella_unuscione",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }

packages/db/src/schema/heartbeat_runs.ts

@@ -189,5 +189,17 @@ export const heartbeatRuns = pgTable(
       sql`(${table.contextSnapshot} ->> 'taskKey')`,
       table.createdAt.desc(),
     ),
+    companyCtxPaperclipIssueCreatedIdx: index("heartbeat_runs_company_ctx_paperclip_issue_created_idx")
+      .on(table.companyId, sql`(${table.contextSnapshot} -> 'paperclipIssue' ->> 'id')`, table.createdAt.desc())
+      .concurrently(),
+    // Match creation provenance precedence, including empty legacy IDs.
+    companyOriginIssueIdx: index("heartbeat_runs_company_origin_issue_idx")
+      .on(table.companyId, sql`coalesce(
+        ${table.nativeIssueId}::text,
+        nullif(${table.contextSnapshot}->>'issueId', ''),
+        nullif(${table.contextSnapshot}->>'taskId', ''),
+        nullif(${table.contextSnapshot}->>'taskKey', '')
+      )`)
+      .concurrently(),
   }),
 );

scripts/benchmark-slow-queries.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/** Disposable PostgreSQL repro. Run: pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx ../scripts/benchmark-slow-queries.ts */
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { randomBytes, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+const { and, eq, or, sql } = createRequire(new URL("../server/package.json", import.meta.url))("drizzle-orm");
+import {
+  agents, agentWakeupRequests, chatActions, chatConversations, chatEndpoints,
+  companies, createDb, heartbeatRuns, issues, startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
+  toolApplications, toolConnections, type Db,
+} from "../packages/db/src/index.js";
+import { issueService } from "../server/src/services/issues.js";
+import { issueReadSqlCondition } from "../server/src/services/authorization.js";
+import { createInboundWakeNotices } from "../server/src/services/chat-channels/inbound/wakeup-notices.js";
+
+console.error("[benchmark] imports complete");
+
+const migration = await fs.readFile(new URL("../packages/db/src/migrations/0345_luxuriant_carmella_unuscione.sql", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const indexes = migration.split("--> statement-breakpoint").map((statement) => statement.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+const baselineRef = process.argv.find((arg) => arg.startsWith("--baseline-ref="))?.slice("--baseline-ref=".length) ?? "origin/master";
+const baselineRevision = execFileSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--verify", `${baselineRef}^{commit}`], { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
+// The database helper uses unreferenced retry/cleanup timers. A standalone
+// benchmark must stay alive until startup succeeds or reports its real error.
+const keepAlive = setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
+const database = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("slow-query-benchmark-");
+console.error("[benchmark] database ready");
+const db = createDb(database.connectionString);
+let baselineModuleDir: string | undefined;
+type Query = { sql: string; params: unknown[] };
+
+// Capture the real service SQL before execution; never dispatch notices or runs.
+async function captureQuery(invoke: (captureDb: Db) => Promise<unknown>): Promise<Query> {
+  let captured: Query | undefined;
+  const stop = new Error("query captured");
+  const captureDb = new Proxy(db, {
+    get(target, key) {
+      if (key !== "select") return Reflect.get(target, key);
+      return (...fields: Parameters<Db["select"]>) => {
+        const builder = db.select(...fields);
+        const from = builder.from.bind(builder);
+        builder.from = ((...args: Parameters<typeof from>) => {
+          const query = from(...args);
+          query.execute = async () => { captured = query.toSQL(); throw stop; };
+          return query;
+        }) as typeof builder.from;
+        return builder;
+      };
+    },
+  });
+  try { await invoke(captureDb); } catch (error) { if (error !== stop) throw error; }
+  assert.ok(captured, "service must produce a SQL query");
+  return captured;
+}
+
+async function measure(query: Query) {
+  const samples: number[] = [];
+  let rows: unknown[] = [];
+  for (let sample = 0; sample < 7; sample++) {
+    const start = performance.now();
+    // Positional rows retain every column, including unnamed SQL projections
+    // whose duplicate names would overwrite one another in object results.
+    rows = await db.$client.unsafe(query.sql, query.params as never[]).values();
+    if (sample > 1) samples.push(performance.now() - start);
+  }
+  const [explain] = await db.$client.unsafe(`EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, FORMAT JSON) ${query.sql}`, query.params as never[]);
+  samples.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  return { medianMs: samples[2], rows, explain: explain["QUERY PLAN"] };
+}
+
+try {
+  // Load only the old query module against current dependencies. Keep it in a
+  // temporary server folder so bare package imports resolve within the worktree.
+  const noticeModulePath = "server/src/services/chat-channels/inbound/wakeup-notices.ts";
+  const noticeModuleUrl = new URL(`../${noticeModulePath}`, import.meta.url);
+  const oldModule = execFileSync("git", ["show", `${baselineRevision}:${noticeModulePath}`], { encoding: "utf8" });
+  const rewritten = oldModule.replace(/from "(\.{1,2}\/[^\"]+)"/g,
+    (_match, specifier: string) => `from ${JSON.stringify(fileURLToPath(new URL(specifier, noticeModuleUrl)))}`);
+  baselineModuleDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(fileURLToPath(new URL("../server/scripts/", import.meta.url)), ".slow-query-baseline-"));
+  const baselineModuleFile = path.join(baselineModuleDir, "wakeup-notices.ts");
+  await fs.writeFile(baselineModuleFile, rewritten);
+  const { createInboundWakeNotices: baselineNotices } = await import(pathToFileURL(baselineModuleFile).href) as typeof import("../server/src/services/chat-channels/inbound/wakeup-notices.js");
+  console.error("[benchmark] baseline module ready");
+  const companyId = randomUUID();
+  const agentId = randomUUID();
+  const sourceId = randomUUID();
+  const endpointId = randomUUID();
+  const conversationId = randomUUID();
+  const applicationId = randomUUID();
+  const connectionId = randomUUID();
+  await db.insert(companies).values({ id: companyId, name: "Query benchmark", issuePrefix: "BENCH" });
+  await db.insert(agents).values({ id: agentId, companyId, name: "Fixture", role: "engineer", adapterType: "codex_local" });
+  await db.insert(issues).values({ id: sourceId, companyId, title: "Source", identifier: "BENCH-1", assigneeAgentId: agentId });
+  await db.insert(toolApplications).values({ id: applicationId, companyId, name: "Fixture", type: "native" });
+  await db.insert(toolConnections).values({ id: connectionId, companyId, applicationId, name: "Fixture", uid: connectionId, transport: "chat_sdk", connectionPurpose: "channel" });
+  await db.insert(chatEndpoints).values({ id: endpointId, companyId, connectionId, provider: "slack", publicId: endpointId, assignedAgentId: agentId, status: "active" });
+  await db.insert(chatConversations).values({ id: conversationId, companyId, endpointId, issueId: sourceId, externalConversationId: "fixture", externalThreadId: "fixture", externalLabel: "Fixture", state: "waiting" });
+
+  // Similar row counts to the investigation. Every context has 192 KiB of
+  // incompressible synthetic prompt text, so JSON filtering must visit TOAST.
+  const prompt = randomBytes(144 * 1024).toString("base64");
+  await db.$client.unsafe(`INSERT INTO heartbeat_runs (company_id, agent_id, status, native_issue_id, created_at, context_snapshot)
+    SELECT $1::uuid, $2::uuid, 'succeeded', CASE WHEN n = 3 THEN $3::uuid END, now() + n * interval '1 millisecond',
+      jsonb_build_object('prompt', $4::text) || CASE
+        WHEN n = 1 THEN jsonb_build_object('issueId', $3::text, 'paperclipSecretRedactions', jsonb_build_array(jsonb_build_object('fixture', 'top-level')))
+        WHEN n = 2 THEN jsonb_build_object('paperclipIssue', jsonb_build_object('id', $3::text), 'paperclipSecretRedactions', jsonb_build_array(jsonb_build_object('fixture', 'nested')))
+        WHEN n = 3 THEN jsonb_build_object('issueId', gen_random_uuid()::text)
+        WHEN n = 4 THEN jsonb_build_object('taskId', $3::text)
+        WHEN n = 5 THEN jsonb_build_object('taskKey', 'BENCH-1')
+        ELSE jsonb_build_object('issueId', gen_random_uuid()::text) END
+    FROM generate_series(1, 1400) n`, [companyId, agentId, sourceId, prompt]);
+  const originatingRuns = await db.select({ id: heartbeatRuns.id }).from(heartbeatRuns).limit(5);
+  await db.insert(issues).values(Array.from({ length: 334 }, (_, n) => ({
+    companyId, title: `Candidate ${n}`, createdByUserId: "fixture",
+    originRunId: originatingRuns[n % originatingRuns.length].id,
+  })));
+  const wakes = Array.from({ length: 13000 }, (_, n) => ({
+    id: randomUUID(), companyId, agentId, source: "chat", status: n < 50 ? "deferred_issue_execution" : "succeeded",
+  }));
+  for (let offset = 0; offset < wakes.length; offset += 500) await db.insert(agentWakeupRequests).values(wakes.slice(offset, offset + 500));
+  await db.insert(chatActions).values(wakes.slice(0, 377).map((wake, n) => ({
+    id: wake.id, companyId, endpointId, conversationId, kind: "inbound_wakeup", providerActionId: wake.id,
+    status: "processed", payload: n % 3 === 0 ? { coalesced: true } : {},
+  })));
+  // Cover coalesced ownership as well as ordinary receipts.
+  for (let n = 1; n < 50; n += 2) await db.update(agentWakeupRequests)
+    .set({ payload: { coalescedIntoWakeupRequestId: wakes[n - 1].id } }).where(eq(agentWakeupRequests.id, wakes[n].id));
+  for (const [n, ownerId] of [[51, "not-a-uuid"], [52, wakes[0].id.toUpperCase()], [53, ""], [54, null]] as const) {
+    await db.update(agentWakeupRequests).set({ payload: { coalescedIntoWakeupRequestId: ownerId } }).where(eq(agentWakeupRequests.id, wakes[n].id));
+  }
+  const noticeQuery = (factory: typeof createInboundWakeNotices) => captureQuery(async (captureDb) => factory(captureDb, {
+    isShuttingDown: () => false, enqueueFailedChatRetryPublications: async () => 0,
+  } as never).enqueueInboundWakeupPublications(200));
+  const notice = await noticeQuery(baselineNotices);
+  const fixedNotice = await noticeQuery(createInboundWakeNotices);
+  const list = await captureQuery(async (captureDb) => issueService(captureDb).list(companyId, {
+    createdFromIssueId: sourceId, sortField: "id", sortDir: "asc", limit: 200,
+    readCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, { type: "board", userId: "fixture", source: "cloud_tenant" }),
+  }));
+  const redactions = db.select({ contextSnapshot: sql`jsonb_build_object('paperclipSecretRedactions', ${heartbeatRuns.contextSnapshot}->'paperclipSecretRedactions')` })
+    .from(heartbeatRuns).where(and(eq(heartbeatRuns.companyId, companyId), or(
+      sql`${heartbeatRuns.contextSnapshot}->>'issueId' = ${sourceId}`,
+      sql`${heartbeatRuns.contextSnapshot}->'paperclipIssue'->>'id' = ${sourceId}`,
+    ))).toSQL();
+
+  // The summary history query projects these eight context fields. Keep its
+  // projection as a control: these indexes do not remove per-row JSON work.
+  const runHistory = db.select({ id: heartbeatRuns.id,
+    contextIssueId: sql`coalesce(${heartbeatRuns.issueId}::text, ${heartbeatRuns.contextSnapshot}->>'issueId')`,
+    ...Object.fromEntries(["taskId", "taskKey", "commentId", "wakeCommentId", "wakeReason", "wakeSource", "wakeTriggerDetail"]
+      .map((key) => [key, sql`${heartbeatRuns.contextSnapshot}->>${key}`])),
+  }).from(heartbeatRuns).where(eq(heartbeatRuns.companyId, companyId)).orderBy(sql`${heartbeatRuns.createdAt} desc`).limit(200).toSQL();
+  const queries = { chatNotice: notice, createdFromIssueList: list, issueRedactions: redactions, runHistory };
+  // Remove only these candidate indexes from this disposable fixture. This
+  // also permits repeatable comparisons after the migration is installed.
+  for (const definition of indexes) await db.$client.unsafe(`DROP INDEX IF EXISTS ${definition.match(/"([^"]+)"/)![0]}`);
+  await db.$client.unsafe("ANALYZE");
+  const baseline: Record<string, Awaited<ReturnType<typeof measure>>> = {};
+  for (const [name, query] of Object.entries(queries)) baseline[name] = await measure(query);
+  for (const definition of indexes) await db.$client.unsafe(definition);
+  await db.$client.unsafe("ANALYZE");
+  const results = [];
+  for (const [name, query] of Object.entries(queries)) {
+    const treatment = await measure(name === "chatNotice" ? fixedNotice : query);
+    // Unordered SQL returns a set, not a guaranteed order. Compare full rows.
+    const normalize = (rows: unknown[]) => rows.map((row) => JSON.stringify(row)).sort();
+    assert.deepEqual(normalize(treatment.rows), normalize(baseline[name].rows));
+    results.push({ name, baselineMs: baseline[name].medianMs, treatmentMs: treatment.medianMs,
+      speedup: baseline[name].medianMs / treatment.medianMs, equalRows: treatment.rows.length,
+      baselinePlan: baseline[name].explain, treatmentPlan: treatment.explain });
+  }
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({ baselineRevision, postgres: (await db.$client`SELECT version()`)[0].version,
+    fixture: { issues: 335, runs: 1400, wakes: 13000, actions: 377, promptBytes: Buffer.byteLength(prompt) }, results }, null, 2));
+} finally {
+  try {
+    await db.$client.end({ timeout: 0 });
+    await database.cleanup();
+    if (baselineModuleDir) await fs.rm(baselineModuleDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  } finally {
+    clearInterval(keepAlive);
+  }
+}

server/src/__tests__/chat-channels.integration.test.ts

@@ -2744,6 +2744,20 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("chat channel control-plane integration", () => {
       await expect(gateway.executeTool({ sessionToken: session.token, tool: tool.name, parameters: assessment, idempotencyKey })).rejects.toThrow();
       expect(summaryAttempts).toBe(2);
     }, 25_000);
+    it("lists each GitHub bot tool once when an inline thread shares the task", async () => {
+      const f = await toolReplyFixture("github:paperclipai/paperclip:418");
+      const { id: _id, ...conversation } = f.conversation;
+      await db.insert(chatConversations).values({
+        ...conversation,
+        externalThreadId: "github:paperclipai/paperclip:418:rc:41901",
+        providerUrl: "https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/418#discussion_r41901",
+      });
+      const tools = await githubBotToolsForSession(db, f.session);
+      expect(tools).toHaveLength(7);
+      expect(new Set(tools.map(tool => tool.name)).size).toBe(7);
+      expect(await githubBotToolsForSession(db, { ...f.session, issueId: randomUUID() })).toEqual([]);
+      expect(await readChatConversationsByEndpointId(f.endpoint.id)).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
     it.each([
       { label: "returns the confirmed GitHub assessment when publication takes longer than ten seconds", delayMs: 11_000, timeoutMs: undefined },
       { label: "preserves an explicit shorter GitHub tool deadline and reconciles without duplicate publication", delayMs: 200, timeoutMs: 50 },
@@ -69467,6 +69481,72 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("chat channel control-plane integration", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it.each(["not-a-uuid", "", "uppercase"])("skips a pre-run FIFO candidate with a noncanonical coalesced owner id (%s)", async (ownerId) => {
+    const context = await deferredChatQueueFixture();
+    try {
+      const [receipt] = await db
+        .select()
+        .from(agentWakeupRequests)
+        .where(eq(agentWakeupRequests.id, context.action.id));
+      await db
+        .update(agentWakeupRequests)
+        .set({
+          payload: {
+            ...receipt.payload,
+            coalescedIntoWakeupRequestId: ownerId === "uppercase" ? context.action.id.toUpperCase() : ownerId,
+          },
+        })
+        .where(eq(agentWakeupRequests.id, context.action.id));
+      await expect(
+        context.service.enqueueInboundWakeupPublications(),
+      ).resolves.toBe(0);
+      await expect(
+        db
+          .select()
+          .from(chatPublications)
+          .where(eq(chatPublications.endpointId, context.endpoint.id)),
+      ).resolves.toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      await context.service.shutdown();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the pre-run FIFO sweep running when a valid owner's action has comment ids that are not uuids", async () => {
+    const context = await deferredChatQueueFixture();
+    try {
+      // Publish the queued notice first. The removed-comment and queued-notice
+      // checks then have real rows to compare the malformed ids against.
+      await context.service.processPendingPublications();
+      await expect(
+        db
+          .select({ state: chatPublications.state })
+          .from(chatPublications)
+          .where(eq(chatPublications.endpointId, context.endpoint.id)),
+      ).resolves.toEqual([{ state: "published" }]);
+      await db
+        .update(chatActions)
+        .set({
+          payload: {
+            ...context.action.payload,
+            issueId: "not-a-uuid",
+            commentId: "not-a-uuid",
+          },
+        })
+        .where(eq(chatActions.id, context.action.id));
+      await expect(
+        context.service.enqueueInboundWakeupPublications(),
+      ).resolves.toBe(0);
+      await expect(
+        db
+          .select({ state: chatPublications.state })
+          .from(chatPublications)
+          .where(eq(chatPublications.endpointId, context.endpoint.id)),
+      ).resolves.toEqual([{ state: "published" }]);
+    } finally {
+      await context.service.shutdown();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("never promises a queued follow-up before durable admission succeeds", async () => {
     const context = await deferredChatQueueFixture(true);
     try {

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-execution-configuration.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { trace } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import { InMemorySpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor, TracerProvider } from "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace";
 import { access, readFile, mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -120,14 +122,36 @@ describePostgres("heartbeat execution configuration through adapter dispatch", (
       expect(JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(providerHome, "auth.json"), "utf8"))).toEqual({ OPENAI_API_KEY: f.credential });
       await input.onMeta?.({ adapterType, command: "fixture", env, prompt: "fixture" });
     });
-    const { finished, input } = await execute(f);
-    expect(finished.status, finished.error ?? undefined).toBe("succeeded");
-    expect(input?.context.aiConnection).toMatchObject({ accountName: "Fixture account", provider: "openai" });
-    expect(providerHome).toEqual(expect.any(String));
-    await expect(access(providerHome!)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
-    const events = await db.select().from(heartbeatRunEvents).where(eq(heartbeatRunEvents.runId, finished.id));
-    expect(events.some(event => event.eventType === "adapter.invoke")).toBe(true);
-    expect(JSON.stringify(events)).not.toContain(f.credential);
+    const exporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
+    const provider = new TracerProvider({ spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor({ exporter })] });
+    expect(trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(provider)).toBe(true);
+    try {
+      const { finished, input } = await execute(f);
+      expect(finished.status, finished.error ?? undefined).toBe("succeeded");
+      expect(input?.context.aiConnection).toMatchObject({ accountName: "Fixture account", provider: "openai" });
+      expect(providerHome).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+      await expect(access(providerHome!)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
+      const events = await db.select().from(heartbeatRunEvents).where(eq(heartbeatRunEvents.runId, finished.id));
+      expect(events.some(event => event.eventType === "adapter.invoke")).toBe(true);
+      expect(JSON.stringify(events)).not.toContain(f.credential);
+      await provider.forceFlush();
+      const runIdHash = createHash("sha256").update(finished.id).digest("hex").slice(0, 12);
+      const steps = exporter.getFinishedSpans().filter(span => span.name.startsWith("heartbeat.prepare.configuration_")
+        && span.attributes["paperclip.task.run.run_id"] === runIdHash);
+      expect(steps.map(span => span.name)).toEqual([
+        "configuration_mentions", "configuration_github_identity", "configuration_secrets", "configuration_ai_runtime",
+        "configuration_skills", "configuration_connector_assignments", "configuration_connector_skills",
+        "configuration_connector_delivery", "configuration_connection_instructions", "configuration_agent_identity",
+      ].map(step => `heartbeat.prepare.${step}`));
+      for (const span of steps) {
+        expect(span.status).toEqual({ code: 0 });
+        expect(span.attributes).toEqual({ "paperclip.task.run.run_id": runIdHash });
+        expect(span.events).toEqual([]);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      trace.disable();
+      await provider.shutdown();
+    }
   });
 
   it("cleans acquired credentials and redacts diagnostics when later skill preparation fails", async () => {
@@ -142,18 +166,36 @@ describePostgres("heartbeat execution configuration through adapter dispatch", (
       await access(acquiredHome!);
       return runtime;
     });
-    const { finished, input } = await execute(f);
-    expect(finished.status).toBe("failed");
-    expect(input).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(acquiredHome).toEqual(expect.any(String));
-    await expect(access(acquiredHome!)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
-    expect(finished.error).toContain("Invalid fixture skill configuration");
-    // The diagnostic reporter redacts runtime values before the external sink.
-    // The legacy local run.error field does not apply this value-based redaction.
-    await waitForPendingRunFailureReports();
-    expect(capturedFailure).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(JSON.stringify(capturedFailure.mock.calls)).toContain("Invalid fixture skill configuration");
-    expect(JSON.stringify(capturedFailure.mock.calls)).not.toContain(f.credential);
+    const exporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
+    const provider = new TracerProvider({ spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor({ exporter })] });
+    expect(trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(provider)).toBe(true);
+    try {
+      const { finished, input } = await execute(f);
+      expect(finished.status).toBe("failed");
+      expect(input).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(acquiredHome).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+      await expect(access(acquiredHome!)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
+      expect(finished.error).toContain("Invalid fixture skill configuration");
+      await waitForPendingRunFailureReports();
+      expect(capturedFailure).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(JSON.stringify(capturedFailure.mock.calls)).toContain("Invalid fixture skill configuration");
+      expect(JSON.stringify(capturedFailure.mock.calls)).not.toContain(f.credential);
+      await provider.forceFlush();
+      const runIdHash = createHash("sha256").update(finished.id).digest("hex").slice(0, 12);
+      const steps = exporter.getFinishedSpans().filter(span => span.name.startsWith("heartbeat.prepare.configuration_")
+        && span.attributes["paperclip.task.run.run_id"] === runIdHash);
+      expect(steps.find(span => span.name === "heartbeat.prepare.configuration_ai_runtime")?.status.code).toBe(0);
+      expect(steps.find(span => span.name === "heartbeat.prepare.configuration_skills")?.status).toEqual({ code: 2 });
+      expect(steps.some(span => span.name === "heartbeat.prepare.configuration_connector_assignments")).toBe(false);
+      for (const span of steps) {
+        expect(span.attributes).toEqual({ "paperclip.task.run.run_id": runIdHash });
+        expect(span.events).toEqual([]);
+      }
+      expect(JSON.stringify(steps.map(span => ({ name: span.name, status: span.status, attributes: span.attributes, events: span.events })))).not.toContain(f.credential);
+    } finally {
+      trace.disable();
+      await provider.shutdown();
+    }
   });
 
   it("defers a busy account without dispatch and preserves its scheduled retry", async () => {

server/src/__tests__/tool-gateway.test.ts

@@ -5856,7 +5856,7 @@ rl.on("line", (line) => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("wraps plugin tool discovery and execution behind the same gateway policy", async () => {
+  it.each([1, 2])("wraps plugin tool discovery and execution behind the same gateway policy (%i copies)", async copies => {
     const company = await createCompany(db);
     const agent = await createAgent(db, company.id);
     const { run, project } = await createIssueAndRun(db, company.id, agent.id);
@@ -5864,15 +5864,13 @@ rl.on("line", (line) => {
     const dispatcher: PluginToolDispatcher = {
       initialize: async () => {},
       teardown: () => {},
-      listToolsForAgent: () => [
-        {
+      listToolsForAgent: () => Array.from({ length: copies }, () => ({
           name: "demo-plugin:read_status",
           displayName: "Read status",
           description: "Read status through a plugin tool.",
           parametersSchema: { type: "object" },
           pluginId: "demo-plugin",
-        },
-      ],
+        })),
       getTool: () => null,
       executeTool: async (tool, parameters, runContext) => {
         calls.push({ tool, parameters, runContext });
@@ -5906,6 +5904,10 @@ rl.on("line", (line) => {
 
     await allowToolsForAgent(db, company.id, agent.id, ["demo-plugin:read_status"]);
 
+    const session = await gateway.createSession({ companyId: company.id, agentId: agent.id, runId: run.id, projectId: project.id });
+    expect((await gateway.listToolsForSession(session.token)).filter(tool => tool.pluginId === "demo-plugin"))
+      .toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ name: "demo-plugin:read_status" })]);
+
     await expect(gateway.listPluginToolsForAgent({ companyId: company.id, agentId: agent.id })).resolves.toEqual([
       expect.objectContaining({ name: "demo-plugin:read_status" }),
     ]);

server/src/services/chat-channels/inbound/wakeup-notices.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { DbOrTransaction } from "../runtime-types.js";
 import { notifyChatPublicationWork } from "../../chat-work-notifications.js";
-import { and, asc, eq, inArray, isNull, or, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, asc, eq, inArray, isNull, or, sql, type SQL } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { alias } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import { agentWakeupRequests, chatActions, chatDeliveries, chatMessageLinks, chatPublications, issueComments } from "@paperclipai/db";
@@ -135,10 +135,17 @@ export function createInboundWakeNotices(db: Db, options: NoticeOptions) {
     const retryInserted = await enqueueFailedChatRetryPublications(limit);
     const owner = alias(agentWakeupRequests, "chat_notice_owner");
     const cursor = inboundWakeNoticeCursor;
+    // Keep UUID columns indexable. Match only canonical lowercase UUID text,
+    // preserving the old comparison while malformed payloads match nothing.
+    const payloadUuid = (value: SQL) =>
+      sql`(case when ${value} ~ '^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$' then (${value})::uuid end)`;
+    const payloadIssueId = payloadUuid(sql`${chatActions.payload}->>'issueId'`);
+    const payloadCommentId = payloadUuid(sql`${chatActions.payload}->>'commentId'`);
+    const coalescedOwnerId = sql`${agentWakeupRequests.payload}->>'coalescedIntoWakeupRequestId'`;
     const sourceRemoved = sql`exists (select 1 from issue_comments removed_comment
       where removed_comment.company_id = ${chatActions.companyId}
-        and removed_comment.issue_id::text = ${chatActions.payload}->>'issueId'
-        and removed_comment.id::text = ${chatActions.payload}->>'commentId'
+        and removed_comment.issue_id = ${payloadIssueId}
+        and removed_comment.id = ${payloadCommentId}
         and removed_comment.deleted_at is not null)`;
     const hasVisibleQueue = sql`exists (select 1 from chat_publications queued_notice
       join chat_message_links visible_queue on visible_queue.publication_id = queued_notice.id
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ export function createInboundWakeNotices(db: Db, options: NoticeOptions) {
         and visible_queue.provider_message_id = queued_notice.provider_message_id
         and visible_queue.direction = 'outbound' and visible_queue.comment_id is null
       where queued_notice.company_id = ${chatActions.companyId}
-        and queued_notice.comment_id::text = ${chatActions.payload}->>'commentId'
+        and queued_notice.comment_id = ${payloadCommentId}
         and queued_notice.state = 'published'
         and queued_notice.idempotency_key = 'wake:' || ${owner.id}::text || ':queued:' ||
           ${chatActions.endpointId}::text || ':' || ${chatActions.conversationId}::text)`;
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ export function createInboundWakeNotices(db: Db, options: NoticeOptions) {
       )
       .innerJoin(
         owner,
-        sql`${owner.id}::text = coalesce(${agentWakeupRequests.payload}->>'coalescedIntoWakeupRequestId', ${agentWakeupRequests.id}::text)`,
+        sql`${owner.id} = case when ${coalescedOwnerId} is null then ${agentWakeupRequests.id} else ${payloadUuid(coalescedOwnerId)} end`,
       )
       .where(
         and(

server/src/services/chat-github-tools.ts

@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ export async function githubBotToolsForSession(
 ): Promise<ToolGatewayDescriptor[]> {
   if (!session.agentId || !session.issueId || !session.runId) return [];
   const rows = await db
-    .select({
+    // A PR task can also own inline finding threads. They share one endpoint
+    // and catalog, so discovery must not emit a tool once per conversation.
+    .selectDistinct({
       endpoint: chatEndpoints,
       connection: toolConnections,
       entry: toolCatalogEntries,

server/src/services/heartbeat/execution-configuration.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { skillVersionSelectionMap } from "../runtime-skill-selections.js";
 import type { selectHeartbeatEnvironment } from "./environment-selection.js";
 import type { createHeartbeatRetries } from "./retries.js";
 import type { createHeartbeatLifecycle } from "./run-lifecycle.js";
+import { createHeartbeatPreparationTiming } from "./preparation-timing.js";
 import {
   ConfigurationIncompleteFailure, applyRunScopedMentionedSkillKeys, resolveExecutionRunAdapterConfig,
   resolveRunScopedMentionedSkillKeys, type createHeartbeatRunPreparation, type resolveAcceptedPlanWakeRoutingDecision,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export interface HeartbeatExecutionConfigurationInput {
 /** Assembles effective run configuration; the executor retains cleanup ownership. */
 export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: HeartbeatExecutionConfigurationInput) {
   const { run, agent, onFailureSecretsResolved, onManagedAiRuntimeAcquired, onIdentityRedactorPrepared } = input;
+  const time = createHeartbeatPreparationTiming(run.id);
   const { issueId, context, responsibleUserId, acceptedPlanContinuationWake, acceptedPlanWakeRoutingDecision, taskProjectContext, routineEnvContext } = input.task;
   const { sourceWorkspaceConfig, aiBinding } = input.config;
   const { trustPreset, useIsolatedTaskDirectory, explicitTaskDirectory } = input.policy;
@@ -94,19 +96,19 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
   const skillActor: AuthorizationActor = { type: "agent", agentId: agent.id, companyId: agent.companyId,
     runId: run.id, source: "agent_jwt", onBehalfOfUserId: responsibleUserId === "local-board" ? null : responsibleUserId };
   const runScopedMentionedSkillKeys =
-    await resolveRunScopedMentionedSkillKeys({
+    await time("configuration_mentions", () => resolveRunScopedMentionedSkillKeys({
       db,
       companyId: agent.companyId,
       issueId,
       commentIds: extractWakeCommentIds(context),
       actor: skillActor,
-    });
+    }));
   const runScopedSkillKeys =
     acceptedPlanContinuationWake &&
     !acceptedPlanWakeRoutingDecision?.suppressAcceptedContinuation
       ? [...runScopedMentionedSkillKeys, ACCEPTED_PLAN_CONVERSION_SKILL_KEY]
       : runScopedMentionedSkillKeys;
-  const githubSelection = await resolveManagedGitHubIdentitySelection(
+  const githubSelection = await time("configuration_github_identity", () => resolveManagedGitHubIdentitySelection(
     db,
     agent.companyId,
     {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
       responsibleUserId,
       allowStandingDelegation: false,
     },
-  );
+  ));
   const useHostGitHub =
     !githubSelection.configured &&
     trustPreset.kind === "standard" &&
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
     );
 
   const { resolvedConfig, configuredTaskEnvironment, secretKeys, secretManifest } =
-    await resolveExecutionRunAdapterConfig({
+    await time("configuration_secrets", () => resolveExecutionRunAdapterConfig({
       managedAiCredentials: Boolean(aiBinding),
       managedGitHubCredentials: !useHostGitHub,
       companyId: agent.companyId,
@@ -142,11 +144,11 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
       routineEnv: aiBinding ? stripAiAuthBindings(routineEnvContext.env) : routineEnvContext.env,
       secretsSvc,
       trustPreset,
-    });
+    }));
   onFailureSecretsResolved(() => collectRunFailureSecretValues(resolvedConfig.env, secretKeys));
   if (aiBinding) {
     try {
-      managedAiRuntime = await prepareManagedAiRuntime(db, { companyId: agent.companyId, agentId: agent.id, responsibleUserId, adapterType: agent.adapterType, binding: aiBinding, config: resolvedConfig });
+      managedAiRuntime = await time("configuration_ai_runtime", () => prepareManagedAiRuntime(db, { companyId: agent.companyId, agentId: agent.id, responsibleUserId, adapterType: agent.adapterType, binding: aiBinding, config: resolvedConfig }));
       onManagedAiRuntimeAcquired(managedAiRuntime);
     } catch (error) {
       // Only fresh executions can receive a pre-provider wait receipt. A
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
   const nativeRunnerPreparationSpans: NativeRunHistoricalSpan[] = [];
   const skillsPrepareStartedAtMs = Date.now();
   let skillDeliveryConfig = effectiveResolvedConfig;
-  const runtimeSkillEntries = await (async () => {
+  const runtimeSkillEntries = await time("configuration_skills", async () => {
     try {
       const storedVersions = parseObject(run.contextSnapshot?.skillVersions);
       const hasStoredVersions = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(run.contextSnapshot ?? {}, "skillVersions");
@@ -261,26 +263,26 @@ export async function prepareHeartbeatExecutionConfiguration(db: Db, input: Hear
       }
       throw error;
     }
-  })();
+  });
   nativeRunnerPreparationSpans.push({
     name: "skills.prepare",
     parentName: "task.prepare",
     startedAtMs: skillsPrepareStartedAtMs,
     endedAtMs: Date.now(),
   });
-  const connectorAssignments = await resolveConnectorAssignments(db, { companyId: agent.companyId, agentId: agent.id, runId: run.id, issueId: typeof context.issueId === "string" ? context.issueId : undefined });
-  const connectorSkillConfig = await applyConnectorSkills(skillDeliveryConfig, runtimeSkillEntries, connectorAssignments);
+  const connectorAssignments = await time("configuration_connector_assignments", () => resolveConnectorAssignments(db, { companyId: agent.companyId, agentId: agent.id, runId: run.id, issueId: typeof context.issueId === "string" ? context.issueId : undefined }));
+  const connectorSkillConfig = await time("configuration_connector_skills", () => applyConnectorSkills(skillDeliveryConfig, runtimeSkillEntries, connectorAssignments));
   // Both CLI adapters and native context materialization use the same resolved set.
   runtimeSkillEntries.splice(0, runtimeSkillEntries.length, ...connectorSkillConfig.paperclipRuntimeSkills);
-  const connectorDelivery = await prepareConnectorSkillDelivery(connectorSkillConfig, agent.adapterType);
+  const connectorDelivery = await time("configuration_connector_delivery", () => prepareConnectorSkillDelivery(connectorSkillConfig, agent.adapterType));
   // Always replace this runtime-only field; caller wake data cannot supply skills.
   context.paperclipWake = { ...parseObject(context.paperclipWake), connectorSkillInstructions: connectorDelivery.instructions };
-  let runtimeConfig = await prepareConnectionInstructionDelivery({
+  let runtimeConfig = await time("configuration_connection_instructions", () => prepareConnectionInstructionDelivery({
     resolve: () => resolveAssignedConnectionInstructionsForRun(db, { companyId: agent.companyId, agentId: agent.id, runId: run.id }),
     context, config: connectorDelivery.config, native: agent.adapterType === "paperclip_runner",
-  });
+  }));
   const agentIdentity = supportsManagedAgentIdentity(agent.adapterType, agent.adapterConfig, run.runtimeMode === "native" ? run.driverKind : undefined)
-    ? await agentIdentityService(db).ensureAgentIdentity(agent.companyId, agent.id)
+    ? await time("configuration_agent_identity", () => agentIdentityService(db).ensureAgentIdentity(agent.companyId, agent.id))
     : undefined;
   const identityRedactor = createAgentIdentityRedactor(agentIdentity?.privateKeyPem);
   onIdentityRedactorPrepared(identityRedactor);

server/src/services/heartbeat/preparation-timing-context.test.ts

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ it("honors an operator sampler that disables root traces even when the trigger i
   }
 });
 
-it("stays silent and preserves values and errors without a tracer provider", async () => {
+it.each(["workspace", "configuration_ai_runtime", "configuration_skills", "configuration_agent_identity"] as const)("stays silent and preserves values and errors without a tracer provider for %s", async phase => {
   trace.disable();
   context.disable();
   const messages = ["log", "info", "warn", "error", "debug"] as const;
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ it("stays silent and preserves values and errors without a tracer provider", asy
   try {
     const time = createHeartbeatPreparationTiming("unconfigured-run");
     const result = {};
-    await expect(time("workspace", async () => {
+    await expect(time(phase, async () => {
       expect(trace.getActiveSpan()?.isRecording()).not.toBe(true);
       return result;
     })).resolves.toBe(result);
     const error = new Error("original failure");
-    await expect(time("instructions", async () => { throw error; })).rejects.toBe(error);
+    await expect(time(phase, async () => { throw error; })).rejects.toBe(error);
     for (const spy of spies) expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   } finally {
     for (const spy of spies) spy.mockRestore();

server/src/services/heartbeat/preparation-timing.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { isSpanContextValid, ROOT_CONTEXT, SpanStatusCode, trace } from "@opente
 
 type PreparationPhase = "environment_selection" | "execution_configuration" | "session"
   | "workspace" | "github_environment" | "github_launchers" | "run_output"
-  | "workspace_validation" | "runtime_services" | "instructions" | "runtime_selection";
+  | "workspace_validation" | "runtime_services" | "instructions" | "runtime_selection"
+  | "configuration_mentions" | "configuration_github_identity" | "configuration_secrets"
+  | "configuration_ai_runtime" | "configuration_skills" | "configuration_connector_assignments"
+  | "configuration_connector_skills" | "configuration_connector_delivery"
+  | "configuration_connection_instructions" | "configuration_agent_identity";
 
 export function createHeartbeatPreparationTiming(runId: string) {
   const runIdHash = createHash("sha256").update(runId).digest("hex").slice(0, 12);

server/src/services/native-runtime/assigned-mcp-tools.test.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,44 @@ describe("assigned MCP runner tools", () => {
   const searchName = "paperclip_search_assigned_tools";
   const callName = "paperclip_call_assigned_tool";
 
+  it("deduplicates repeated app tools in direct and on-demand catalogs while retaining revocation", async () => {
+    const read = descriptor("memory.search");
+    const write = descriptor("memory.store", "write");
+    const f = fixture([read, structuredClone(read), write, structuredClone(write)]);
+    const assigned = await createAssignedMcpTools(f);
+    const direct = assigned.definitions();
+    expect(direct).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(assigned.definitions(tools => tools.length <= 2)).toEqual(direct);
+    expect(assigned.definitions(tools => tools[0]?.name === searchName).map(tool => tool.name)).toEqual([searchName, callName]);
+    await expect(assigned.execute({ tool: searchName, arguments: { query: "" } }, "planning"))
+      .resolves.toEqual({ tools: [direct[0]], nextOffset: null });
+    await assigned.execute({ tool: callName, arguments: { name: direct[0]!.name, arguments: { query: "fixture" } } });
+    expect(f.executeTool).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(expect.objectContaining({ tool: read.name }));
+    f.listToolsForNamedGateway.mockResolvedValue([write, structuredClone(write)]);
+    await expect(assigned.execute({ tool: searchName, arguments: { query: "" } }))
+      .resolves.toEqual({ tools: [direct[1]], nextOffset: null });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    { risk: "write" as const },
+    { connectionId: "another-connection" },
+    { parametersSchema: { type: "object", properties: { secret: { type: "string" } } } },
+  ])("rejects conflicting definitions with the same gateway name: %j", async change => {
+    const tool = descriptor("memory.search");
+    const f = fixture([tool, { ...tool, ...change }]);
+    await expect(createAssignedMcpTools(f)).rejects.toMatchObject({ reasonCode: "tool_name_collision" });
+    expect(f.executeTool).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps same-action tools from distinct connections separately callable", async () => {
+    const f = fixture([descriptor("mcp.memory-first:search"), descriptor("mcp.memory-second:search")]);
+    const assigned = await createAssignedMcpTools(f);
+    const direct = assigned.definitions();
+    expect(new Set(direct.map(tool => tool.name)).size).toBe(2);
+    for (const tool of direct) await assigned.execute({ tool: tool.name as string, arguments: {} });
+    expect(f.executeTool.mock.calls.map(([call]) => call.tool)).toEqual(["mcp.memory-first:search", "mcp.memory-second:search"]);
+  });
+
   it("pages through an oversized catalog and calls every tool through the original gateway", async () => {
     const f = fixture(Array.from({ length: 224 }, (_, i) => descriptor(`app.action_${i}`)));
     const assigned = await createAssignedMcpTools(f);

server/src/services/native-runtime/assigned-mcp-tools.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
-import { ToolGatewayHttpError, type ToolGatewayDescriptor, type ToolGatewayService } from "../tool-gateway.js";
+import { deduplicateToolDescriptors, ToolGatewayHttpError, type ToolGatewayDescriptor, type ToolGatewayService } from "../tool-gateway.js";
 
 type WorkMode = "standard" | "planning" | "ask";
 type ToolDefinition = Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export async function createAssignedMcpTools(input: {
     bearerToken: input.bearerToken,
   });
   const tools = new Map<string, ToolGatewayDescriptor>();
-  for (const descriptor of listed) {
+  for (const descriptor of deduplicateToolDescriptors(listed)) {
     const name = assignedToolName(descriptor.name);
     if (tools.has(name)) throw new Error("assigned_mcp_tool_name_collision");
     tools.set(name, descriptor);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export async function createAssignedMcpTools(input: {
     }
     // Intersect fresh grants with this session's pinned catalog. Revocations
     // take effect immediately; newly assigned tools require a new session.
-    const current = new Map((await input.gateway.listToolsForNamedGateway({
+    const current = new Map(deduplicateToolDescriptors(await input.gateway.listToolsForNamedGateway({
       gatewayPublicId: input.gatewayPublicId, bearerToken: input.bearerToken,
     })).map(tool => [tool.name, tool]));
     const terms = args.query.toLowerCase().trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);

server/src/services/tool-gateway.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { extractRemoteMcpPending } from "./remote-mcp-pending.js";
 import { logger } from "../middleware/logger.js";
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { createHash, randomBytes, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "node:util";
 import {
   and,
   asc,
@@ -354,6 +355,22 @@ export class ToolGatewayHttpError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+/** Repeated discovery rows are one tool; conflicting bindings stay ambiguous. */
+export function deduplicateToolDescriptors(tools: readonly ToolGatewayDescriptor[]): ToolGatewayDescriptor[] {
+  const unique = new Map<string, ToolGatewayDescriptor>();
+  for (const tool of tools) {
+    const previous = unique.get(tool.name);
+    if (previous) {
+      if (!isDeepStrictEqual(previous, tool)) {
+        throw new ToolGatewayHttpError(409, "Conflicting tool definitions share the same name.", "tool_name_collision");
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    unique.set(tool.name, tool);
+  }
+  return [...unique.values()];
+}
+
 interface ExecuteGatewayToolInput {
   sessionToken: string;
   gatewayId?: string | null;
@@ -3084,7 +3101,7 @@ export function createToolGatewayService(
         visibleTools.push(...VIRTUAL_TOOLS);
       }
     }
-    return visibleTools;
+    return deduplicateToolDescriptors(visibleTools);
   }
 
   async function executeBuiltinTool(
@@ -9036,12 +9053,14 @@ export function createToolGatewayService(
           tool,
         }),
       );
-      return decisions
+      const visibleTools = decisions
         .filter(
           ({ decision }) =>
             decision.allowed || decision.decision === "require_approval",
         )
-        .map(({ tool }) => {
+        .map(({ tool }) => tool);
+      return deduplicateToolDescriptors(visibleTools)
+        .map((tool) => {
           const {
             providerType: _providerType,
             risk: _risk,