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DottaandPaperclip 3db2e6bdd2 feat(mcp) [split 8/8]: add e2e coverage and operator docs (#9563)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Governed MCP access spans contracts, runtime enforcement, adapters,
UI surfaces, and operator verification
> - The parity reference PR #9534 is too large for effective automated
or human review
> - The feature therefore needs a linear stack whose individual diffs
stay below the 100-file review limit
> - This pull request is split 8/8 and focuses on end-to-end coverage,
operator docs, evals, and release notes
> - The benefit is a standalone, testable review boundary while
preserving byte-for-byte parity at the top of the stack

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- Related parity reference: #9534
- Problem: The complete stack needs discoverable browser scenarios,
operator guidance, threat modeling, eval coverage, and a parity proof
before merge.
- Proposed solution: Adds MCP user-story and Smoke Lab e2e suites,
docs/evals/release notes, the skill update, and the root e2e driver
script registration.
- Alternatives considered: keeping #9534 as one 403-file review, or
rewriting the feature to manufacture seams; both were rejected in favor
of path extraction plus compile-driven boundary moves.
- Roadmap alignment: this advances the existing governed MCP/tool-access
work already represented by #9534; it does not introduce a separate
roadmap initiative.
- Stack position: base branch is `pap10341-split/07-ui-apps-activation`.
- Merge policy: merge bottom-up, in order, only after the complete
eight-PR stack has been reviewed and the top-of-stack parity gate
remains empty.
- Requested review: QA for flag audit and e2e/browser acceptance;
Greptile on every PR.

## What Changed

- Adds MCP user-story and Smoke Lab e2e suites, docs/evals/release
notes, the skill update, and the root e2e driver script registration.
- Keeps this PR below 100 changed files and independently typecheckable.
- Preserves the final tree from #9534 when combined with the other seven
stack levels.

## Verification

- `pnpm typecheck`
- `node --check scripts/e2e-mcp-user-stories.mjs`
- `pnpm exec playwright test --config tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
--list` — 43 tests discovered
- `git diff pap10341-split/08-e2e-docs
6b40e3876d9297105d4ec306e47e46d351c86172` — empty (0 bytes)

## Risks

- Browser suites depend on runtime services and environment setup; this
PR validates discovery locally while QA owns full flag-on/flag-off
execution.
- Stack risk: merging out of order can expose incomplete layers;
mitigate by following the documented bottom-up merge policy.
- Parity risk: later edits to an intermediate branch can drift from
#9534; mitigate by re-running the empty top-of-stack diff before merge.

> 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, exact model ID `gpt-5.4`; runtime-managed context
window; medium reasoning with repository, shell, Git, GitHub CLI, and
code-execution tools enabled.

## 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] Internal references are omitted except the execution-plan link
explicitly required for this coordinated split stack
- [x] My branch name describes the change 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


## Stack Coordination

- Internal execution plan:
[PAP-13874](/PAP/issues/PAP-13874#document-plan)
- Parity reference: #9534
- Stack: #9556 → #9557 → #9558 → #9559 → #9560 → #9561 → #9562 → #9563
- Merge bottom-up only after full-stack review and an empty parity diff
at #9563.

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-07-14 15:48:57 -05:00

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import { expect, test, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
import { createServer, type Server } from "node:http";
import { listenOnFetchAllowedPort } from "./fetch-allowed-port";
// prosumer MCP flow — QA harness for the prosumer Connect-an-app flow on top of the
// tool-access foundation. Covers the M-series happy path (gallery + key paste
// → choose actions → who-can-use → success), the expired-key reconnect path,
// the Needs-attention surface, and a regression check that /apps/advanced
// still mounts.
//
// The spec boots the shared local_trusted Playwright webServer (see
// playwright.config), spawns a small in-process mock HTTP MCP server that
// responds to tools/list with read-only and write-side-effect tools, then
// drives the wizard via the Apps UI for evidence + screenshots.
const SCREENSHOT_DIR = "test-results";
type Seed = { companyId: string; prefix: string };
async function newCompany(request: APIRequestContext, label: string): Promise<Seed> {
const res = await request.post("/api/companies", { data: { name: `prosumer MCP flow ${label} ${Date.now()}` } });
expect(res.ok(), `create company failed ${res.status()}: ${await res.text()}`).toBe(true);
const company = await res.json();
const flags = await request.patch("/api/instance/settings/experimental", { data: { enableApps: true } });
expect(flags.ok(), `enable apps failed ${flags.status()}: ${await flags.text()}`).toBe(true);
return {
companyId: company.id,
prefix: company.issuePrefix ?? company.prefix ?? company.urlKey ?? "E2E",
};
}
// ---- Mock MCP HTTP fixture --------------------------------------------------
// Minimal MCP JSON-RPC server. /catalog refresh hits this with method
// `tools/list`; the gateway calls it with `tools/call`. We expose one
// read-only and one write tool so the wizard can show the Ask-first toggle
// for write actions.
type MockMcpServer = { url: string; close: () => Promise<void>; captures: Array<{ method: string; params: unknown }> };
async function startMockMcp(options: { expectedHeader?: string } = {}): Promise<MockMcpServer> {
const captures: Array<{ method: string; params: unknown }> = [];
const server: Server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
if (req.method !== "POST") {
res.writeHead(405).end();
return;
}
if (options.expectedHeader && req.headers.authorization !== options.expectedHeader) {
res.writeHead(401, { "Content-Type": "application/json", "WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer" });
res.end(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: null, error: { code: -32000, message: "Unauthorized" } }));
return;
}
const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
for await (const chunk of req) chunks.push(chunk as Buffer);
let payload: { id?: string | number; method?: string; params?: unknown } = {};
try {
payload = JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8") || "{}");
} catch {
// fall through to method routing — will land in default
}
captures.push({ method: String(payload.method ?? "<unknown>"), params: payload.params });
if (payload.method === "tools/list") {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
res.end(
JSON.stringify({
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: payload.id ?? null,
result: {
tools: [
{
name: "list_widgets",
title: "List widgets",
description: "Read-only listing of widgets.",
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
},
{
// Namespaced name (namespaced tool names): real MCP servers prefix tool names
// ("github:create_issue"). The classifier must still see the "create"
// verb and land this under "Can make changes" with the toggle OFF —
// the old leading-anchor regex fell through to read-only.
name: "qa10864:create_widget",
title: "Create widget",
description: "Creates a widget — has side effects.",
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { name: { type: "string" } },
required: ["name"],
additionalProperties: false,
},
},
],
},
})
);
return;
}
if (payload.method === "tools/call") {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
res.end(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: payload.id ?? null, result: { content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }] } }));
return;
}
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
res.end(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: payload.id ?? null, result: {} }));
});
const port = await listenOnFetchAllowedPort(server);
return {
url: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`,
captures,
close: () => new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.close(() => resolve())),
};
}
// ---- Helpers ----------------------------------------------------------------
async function gotoApps(page: Page, prefix: string) {
await page.goto(`/${prefix}/apps`);
}
async function gotoConnect(page: Page, prefix: string) {
await page.goto(`/${prefix}/apps/browse`);
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Browse" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Connect your own tool/i }).click();
}
async function gotoAdvanced(page: Page, prefix: string) {
await page.goto(`/${prefix}/apps/advanced`);
}
async function gotoNeedsAttention(page: Page, prefix: string) {
await page.goto(`/${prefix}/apps`);
}
// ---- Tests ------------------------------------------------------------------
test.describe.serial("prosumer MCP flow prosumer MCP flow", () => {
test.setTimeout(180_000); // vite-dev cold bundling is slow on first hit
let mock: MockMcpServer;
test.beforeAll(async () => {
mock = await startMockMcp();
});
test.afterAll(async () => {
await mock?.close();
});
test("Connect wizard happy path: link mode → actions → who → success", async ({ page, request }) => {
const seed = await newCompany(request, "connect");
await gotoConnect(page, seed.prefix);
// Browse launches the BYO link-mode connect wizard.
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Connect an app" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-01-gallery.png`, fullPage: true });
// Use the "Connect with a link" path against the mock MCP server.
const linkInput = page.getByPlaceholder("https://example.com/actions");
await linkInput.fill(mock.url);
await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Continue" }).click();
// LinkKey step shows the "Connect with a link" heading. Mock doesn't
// require a key — leave the default "No" answer.
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Connect with a link" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-02-key-step.png`, fullPage: true });
// Submit (button label is "Check link").
await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Check link/i }).click();
// Actions step — read-only enabled, write disabled by default.
await expect(page.getByText(/Read only/i)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
await expect(page.getByText(/Can make changes/i)).toBeVisible();
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-03-actions-step.png`, fullPage: true });
// Verify our seeded tool labels appear (display name is the descriptor title).
await expect(page.getByText("List widgets")).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByText("Create widget")).toBeVisible();
// namespaced tool names: the namespaced write action ("qa10864:create_widget") must be
// classified write and land under "Can make changes" — NOT pre-enabled under
// "Read only". Scope the assertions to each action group.
const readOnlyGroup = page.locator("div.rounded-xl").filter({ hasText: "Read only" });
const canChangeGroup = page.locator("div.rounded-xl").filter({ hasText: "Can make changes" });
await expect(canChangeGroup.getByText("Create widget")).toBeVisible();
await expect(readOnlyGroup.getByText("Create widget")).toHaveCount(0);
await expect(readOnlyGroup.getByText("List widgets")).toBeVisible();
// Toggle the write action on so an Ask-first badge appears + the Continue button enables it.
const createToggle = page.getByRole("switch").last();
await createToggle.click();
await expect(page.getByText(/Ask first/i)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-03b-ask-first-on.png`, fullPage: true });
// Continue to who-can-use.
await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Continue with .* on/ }).click();
// Who-can-use step — defaults to All agents.
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: /Who can use/i })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-04-who-step.png`, fullPage: true });
await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Continue to install/i }).click();
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: /Install .* tools\?/i })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-04b-install-step.png`, fullPage: true });
// Finish.
await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Finish setup/i }).click();
// Success step.
await expect(page.getByText(/ready|all set|done/i).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-05-success.png`, fullPage: true });
// Verify the mock saw a tools/list call from the catalog refresh.
expect(mock.captures.some((c) => c.method === "tools/list")).toBe(true);
// The new connection should show up on /apps.
await gotoApps(page, seed.prefix);
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Connections" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-06-apps-list.png`, fullPage: true });
});
test("Expired key → health sweep → Needs attention → reconnect → green", async ({ page, request }) => {
const seed = await newCompany(request, "attention");
// Spawn a dedicated mock we can break partway through.
const ephemeral = await startMockMcp();
try {
const connect = await request.post(`/api/companies/${seed.companyId}/tools/apps/connect`, {
data: { link: ephemeral.url, credentialValues: { "credentials.authorization": "qa-token" } },
});
expect(connect.ok(), `connect failed ${connect.status()}: ${await connect.text()}`).toBe(true);
const connectResult = await connect.json();
const connectionId = connectResult.connectionId as string;
const enabledCatalogEntryIds = (connectResult.actions?.readOnly ?? []).map(
(action: { catalogEntryId: string }) => action.catalogEntryId,
);
const finish = await request.post(`/api/companies/${seed.companyId}/tools/apps/${connectionId}/finish`, {
data: { enabledCatalogEntryIds, askFirstCatalogEntryIds: [], access: "all_agents" },
});
expect(finish.ok(), `finish failed ${finish.status()}: ${await finish.text()}`).toBe(true);
// Break the mock so the next health-check fails (simulates expired key /
// dead remote — the same observable shape the server uses to mark a
// connection unhealthy).
await ephemeral.close();
const health = await request.post(`/api/tool-connections/${connectionId}/health-check`);
expect(health.status(), `health-check should fail with the mock down`).toBe(502);
const before = await request.get(`/api/tool-connections/${connectionId}`);
const beforeBody = await before.json();
expect(beforeBody.healthStatus).not.toBe("ok");
// Needs-attention page should surface this connection.
await gotoNeedsAttention(page, seed.prefix);
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Connections" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
await expect(page.getByText(/app needs attention/i).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-07-needs-attention.png`, fullPage: true });
// App detail should expose the reconnect call-to-action.
await page.goto(`/${seed.prefix}/apps/${connectionId}`);
await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /Reconnect|Replace key/i }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-08-app-detail-reconnect.png`, fullPage: true });
// Bring the mock back so reconnect succeeds.
const recovered = await startMockMcp();
try {
// The reconnect endpoint replaces credentials but does not change the URL,
// so we update the connection URL through PATCH first to point at the
// recovered mock — this mirrors what users do when the remote moves.
const repatch = await request.patch(`/api/tool-connections/${connectionId}`, {
data: { config: { url: recovered.url } },
});
expect(repatch.ok(), `patch url failed ${repatch.status()}: ${await repatch.text()}`).toBe(true);
const reconnect = await request.post(`/api/tool-connections/${connectionId}/reconnect`, {
data: { credentialValues: { "credentials.authorization": "fresh-key" } },
});
expect(reconnect.ok(), `reconnect failed ${reconnect.status()}: ${await reconnect.text()}`).toBe(true);
const after = await request.get(`/api/tool-connections/${connectionId}`);
const afterBody = await after.json();
expect(afterBody.healthStatus).toBe("ok");
} finally {
await recovered.close();
}
} finally {
await ephemeral.close().catch(() => {});
}
});
test("/apps/advanced still mounts both tabs", async ({ page, request }) => {
const seed = await newCompany(request, "advanced");
await gotoAdvanced(page, seed.prefix);
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Advanced setup" })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-09-advanced-default.png`, fullPage: true });
// M8a paste tab.
const pasteTab = page.getByRole("tab", { name: /Paste/i }).first();
if (await pasteTab.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
await pasteTab.click();
await page.waitForTimeout(250);
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-10-advanced-paste-tab.png`, fullPage: true });
}
// M8b run-your-own tab.
const ownTab = page.getByRole("tab", { name: /Run your own|Self host|Stdio|Local/i }).first();
if (await ownTab.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
await ownTab.click();
await page.waitForTimeout(250);
await page.screenshot({ path: `${SCREENSHOT_DIR}/prosumer-mcp-11-advanced-own-tab.png`, fullPage: true });
}
});
});