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DottaandPaperclip 44e2ab53fe feat: add X mention poller backend (#8707)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Agents and operators increasingly need external event sources to
become durable Paperclip work inputs
> - X mentions are one such source, but intake needs to be safe before
any downstream automation consumes them
> - The backend needs stable source state, idempotent mention storage,
author gating, rate-limit handling, and budget accounting
> - This pull request adds the database contract and service layer for X
mention polling and hydration queueing
> - The benefit is that future X-triggered workflows can build on a
controlled, test-covered ingestion path instead of calling the X API
directly

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- No public GitHub issue exists for this exact backend extraction.
- Problem: Paperclip does not yet have a durable, budget-aware backend
path for ingesting X mentions as external work inputs.
- Proposed solution: add X mention source, mention, allowlist, and
budget ledger tables plus a poller service that stores mentions
idempotently, queues only allowlisted authors for hydration, tracks
cursor state, records spend decisions, and fails closed when cost
estimates are unavailable.
- Related but not duplicate: #8609, #8199, and #7316 touch internal
mention wake behavior rather than X API mention ingestion.

## What Changed

- Added X mention poller database tables and schema exports for sources,
stored mentions, author allowlists, and budget ledger entries.
- Added a server-side X mention poller service with cursoring,
idempotent upsert behavior, allowlist gating, hydration queue handling,
rate-limit backoff, and budget pause behavior.
- Added focused Vitest coverage for intake gating, duplicate retries,
cursor safety, rate limits, budget failures, and hydration budget
pauses.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/x-mention-poller.test.ts`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`

## Risks

- Migration ordering matters because this adds migration
`0125_x_mention_poller.sql`; it should merge after the existing `0124`
migrations on `master`.
- The service is backend-only and adapter-driven in this PR, so product
behavior should not change until callers wire it into a runtime path.
- Budget accounting intentionally fails closed when estimates are
missing, which may pause a source rather than risk unbounded API spend.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent, tool-enabled local repository
and terminal workflow.

## 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
- [x] 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>
2026-06-28 05:44:43 -05:00
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