## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents at
work
> - Paperclip stores an `issuePrefix` on each company (e.g. "OPS") used
for issue identifiers (`OPS-1`) and company-prefixed routes
(`/OPS/dashboard`)
> - The create-dialog badges in NewIssueDialog, NewProjectDialog, and
NewGoalDialog were derived from the company display name using
`company.name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` — so "Acme Labs" showed "ACM"
> - This is misleading because the badge visually represents the issue
prefix, but actually shows an unrelated 3-letter slice of the display
name
> - When a company has `issuePrefix = "OPS"` but `name = "Acme Labs"`,
the badge showed "ACM" while issues use "OPS-1"
> - This pull request replaces `name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` with
`company.issuePrefix` in all three dialog badge components
> - The benefit is that the badge now matches the actual prefix used for
issues and routes, eliminating confusion
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
Fixes: #8501
## What Changed
- `ui/src/components/NewIssueDialog.tsx` (line ~1339): Replaced
`company.name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` with `company.issuePrefix` in
the selected-company header badge
- `ui/src/components/NewIssueDialog.tsx`: Replaced
`company.name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` with `company.issuePrefix` in
the company picker list badge
- `ui/src/components/NewProjectDialog.tsx`: Replaced
`selectedCompany.name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` with
`selectedCompany.issuePrefix` in the selected-company header badge
- `ui/src/components/NewGoalDialog.tsx`: Replaced
`selectedCompany.name.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()` with
`selectedCompany.issuePrefix` in the selected-company header badge
## Verification
1. Create or configure a company whose `issuePrefix` differs from the
first 3 letters of its display name (e.g. name = "Acme Labs",
issuePrefix = "OPS")
2. Open the New Task dialog — the selected-company header badge should
show "OPS", not "ACM"
3. Open the company picker dropdown inside the New Task dialog — each
company list badge should show the actual `issuePrefix`
4. Open the New Project dialog — the selected-company header badge
should show "OPS"
5. Open the New Goal dialog — the selected-company header badge should
show "OPS"
6. Verify that companies whose prefix matches the first 3 letters (e.g.
name="Ops Team", prefix="OPS") still display correctly
**Before/After:**
- Before: Company "Acme Labs" with `issuePrefix = "OPS"` showed badge
"ACM"
- After: Same company shows badge "OPS"
(Screenshots require running the UI locally against a test instance with
the relevant company configuration.)
## Risks
Low risk — this is a purely visual change to 3 React component badge
labels. No API changes, no schema changes, no behavioral changes to
issue creation or routing. The `issuePrefix` field is already loaded on
the company objects used by these components.
## Model Used
- **Provider:** OpenCode
- **Model:** MiMo v2.5 Free
- **Reasoning:** N/A (standard code generation)
## 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 searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and found none
targeting the same badge code
- [x] I have linked the existing issue with Fixes: #8501
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change (`fix/issue-8501`)
- [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: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Its UI is the operator's daily surface: task lists, boards, budgets,
agent status — all built on shadcn components and Tailwind
> - Visual values (colors, spacing, type sizes, radii) were hardcoded at
~1,600 call sites: the same "small gray label" was 9/10/11px depending
on the file, charts disagreed with chips about status colors, two
toggle-switch implementations coexisted in two greens, and there was no
visual regression coverage
> - This made the UI drift-prone and made any restyle a
hundreds-of-files project, which discourages design iteration
> - This pull request extracts visual values into a single token layer
in `ui/src/index.css`, adds a Storybook visual regression suite backed
by external immutable baseline archives, and then applies a deliberate
retune reviewed change-by-change on screenshot diffs
> - The benefit is that Paperclip's look becomes a config surface:
retheming is a token edit reviewed as a snapshot diff, drift is blocked
by a token gate, and future UI PRs can prove exactly what changed
visually without committing hundreds of PNGs
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
No existing public issue covers this work (searched "design tokens",
"visual regression", "design system" across issues and PRs). Related in
spirit: Refs #8982 (theming a hardcoded panel — a one-off instance of
the same problem class this PR addresses systematically).
**Problem (feature-request form):** UI visual values are hardcoded per
call site with no source of truth and no regression coverage;
consistency depends on reviewer memory, and restyling requires mass file
edits.
**Proposed solution (this PR):** a single token layer + enforcement gate
+ externally stored visual snapshot suite, then an intentional restyle
on top of that foundation.
## What Changed
- **Token extraction (zero visual change, machine-verified during
development):** committed codemods (`scripts/codemod-*.mjs`) moved
~1,600 hardcoded color/type/spacing/radius/shadow/misc values into named
tokens in a non-inline `:root` block of `ui/src/index.css`.
- **Visual regression suite:** `pnpm test:storybook-visual` covers 255
stories × light/dark = 510 Playwright screenshots at `maxDiffPixels: 0`,
plus new primitive-coverage stories and deterministic-render fixes.
- **External visual baselines:** committed PNG snapshots were removed.
`tests/storybook-visual/baseline-manifest.json` pins an immutable
archive URL/hash/size/count, and `scripts/storybook-visual-baseline.mjs`
handles `download`, `verify`, `pack`, and trusted maintainer `upload`
flows.
- **Opt-in visual CI artifacts:** added a `Storybook Visual` workflow
that runs on manual dispatch or PRs labeled `storybook-visual`,
downloads/verifies the baseline, runs Playwright, and uploads Playwright
report/test-result artifacts for review. Normal PR runs do not mutate
baseline objects.
- **Token gate:** `pnpm check:token-gates` — zero hex literals, zero
arbitrary bracket values, zero raw font-sizes in `ui/src/components/**`
and `ui/src/pages/**`, with a documented inline allowlist for legitimate
opt-outs.
- **Theme retune (intentional, snapshot-reviewed):** new base theme
values; radius ladder derived from a single `--radius` knob; micro-type
cluster collapsed to a named ladder (`--text-nano/micro/compact` +
Tailwind `text-xs`/`text-sm`); letter-spacing collapsed to named steps.
- **One status-color vocabulary:** charts, quota/budget bar fills,
RUNNING/live chips, and liveness indicators all use the canonical
`--status-*` hues. Light-mode legibility fixes for red alert surfaces
that used dark-tuned text classes.
- **One switch:** `ToggleSwitch` restyled to the registry capsule form,
second hand-rolled implementation removed, and all call sites unified.
- **Docs:** `DESIGN.md` is the design contract; `doc/design/` holds
audit reports, decision logs, and updated guidance for external baseline
review/update workflows.
- Dead code removed (`agentStatusBadge` duplicate map), byte-identical
contrast constants consolidated, semantic renames
(`--project-seed`/`--project-none`, `--liveness-blue`).
## Verification
- `pnpm check:token-gates` — 3/3 gates CLEAN during the design-system
run
- `pnpm typecheck` && `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui build` — green
during the design-system run
- `node --test scripts/__tests__/storybook-visual-baseline.test.mjs` —
pass after external-baseline rework
- `pnpm exec tsc --noEmit --pretty false --module NodeNext
--moduleResolution NodeNext --target ES2022 --types
node,@playwright/test tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts
tests/storybook-visual/storybook-visual.spec.ts` — pass after
external-baseline rework
- `git diff --check origin/pr/9134..HEAD` — pass after external-baseline
rework
- `find tests/storybook-visual -type f -name '*.png' -print | wc -l` —
`0`
- `node scripts/storybook-visual-baseline.mjs verify` — intentionally
fails closed until the first trusted maintainer publishes the baseline
archive and updates `baseline-manifest.json`
## Risks
- **Large but shallow:** the PR still touches many UI files due to
mechanical token extraction and retune work, but committed PNG snapshot
churn has been removed from the branch.
- **Baseline publication required before the visual suite can pass in
clean clones:** the manifest currently has placeholder archive metadata.
A trusted maintainer must publish the first immutable archive, then
update `baseline-manifest.json`.
- **Rendering platform variance:** the external baseline should be
captured in the documented Linux/Chromium environment. Future CI runs
verify against the pinned archive and fail closed on checksum/count
mismatch.
- **Visual CI is opt-in while stabilizing:** add the `storybook-visual`
label or dispatch the workflow manually to produce downloadable
Playwright report/test-result artifacts.
- **Scheduled follow-ups, deliberately out of scope:** Tailwind palette
classes map to semantic tokens in a dedicated pass; card/pill component
consolidation; ESLint ratchet. Tracked in
`doc/design/DECISION-SHEET.md`.
## Model Used
Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic, `claude-fable-5`, Mythos-class tier) with
extended thinking, running in Claude Code with tool use; mechanical
phases delegated to Claude Sonnet subagents. Follow-up external-baseline
rework assisted by OpenAI Codex (`gpt-5` coding agent with repository,
terminal, and GitHub tool use). All bulk rewrites executed via
deterministic, idempotent scripts committed in `scripts/`; intentional
visual changes were human-reviewed on screenshot contact sheets.
## 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 targeted local verification and documented the
intentional baseline-publication failure above
- [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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green *(pending new CI run after this
rework)*
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
*(pending review)*
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
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Long goal descriptions pushed the Create button below the viewport
with no way to scroll, making it impossible to submit the form. Add
overflow-y-auto and max-h-[50vh] to the description container so it
scrolls within the dialog while keeping the footer visible.
Closes#2631
Rename all workspace packages from @paperclip/* to @paperclipai/* and
the CLI binary from `paperclip` to `paperclipai` in preparation for
npm publishing. Bump CLI version to 0.1.0 and add package metadata
(description, keywords, license, repository, files). Update all
imports, documentation, user-facing messages, and tests accordingly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add Auth sign-in/sign-up page and InviteLanding page for invite acceptance.
Add CloudAccessGate that checks deployment mode and redirects to /auth when
session is required. Add CompanyRail with drag-and-drop company switching.
Add MarkdownBody prose renderer. Redesign Inbox with category filters and
inline join-request approval. Refactor AgentDetail to overview/configure/runs
views with claude-login support. Replace navigate() anti-patterns with <Link>
components in Dashboard and MetricCard. Add live-run indicators in sidebar
agents. Fix LiveUpdatesProvider cache key resolution for issue identifiers.
Add auth, health, and access API clients.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added NewGoalDialog component with title, description (markdown),
status, level, and parent goal selection
- Integrated dialog into DialogContext with parentId defaults support
- Added "+ New Goal" button on /goals page (both empty state and header)
- Added "+ Sub Goal" button on goal detail sub-goals tab that pre-fills
the parent goal
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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