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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Its feature map describes user journeys and their verification
paths.
> - The map already defines feature IDs and full capability IDs.
> - The README and child pages did not show those IDs consistently.
> - Readers need those IDs to connect issues, tests, stories, and
evidence.
> - This pull request adds a recipe index and displays the existing IDs.
> - The benefit is clear references across the product and agent access
maps.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Issue type**

Missing documentation.

**Where is the issue?**

`maps/feature-map/README.md`, the child recipes, and their agent access
companions.

**What's wrong?**

The README sends readers to Storybook to browse features. Child pages
show local keys, such as `installation`, without the full
`plugins/installation` ID. Readers must inspect the generator to find
the full reference.

**Suggested fix**

List recipe links and existing IDs in the README. Show each feature ID
and full capability ID in its child pages. Explain capability IDs and
entry-point references. Keep the current keys and anchors.

Related work: Refs #15288. Refs #16052. Refs #15983. No duplicate open
PR or issue was found by title search.

## What Changed

- Add an index grouped by feature area. It lists every recipe, feature
ID, and full capability ID.
- Explain how IDs are formed and used in issues, tests, Storybook, and
evidence.
- Add feature IDs to all product recipes and agent access companions.
- Show full capability IDs beside recipe keys and below access and
Storybook guidance headings.
- Preserve existing keys, heading anchors, and generated ID values. Keep
the latest upstream company capability in the index.

## Verification

- `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` passes for 34 feature families and 175
capability IDs.
- `node --test scripts/check-maps.test.mjs
scripts/storybook-feature-index.test.mjs` passes all 17 tests.
- `node scripts/storybook-feature-index.mjs` passes on this checkout and
generates the feature indexes and overview inputs.
- `git diff --check` passes.
- A source comparison confirms that the README matches the recipe index.
After removal of the added ID labels, all 68 child pages match the
upstream prose and headings.
- Full workspace checks were attempted: `pnpm -r typecheck`, `pnpm
test:run`, and `pnpm build`. They could not start because the local pnpm
wrapper could not fetch and verify the pinned pnpm 9.15.4 release. This
checkout also has no workspace dependencies installed.
- `node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs` could not run because
`storybook/internal/csf-tools` is not installed. The direct map and
index checks above pass without that dependency.
- Remote typecheck, release-registry, and full build checks passed. The
first attempts of [server shard
3/12](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39460473910/job/118758430448)
and [server shard
12/12](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39460473910/job/118758429932)
stopped after their runners received a shutdown signal. The test steps
were canceled. GitHub rejects the rerun request with HTTP 403: "The
workflow run containing this job is already running". Five other CI jobs
remain active. The next action is to rerun the two interrupted shards
after workflow 39460473910 ends. No application changes were made to
address these runner interruptions.
- To inspect the result, open the feature-map README, follow a recipe
link, and compare its full capability IDs with its access companion.

## Risks

- Low risk. The change updates map documentation only. It changes no
application code or ID schema.
- The readable README index and child labels repeat source IDs. Keep
them aligned when a capability changes.
- Generated capability descriptions now include the visible ID prefix.
Generated IDs, labels, navigation order, and verification fields remain
the same.
- Full local workspace checks and catalog generation remain unverified
for the environment reasons above.

> 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

OpenAI Codex, model `gpt-6.1-sol`, with a 475,000-token context window
and `xhigh` reasoning effort. The model used local file tools, shell
commands, and GitHub CLI access.

## 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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-20 12:00:36 -05:00

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Execution environments

Operators configure where agents execute, probe readiness, select an environment for work, and inspect remote provisioning or custom-image state when the installed provider supports it.

Feature ID: execution-environments.

Implementation: environment settings, environment runtime.

Agent access: companion.

Sub-features

  • configuration: execution-environments/configuration — inspect local environments and configure available SSH/sandbox targets.
  • capabilities: execution-environments/capabilities — select only drivers/providers that advertise the required execution capability.
  • probe: execution-environments/probe — test reachability and runtime prerequisites in the actual target.
  • assignment: execution-environments/assignment — bind the intended agent/project/workspace to its execution target.
  • images: execution-environments/images — inspect supported sandbox custom-image preparation and terminal workflows.

How to get to it (user POV)

environment-settings

Open Settings → Environments, then create/edit a supported target. The canonical URL is /company/settings/instance/environments. Enable enableEnvironments first; keep enableManagedSandboxOnly off to inspect local targets. The catalog is instance-scoped and mutation requires a local operator or instance administrator.

remote-execution

Choose the environment in agent/project/workspace configuration, then inspect the resulting task/run and workspace.

Driving it with Playwright and the Paperclip CLI

Preconditions: follow the baseline. Use an owned disposable target and a supported provider plugin. Record provider, target identity, account, and spending constraints before a live remote run.

environment-settings

Automated: environment UI, driver configuration UI, and environment service cover configuration behavior.

Manual: Save a disposable target, reload it, and run its available probe. Verify both success and missing-credential/reachability errors identify the target. Confirm unavailable providers are not offered as working run targets.

For an immutable sandbox image, pin the OCI image with @sha256, or select a Daytona snapshot whose provider ID can be verified, and explicitly probe the saved environment in the intended company. The existing connection probe allocates a fresh lease and can measure its OS, architecture and libc. Qualification is recorded only when the selected image/configuration matches the live lease and cleanup is confirmed. Inspect platformQualificationRecorded and its diagnostic in the probe result: connection success alone does not mean the image has native runtime qualification.

The measured record is server-owned, company-bound and tied to the effective configuration and active custom-image identity. Mutable tags, provider defaults and snapshots without verified provider identities do not qualify. Daytona qualification creates by provider ID and binds native execution to that same ID; a deleted ID fails instead of resolving a replacement name. Changing the target, account, image or active captured template invalidates the record; normal metadata edits cannot forge or overwrite it, and API reads omit the private metadata. Reading this evidence for discovery or creation does not allocate a sandbox. The draft probe-config checks are not a saved-image qualification operation. See the runtime contract and adapter validation recipe for native binary/provider readiness after platform qualification.

Verification recipe: probe a pinned owned image, record its company/config/image identity and cleanup result, then change the image or target and verify its old qualification is not reused. A mutable-image connection can succeed while qualification remains absent. Assert ordinary agent and non-admin board probe requests are denied, and environment create/PATCH payloads cannot supply qualification metadata. This recipe and its probe controls are not claims that a live provider or agent-access journey ran for this map update.

The local row has no UI Test button. Its API/CLI probe reports host/cwd availability only; it does not validate an adapter binary, workspace, or task execution. Remote-driver probes and a real bounded run need their own evidence.

remote-execution

Automated: execution target and custom images cover contracts; SSH live test requires its own external setup.

The environment runtime regression also covers sandbox reuse after a start longer than one minute. Acquisition uses the configured or provider-declared startup budget for resume and shares one deadline across retries. Failure preserves the recorded sandbox. This controlled timing check does not establish live provider acceptance.

Manual: Run a bounded command in the intended target, inspect its output and workspace, and verify execution did not silently fall back to the server host. For custom-image changes, build/probe the disposable image before assigning it. Inspect cleanup and shutdown after the run.

Gotchas

  • A probe is narrower evidence than a complete task with tools, files, and resumption.
  • Platform qualification does not authenticate a model account or qualify every harness; the selected native runtime still needs its own setup and useful-task proof.
  • The local option may appear only when editing an existing local environment; availability follows current UI/provider capabilities.
  • Workspace service reachability and environment reachability are separate checks.

Storybook verification

configuration

Capability ID: execution-environments/configuration.

Scope: ui Storybook: Local/SSH/sandbox editors; unavailable providers, missing credentials, save pending/error and restricted operator. Production: Persist target configuration and enforce instance-admin/local-operator mutation boundary; target catalog is instance-scoped. Sources: Source: CompanyEnvironments.tsx, environments.ts. Tests: CompanyEnvironments.test.tsx, environment-service.test.ts

capabilities

Capability ID: execution-environments/capabilities.

Scope: ui Storybook: Supported versus unavailable driver/provider controls and interactive-setup/template-capture limitations. Production: Verify advertised driver/plugin capabilities match operations; unavailable provider cannot become working target; capability discovery must not allocate sandbox. Sources: Source: CompanyEnvironments.tsx, environments.ts. Tests: environment-capability-contract.test.ts, environment-execution-target-capabilities.test.ts, plugin-environment-driver-sandbox-capabilities.test.ts

probe

Capability ID: execution-environments/probe.

Scope: ui Storybook: Remote Test pending, success, reachability/auth failure and platform qualification absent/invalidated notice. Production: Probe actual owned target; verify selected saved immutable config/image/company qualification plus lease cleanup; local API probe proves host/cwd only and has no UI Test button. Sources: Source: CompanyEnvironments.tsx, environment-probe.ts. Tests: CompanyEnvironments.test.tsx, environment-probe.test.ts, environment-live-ssh.test.ts

images

Capability ID: execution-environments/images.

Scope: ui Storybook: Custom-image setup/capture/progress, terminal connect/disconnect/failure, unsupported capability and active-image drift. Production: Execute owned provider setup/capture/probe/terminal transport with correct saved image identity, authority, cleanup and shutdown; terminal screenshot cannot prove operation. Sources: Source: CompanyEnvironments.tsx, environment-custom-images.ts. Tests: CompanyEnvironments.test.tsx, environment-custom-images-service.test.ts