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3ae2c30f2f feat(skills): import skills from projects (#9620)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source control plane people use to manage
AI-agent companies.
> - Company skills make reusable agent behavior discoverable and
editable from one place.
> - Projects already contain skill directories, but operators had to
import each skill path manually.
> - Copying those skills would break the desired write-through workflow
between Skill Studio and the source project.
> - The server therefore needs a safe preview/select/import contract
that only accepts rediscovered, workspace-contained candidates.
> - The UI needs a guided project picker that explains reference
semantics, handles conflicts, and remains usable on mobile.
> - This pull request adds that end-to-end project skill import flow
with authorization, tenant-scope, traversal, and symlink regression
coverage.
> - The benefit is faster bulk onboarding while keeping project files as
the single source of truth.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Feature request**

**Problem:** Importing several skills already stored in a Paperclip
project requires operators to discover and submit each local path
individually. This is slow, hides which well-known directories were
searched, and makes conflict/already-imported states difficult to
evaluate before mutation.

**Proposed solution:** Add an “Import skills from project” flow that
previews skills from well-known directories, lets operators selectively
import eligible candidates, and stores local-path references so Skill
Studio edits write through to the project files.

**Alternatives considered:** Copying files into company-managed skill
storage was rejected because it creates divergent copies. Trusting
client-supplied paths was rejected because imports must be constrained
to server-rediscovered, workspace-contained candidates.

**Additional context:** GitHub duplicate search found no existing issue
or PR for this exact workflow. Refs #3799 for related skill-import
inventory behavior; this PR does not claim to close that issue.

## What Changed

- Extend `scan-projects` with backward-compatible preview and
selective-import modes, typed validation, candidate statuses, and
OpenAPI coverage.
- Discover project skills under `skills`, `.agents/skills`,
`.claude/skills`, `.codex/skills`, `.cursor/skills`, `.opencode/skills`,
and `.gemini/skills`.
- Re-discover selections server-side, enforce company/project/workspace
scope, and reject traversal or symlink escapes before creating
`local_path` references.
- Add the Skills-page menu entry and responsive project import dialog
with project selection, grouped candidates, select all/deselect all,
conflicts, empty/error/403 states, and import results.
- Add route, service, and component regressions for preview
authorization, cross-tenant selections, traversal/symlink safety,
selection counts, grouping, and result semantics.

### Screenshots

**Choose a project**

![Choose a
project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryppadotta/paperclip-prs/refs/heads/pr-assets/import-skills-from-project/01-pick-project.png)

**Review discovered skills**

![Review discovered
skills](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryppadotta/paperclip-prs/refs/heads/pr-assets/import-skills-from-project/03-select.png)

**Mobile selection footer**

![Mobile selection
footer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryppadotta/paperclip-prs/refs/heads/pr-assets/import-skills-from-project/select-390.png)

**Import result**

![Import
result](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryppadotta/paperclip-prs/refs/heads/pr-assets/import-skills-from-project/06-result.png)

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/__tests__/company-skills-service.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-skills-routes.test.ts
ui/src/pages/skills/ImportSkillsFromProjectDialog.test.tsx` — 3 files,
81 tests passed.
- `pnpm check:token-gates` — all token gates clean.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/shared typecheck` — passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` — passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck` — passed.
- Security review passed after adding tenant-scope and
unauthorized-preview regressions; UX re-review approved desktop/mobile
surfaces; QA passed all seven acceptance areas including write-through
editing, deduplication, conflicts, empty state, and permission denial.

## Risks

- Files remain referenced in project workspaces, so moving or deleting a
source directory can make an imported skill unavailable; the UI
explicitly communicates the reference behavior.
- New well-known directory scans may discover more candidates than older
versions, but preview mode prevents mutation until the operator confirms
a selection.
- The endpoint remains backward compatible: omitting `mode` preserves
the prior full-import behavior.
- No schema migration or telemetry event changes.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 with tool use/code execution assisted with
the UI implementation and UX polish. OpenAI Codex CLI with tool use/code
execution assisted with server implementation, security fixes,
regression coverage, integration, and PR preparation; the runtime did
not expose Codex's exact backing model ID or context-window size.

## 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 18:01:44 -05:00
Devin FoleyandPaperclip d47b4da655 Auto-build bundled plugins on install (#8254)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Plugins extend the server with worker/UI surfaces, and bundled local
plugins under `packages/plugins/**` ship as TS source — their compiled
`dist/` is not checked in
> - On a fresh checkout, installing a bundled local plugin via the
in-app **Install** button failed because `paperclipPlugin.manifest`
points at `./dist/manifest.js`, which does not exist until the package
is built
> - The error surfaces as `Package … does not appear to be a Paperclip
plugin (no manifest found)`, which is misleading — the manifest is real,
the dist is just missing — and forces every contributor to run `pnpm
--filter … build` by hand before the bundled-plugin installer works at
all
> - This pull request teaches the install path to detect that case and
run the package's build (plus standalone runtime bootstrap for plugins
outside the root workspace) before manifest resolution, gated by a kill
switch and a bounded timeout
> - The benefit is bundled plugins like
`@paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff` install in one click on a fresh
checkout, with a clear error message and manual fallback when the
autobuild itself fails

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No existing GitHub issue. Underlying bug, following the bug-report
template:

**What happened?**
Installing a bundled local plugin from a fresh checkout fails with
`Package @paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff at
packages/plugins/plugin-workspace-diff does not appear to be a Paperclip
plugin (no manifest found)`. The manifest is declared in `package.json`
(`paperclipPlugin.manifest = ./dist/manifest.js`) but `dist/` is not
built/committed, so the loader cannot find it.

**Expected behavior**
Clicking **Install** on a bundled plugin builds it if needed and
registers it, without a manual build step.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Fresh checkout of `master`
2. Start the server, open Plugin Manager
3. Click **Install** next to `@paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff`
4. Observe the "no manifest found" failure

**Scope**
Same failure mode affects every bundled plugin without a checked-in
`dist/` (`plugin-llm-wiki`, examples, sandbox-provider plugins, etc.).

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts`: added
`ensureLocalPluginBuilt(packageRoot, pkgJson)` — when the package lives
under `packages/plugins/**` and its declared paperclipPlugin entrypoints
(`manifest`, `worker`, `ui`) are missing, run `pnpm --filter <name>
build` (and a standalone runtime-deps bootstrap for plugins outside the
root pnpm workspace) before manifest resolution
- `server/src/routes/plugins.ts`: invoke the autobuild from the
local-path install path; surface a `hasBuiltEntrypoints` boolean on the
`AvailableBundledPlugin` listing; invalidate the bundled-plugins cache
after a successful install so a freshly built plugin no longer reports
`hasBuiltEntrypoints: false`
- `ui/src/api/plugins.ts` + `ui/src/pages/PluginManager.tsx`: type and
consume `hasBuiltEntrypoints` so the installer can show that an
autobuild will run on install
- `server/src/__tests__/plugin-install-autobuild.test.ts`: new suite — 9
tests covering success, kill-switch, build failure, timeout, manifest
still missing after build, standalone variant, and the existing
`plugin-routes-authz` listing assertion
- `doc/plugins/LOCAL_PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md`: documents the autobuild,
the `PAPERCLIP_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOBUILD=1` kill switch, and the manual
fallback command
- Detect the autobuild timeout via the child-process `killed` flag
rather than string-matching the error message, so the "after timing out"
context is actually emitted

Knobs:

- `PAPERCLIP_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOBUILD=1` — skip autobuild entirely;
restore prior behavior
- Build timeout: 120s, with a clear error that points at the manual
`pnpm --filter <name> build` recovery command

## Verification

- `cd server && pnpm vitest run
src/__tests__/plugin-install-autobuild.test.ts
src/__tests__/plugin-routes-authz.test.ts` → 44/44 pass
- End-to-end on a clean checkout: `rm -rf
packages/plugins/plugin-workspace-diff/dist`, invoke
`ensureLocalPluginBuilt()` against the real package, all declared
entrypoints (`dist/manifest.js`, `dist/worker.js`, `dist/ui/index.js`)
regenerated. The original `no manifest found` symptom no longer
reproduces.

## Risks

Low. The autobuild only fires when (a) the package sits under
`packages/plugins/**`, (b) at least one declared entrypoint is missing,
and (c) the kill switch is not set. In a packaged production server the
`packages/plugins/**` path does not exist on disk, so the helper
short-circuits and never shells out to `pnpm`. Failures from the spawned
build are surfaced as an install error with the exact manual command to
retry, so the worst-case is the same UX as before plus a clearer
message.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 4.7 (claude-opus-4-7), extended thinking enabled, tool use
(filesystem + bash).

## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [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
- [ ] 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>
2026-06-17 22:39:55 -07:00