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DottaandPaperclip 45862dd210 docs: add a product feature map (#15288)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Its user journeys span tasks, agents, projects, connected apps,
governance, and CLI operations.
> - Existing tests do not provide a shared index of entry points and
verification steps.
> - Contributors need to see which surfaces a change affects and what
evidence exists.
> - This pull request adds an optional product feature map with recipes
and explicit coverage gaps.
> - The map adds no CI checks or required maintenance for future pull
requests.
> - Contributors can use it to find verification steps and state what
they checked.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Issue type**

Missing documentation.

**Where is the issue?**

User-journey verification guidance in AGENTS.md and doc/DEVELOPING.md.

**What's wrong?**

There is no shared index of product features, user entry points,
available test evidence, and remaining coverage gaps. Shared components
can hide differences between their hosts.

**Suggested fix**

Add a documentation-only capability index and verification recipes. The
format takes inspiration from [Omnigent's feature
map](https://github.com/omnigent-ai/omnigent/tree/91acfbbb59f6fc210ff95a9e9428aadd62e06582/feature-map).
The recipes describe Paperclip's own behavior and tests.

Searched GitHub PRs and issues for `feature map` and `feature-map`. No
duplicate change was found. Checked ROADMAP.md. This PR documents
existing capabilities.

## What Changed

- Added 35 feature recipes, 171 named sub-features, and 91 entry points
across product, CLI, operator, and developer surfaces.
- Each recipe describes setup, expected results, existing automated
evidence, manual verification, and coverage gaps.
- Added a dated source snapshot of 185 non-test page TSX modules in 15
areas. The snapshot describes documentation coverage, not runtime
health.
- Included entry points within existing pages, CLI/API operations, and
experimental surfaces. Identified helper-only test evidence where a
rendered journey has no automated proof.
- Linked the map from AGENTS.md and doc/DEVELOPING.md as an optional
reference.
- The final diff contains only Markdown and the inventory JSON. It adds
no checker, tests, package commands, workflows, dependencies, scheduled
work, or mandatory inventory updates.

## Verification

- PASS: local documentation links resolve and the inventory JSON parses.
Confirmed the final PR diff contains only 39 documentation files.
- PASS: `node --test '.github/scripts/tests/*.test.mjs'` — 381 existing
tests after removal of the feature-map tests.
- PASS: `git diff --check`.
- Earlier local build and typecheck passed. The full local test run was
stopped after 26 minutes with failures in unchanged chat-channel and
native-runner integration tests. It did not complete. These application
checks were not repeated for the documentation-only removal.
- [CI on the preceding
head](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/37398407523)
passed all applicable checks. Checks on the final documentation-only
head are pending.
- PASS: Greptile review on final head
`45c4b0aeb26540324825da43e81bee2336ad1c1f` is 5/5. There are no
unresolved findings.
- Live product/provider journeys were not run to author the map. The
recipes identify available evidence and manual steps, not new
qualification results.

## Risks

Low product risk: the PR changes documentation only. Recipes and the
source snapshot can become stale. Maintenance is optional and based on
review. Linked tests do not prove that every documented journey works.
The map states remaining coverage gaps.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with repository inspection, reasoning, tool
use, and code execution. The exact serving model ID and context window
were 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
- [ ] 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>
2026-10-06 02:08:47 +00:00

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App access, action permissions, and testing

After connecting an app, an operator decides which agents may use it and whether each action is off, requires approval, or is allowed. Activity and action tests help verify the resulting access.

Implementation: app detail, permissions, activity.

Sub-features

  • agent-access: grant the connection to all or selected eligible agents.
  • action-policy: set off/ask/allowed independently for available actions.
  • catalog-change: review newly discovered/quarantined actions before enabling them.
  • test-action: choose an actor and inputs and inspect a real action result.
  • account-maintenance: inspect accounts, reconnect/revoke, and review connection activity.

How to get to it (user POV)

permissions

Open an app at /apps/:connectionId/permissions; this is the default connected-app view.

test-and-maintain

Use the action test control in Permissions, then the connection’s Activity and available account/advanced controls.

Driving it

Preconditions: follow the baseline. Prepare a connection to a fixture or test provider, two agents, and a harmless action. Record provider and credential ownership.

permissions

Automated: app detail covers agent/action controls, quarantined actions, and navigation using mocked requests.

Manual: Grant one agent access, leave another excluded, and exercise off, ask, and allowed states for a harmless action. Reload between changes. Verify actual denied calls stay denied and ask-first creates a decision rather than executing early.

test-and-maintain

Automated: app detail tests cover test-dialog/UI contracts. Real provider execution and revocation require the selected provider’s live check.

Manual: Run a read-only action with explicit inputs and inspect returned data and activity. Refresh discovery and review new actions. Revoke or disconnect only the disposable credential, then verify subsequent use fails with an actionable reconnect state.

Gotchas

  • Connected does not imply an agent has access or an action is allowed.
  • Credential-only connections may replace tool-action controls with account-specific controls.
  • See connection setup for auth and questions and approvals for pending action review.