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Devin Foley 18b6c788d5 feat(server): de-duplicate imported company names (#12145)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Importing a company package as a new company takes the company name
from the package manifest
> - Repeat imports of the same package therefore create several
identically named companies, distinguishable only by issue prefix
> - Users cannot tell which import they are looking at, which feeds the
"my import disappeared" loop of importing again
> - This pull request suffixes manifest-derived names with " (2)", "
(3)", … on collision, while honoring explicitly typed names verbatim
> - The benefit is that every imported company has a recognizable name

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Naming of companies created by the company package import.

**Subsystem affected**

Server — company import (`server/src/services/company-portability.ts`).

**Current behavior**

The new-company branch uses `newCompanyName ?? manifest name ??
"Imported Company"` with no de-duplication. Only the issue prefix is
unique. Three imports of the same package yield three companies with the
same name.

**Proposed behavior**

When the name comes from the manifest (no explicit `newCompanyName`),
the import checks existing company names case-insensitively and appends
the first free " (N)" suffix. Explicit names remain honored verbatim.
Name exhaustion (thousands of collisions) falls back to the base name
rather than failing the import, since names carry no uniqueness
invariant.

**Breaking changes**

None. Only the default name of newly imported companies changes, and
only on collision.

## What Changed

- New exported pure helper `dedupeImportedCompanyName(baseName,
existingNames)`.
- The new-company branch resolves the name through it when no explicit
name was provided, reading existing names via `companyService.list()`.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts` — 87 tests pass (new: pure
helper cases and two `importBundle` tests for the suffixed manifest name
and the honored explicit name).
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/__tests__/company-portability-routes.test.ts
src/__tests__/company-portability-import-batching.test.ts` — 44 passed,
1 skipped (pre-existing skip).
- `cd server && pnpm run typecheck` — clean.

## Risks

- Low risk. The check-then-create has a theoretical race with a
concurrent import, but names have no unique constraint — the worst case
is today's behavior (a duplicate name). Issue-prefix uniqueness is
untouched.

## Model Used

- Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`, Anthropic) with extended thinking
and tool use, via 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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