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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 0cf70c9d0c fix(chat): tell overviews to state when the picture is from (#20301)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - People ask the CEO chat agent for a quick picture of what the
company is doing now
> - Such a picture is only useful when the person knows how current it
is
> - The chat guidance asks for accurate status, but it does not ask for
a time
> - A live overview said "right now" and gave no time, so the person
could not tell when it was observed
> - This pull request adds one guidance sentence: state the picture's
time as a UTC clock time, from the latest message timestamp
> - The benefit is that overviews tell the person when their information
is from

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19614

**What happened**

A person asked the chat agent "Give me a quick picture of what the
company is doing right now." The agent read agents, projects, tasks and
approvals and gave a correct summary. The summary did not say when it
was observed. The only time word was "right now".

**Expected behavior**

An overview of current work states when the picture is from, as a clock
time. The native prompt already lists each new comment with its
timestamp, so the agent has a time it can use.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Open a chat with the CEO agent in a company that has active, blocked
and done tasks.
2. Ask "Give me a quick picture of what the company is doing right now."
3. The reply summarizes the work but gives no observation time.

## What Changed

- `AGENT_CHAT_DIRECTIVE` status-update guidance: when the agent
describes what the company, a project or agents are doing now, it states
a UTC clock time, such as "As of 15:26 UTC". It uses the latest
message's timestamp unless a record it read gives a later time.
- A regression test checks that the directive contains this guidance.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run src/__tests__/agent-conversations.test.ts
src/__tests__/heartbeat-list.test.ts` passes (includes the prompt-size
limits).
- The chat-catalog eval `activity.company-overview` now grades a real
observation time (stacked eval PR on `chat-eval/master-candidate`). This
fix is cherry-picked onto that eval branch for the next live run. No
live run has used it yet.

## Risks

- Low risk. This is one guidance sentence. Overviews get one extra
clause with a time.
- The time is the message time, not a server clock read. Reads happen
seconds after the message, so the difference is small.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), with tool use and code
execution in Claude Code.

## 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
- [ ] 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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2026-11-09 10:56:38 -06:00
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