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DottaandPaperclip 13a83dd68a docs: require sleep-aware background work in reviews (#17138)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agents in instances that can be idle between
tasks.
> - Recurring empty database and network checks can keep idle instances
and databases awake.
> - Worker migrations already use events, transaction-aware signals, and
shared deadlines.
> - New features can still add idle scans unless contributors and code
reviewers share an explicit rule.
> - This PR makes that rule discoverable through the repository rule
loader and Greptile.
> - The rule applies to added or expanded behavior without requiring
unrelated legacy polling to be removed.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #15625, #17000, #17094, #17106, and #17129.

**Current behavior**

The repository has module ownership and runtime dependency rules, but no
explicit review requirement against new idle polling. A new duty in a
heartbeat tick can undo the benefits of previous worker migrations.

**Proposed behavior**

Require events for changed state, transaction-aware signals for
database-produced work, and shared scheduling for real deadlines. Reject
recurring empty scans, including scans disguised as scheduler callbacks.
Review narrow polling exceptions against concrete obligations and sleep
impact.

**Reason and benefit**

Make sleep-aware design a default review expectation. Preserve delivery,
ambiguous-commit recovery, drain/resume, and external wake correctness
while preventing new permanent idle traffic. Existing unrelated polling
stays outside the requested change.

## What Changed

- Add rules/sleep-aware-background-work.mdc for server, database,
adapter, plugin, and runner background paths, including
server/src/index.ts.
- Require concrete triggers, pending-work predicates, quiet conditions,
actual deadlines, and lifecycle evidence.
- Describe narrow exceptions for active operations and external sources,
with required scope, stop conditions, and sleep limitations.
- Distinguish in-process scheduling from durable Cloud wake coverage.
- Register the matching scopes in .greptile/files.json and link the rule
from rules/README.md.
- Reuse the existing module-boundary rule for ownership instead of
duplicating provider policy.

## Verification

- Passed: JSON parsing, required rule metadata, exact parity between
frontmatter globs and Greptile scopes, and all repository links.
- Passed: 15 representative path matches, including server startup,
nested service workers, producer routes, tests, database signals,
adapters, plugins, and both runner source trees. UI, CLI, docs, and
workflow paths remain outside this rule's glob scope.
- Passed: git diff --check.
- Manually checked contrasting review cases: reject a new empty queue
interval; reject an always-rescheduled empty scan; allow an actual retry
deadline; allow a bounded active readiness probe with lifecycle cleanup;
leave untouched legacy loops alone; reject sleep approval based only on
an internal timer.
- No runtime code changed. Application builds and tests were not rerun
for this rules-only change. This validates rule structure and intended
interpretation, not future reviewer compliance or deployed sleep.
- Greptile: 5/5 on 0b95bbd38a, with no
findings or unresolved threads. Full hosted CI passed on the same head:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39664730299.
- An additional audit of existing rule scopes initially assumed all YAML
glob strings were quoted. The audit was corrected to accept the existing
unquoted form; all rule-to-manifest mappings then passed without changes
to those rules.

## Risks

- Broad source globs can surface the rule on unrelated edits. Its body
limits enforcement to new or materially changed background behavior and
explicitly excludes unrelated legacy migration demands.
- A blanket ban on every timer would reject legitimate active
operations. Narrow exceptions require evidence and do not exempt
permanent empty scans.
- Greptile and agent rule loading provide review guidance, not a
mechanical proof that no polling exists. No regex timer ban or new
runtime behavior is introduced.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex with reasoning, source and session
inspection, editing, and structural validation. Exact serving model ID
and context-window size are not exposed in this session.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-21 15:11:42 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 9cb3e157b3 docs: keep routine product work in the harness (#16193)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The runtime and server handle routine execution and recovery.
> - Product flows can expose internal steps that the system can handle
safely.
> - Users then have to operate infrastructure to achieve their original
goal.
> - This pull request adds a short rule that assigns this work to the
harness.
> - The benefit is a calm product experience with useful details and
real choices.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Issue type**

Missing documentation.

**Where is the issue?**

`rules/` and the repository review configuration.

**What's wrong?**

The repository has no shared product rule for harness responsibility and
useful user-facing detail. Recovery can become a user checklist even
when the system knows the next safe step. Related implementation:
#15824.

**Suggested fix**

Require the harness to perform routine work within its existing
authority. Require visible controls and details to serve a real decision
or useful outcome. Keep progress truthful and apply the rule to changed
flows.

## What Changed

- Add the short product rule in
`rules/product-harness-responsibility.mdc`.
- Register it as a repository-wide review rule in
`.greptile/files.json`.
- Link the rule from `rules/README.md`.

## Verification

- `git diff --check origin/master...HEAD` passed.
- Node assertions passed for rule frontmatter, unique reviewer
registration, repository-wide scope, all registered file paths and the
README link.
- The diff contains only three rule/documentation files. No application
behavior changes. Application typecheck, tests and build were not run
for this documentation change.
- Review the rule's scope and read its four product requirements and
review criterion. All applicable CI checks passed on head `89803a6cd7`.
Greptile gave 5/5 with no unresolved findings.

## Risks

The rule affects future product design and review. It applies to changed
flows and does not require unrelated redesigns. Existing permissions,
approvals and runtime safeguards remain in force. No migration or
deployment is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6, with repository inspection, tool use and code
execution. The exact serving model ID and context-window size were not
exposed in this session. The user edited and approved the final short
rule.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-13 10:50:03 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 7ac0354b51 docs: track chat channel rules and Greptile configuration (#16172)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Chat channels connect shared task workflows to several platforms.
> - Recent refactors moved platform behavior into named channel folders.
> - Authors and reviewers need a durable rule that preserves these
boundaries.
> - Review settings also need version control and an explicit source of
rules.
> - This pull request adds scoped MDC rules and a staged migration of
supported Greptile settings into Git.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Issue type**

Missing documentation and versioned review configuration.

**Where is the issue?**

Root contributor instructions, chat channel architecture guidance, and
Greptile configuration for this repository.

**What's wrong?**

The channel folder boundary is established in the refactor but has no
focused rule for future changes. Greptile settings and custom context
are maintained in the dashboard.

**Suggested fix**

Keep canonical rule bodies under `rules/`. Route coding agents through
`AGENTS.md` and load matching rules through `.greptile/files.json`.
Preserve supported review settings in `.greptile/config.json` and
document the remaining dashboard controls.

Related work: #15823 and #16080. A search for related rule PRs found no
duplicate configuration change.

## What Changed

- Add `rules/chat-channel-platform-boundaries.mdc`. Its scope covers
`server/src/services/chat-channels/**` and the sibling
`chat-channels.ts` entry point.
- Define provider folder ownership, shared workflow boundaries, typed
dependencies, behavior-preserving extraction, and dispatch exceptions.
- Add rule-loading instructions to root `AGENTS.md` and
`.greptile/rules.md`.
- Add explicit, scoped context references in `.greptile/files.json`.
- Record observed review triggers, the Dependabot exclusion, Base tier,
High strictness, summary options, fix prompts, status checks, and
disabled auto-approval in `.greptile/config.json`.
- Move existing PR-description, source-file growth, and
repository-specific screenshot guidance into
`rules/pull-request-review.mdc`.
- Document supported settings, remaining dashboard controls, and the
staged cutover. The dashboard was inspected read-only; no settings or
saved rules were changed.

## Verification

- Parse both MDC headers with Ruby `YAML.safe_load`: passed.
- Parse both Greptile JSON files and verify documented field types and
observed values: passed.
- Verify all four context references resolve to repository files:
passed.
- Compare scoped MDC globs with the corresponding Greptile scope:
passed.
- Check ten positive and negative scope cases with Node
`path.matchesGlob`: passed. Includes the service entry point, nested
provider files, and unrelated runner, connection, and UI paths.
- Verify the scope covers all 101 tracked chat-channel files: passed.
- `git diff --check`: passed.
- Application typecheck, `pnpm test:run`, and build were not run
locally. This change contains only guidance and reviewer configuration,
and this worktree has no installed application dependencies. No runtime
behavior or application tests changed.
- Greptile reviewed commit `32647dfd001289a297b9d43c381371da8575df38`:
5/5, eight files reviewed, zero comments. Hosted CI is still running.

## Risks

- Instructions depend on agent and reviewer compliance; these files are
not deterministic lint rules.
- The new MDC directory is explicitly routed through `AGENTS.md` and
Greptile. Cursor does not automatically discover arbitrary `rules/`
directories.
- This preserves the observed High strictness setting, which the
dashboard says omits P2 comments. It does not change that review policy.
- Dashboard instructions and custom rules remain additive. Their copies
were not disabled during read-only inspection. The repository-specific
no-screenshot rule explicitly takes precedence over the conflicting
older organization instruction.
- Draft review, the required 5/5 status threshold, image badges, and
other controls without documented config equivalents remain in the
dashboard. See `.greptile/README.md` for the inventory and cutover
limitations.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex based on GPT-6. The exact runtime model ID and
context-window size are not exposed in this session. Used reasoning,
repository inspection, shell validation, official documentation, and
read-only browser inspection.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass (configuration parsing and
scope checks described above; application suites were not run)
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable (no runtime change;
checked configuration directly)
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-13 08:59:27 -05:00