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Dotta 560e7e48b5 feat(runner): add SDK and developer tooling (#12608)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The runner package already provides the production protocol and
execution spine.
> - Contributors still need stable SDK surfaces, deterministic test
tools, and local inspection tools.
> - Those surfaces share generated contracts and must change as one
package boundary.
> - This pull request adds the package-local SDK, labs, examples, and
drift checks.
> - The benefit is a reviewable developer platform that does not change
application execution selection.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Subsystem affected**

`packages/paperclip-runner` — runner SDK, conformance tools, and
developer tooling.

**Problem or motivation**

The production runner spine is present, but package consumers cannot
build deterministic integrations, inspect sessions, or verify
provider-neutral behavior through supported surfaces.

**Proposed solution**

Add browser, React, standalone, live-session, scenario, conformance, and
evaluation surfaces. Add generated contract inventories and
package-local verification scripts. Keep production application routing
unchanged.

**Alternatives considered**

We considered splitting each generated catalog, SDK surface, and demo
into separate pull requests. Those changes share exports, fixtures, and
drift gates. Splitting them would create intermediate package states
that do not build.

**Roadmap alignment**

No overlapping item appears in `ROADMAP.md`. This work extends the
runner package that is already on `master`.

## What Changed

- Add browser, React, standalone, live-session, and issue-thread SDK
surfaces.
- Add deterministic mock control-plane, scenario, conformance, replay,
and evaluation tools.
- Add bounded Codex, OpenCode, and ACPX development transports and
fixtures.
- Keep deferred managed-provider execution fail-closed. Persisted
compatibility data remains readable.
- Add generated capability inventories with their source files and drift
checks.
- Add examples, package documentation, browser checks, and
clean-consumer checks.
- Preserve the reviewed protocol bounds, replay compatibility aliases,
process environment isolation, and semantic redaction limits.
- Update the ACPX package patch that the existing workspace patch
registry already tracks.
- Do not change `pnpm-lock.yaml`, repository workflows, server runtime
selection, or the application UI.

## Verification

GitHub Actions is the verification authority for this pull request. The
repository CI, package TypeScript and Rust checks, package tests,
generated-output drift checks, browser checks, security scans, and
Greptile review must pass on the exact head.

Local test suites were not run because this series uses parallel GitHub
Actions for verification.

## Risks

This is a large greenfield package change. The main risks are public
export drift, generated-output drift, and optional React consumer
compatibility. Package boundary checks, clean-consumer checks, and
browser tests cover those risks. Production adapter selection and server
execution are outside this pull request.

## Stack

1. **This PR:** runner SDK and developer tooling.
2. [Codex production server
integration](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/12616).
3. [Provider-neutral task-thread
UI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/12617).

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-5, high-reasoning mode, with tool use and code
execution.

## 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 described the issue in-PR following the feature request
template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
Paperclip ticket id
- [ ] 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 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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Conformance: Run the Standalone Tracer

What this phase is

Conformance is the smallest standalone runner path. It uses a mock control plane and does not start Paperclip.

What this phase proves

This phase proves that the package has an independent Rust boundary. It also proves that Rust and TypeScript accept the same fixture.

You will install the package tools. You will compile the Rust and TypeScript code. You will run the tests and checks.

You will start the Rust mock core. The tracer validates one fixture and prints a deterministic result. The process then stops.

Prerequisites

  • repository checkout on the assigned runner branch;
  • Node.js 20 or newer;
  • pnpm 9 or newer;
  • stable Rust with cargo on PATH;
  • commands run from the repository root.

1. Install the package tools

pnpm install --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner --lockfile=false --offline --ignore-scripts --dev

--lockfile=false follows this repository's policy that automation owns the root lockfile. --offline proves Conformance needs no newly downloaded package. --dev makes the package tooling explicit even when the calling shell has NODE_ENV=production.

2. Build the standalone package

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner build

Expected result: TypeScript writes package-local dist/ files and Cargo builds the paperclip-runner-core crate under runner/target/.

3. Run the behavior and boundary tests

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner test
pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner check:forbidden-imports

The tests cover fixture validation, complete Rust and TypeScript mock-core paths, stable output, and negative TypeScript/Cargo core-dependency fixtures. The standalone boundary check must print Standalone boundary check passed.

4. Validate the documentation

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner docs:validate

Expected result: documentation-link validation passes. The historical OKF and recorded-evidence bundle is intentionally deferred from this release.

5. Run the tracer

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner trace:conformance

Expected final line:

{"schemaVersion":"paperclip.runner.conformance.output.v1","runIdentity":{"runId":"run_conformance_0001","sessionId":"session_conformance_0001"},"result":{"status":"succeeded","summary":"Standalone Conformance fixture accepted."}}

The command exits successfully after the mock core stops. No service remains

The default tracer is Rust. Prove that the TypeScript reference produces the same bytes with:

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner check:conformance-parity

Expected result: Rust and TypeScript Conformance tracer output matches the shared golden fixture.

6. Inspect the conformance fixture

sed -n '1,240p' packages/paperclip-runner/protocol/fixtures/conformance-minimal-run.json

One-command rerun

After installation, the same checks can be repeated with:

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner verify

Continue with the cumulative end-to-end tutorial, which points to this tutorial as the current complete path.