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Devin Foley 592cade5a6 feat(server): trigger the push-capability preflight from the issue's stated PR deliverable (#10659)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Runs that must push to GitHub have a pre-dispatch credential
preflight (`push_write_credential_missing`) so the missing token
surfaces as a configuration-incomplete blocker instead of a late runtime
failure
> - The preflight only triggers when the issue mentions the GitHub PR
workflow *skill* — routine-created issues and agent-to-agent handoffs
rarely do, even when their text literally says "push the branch and open
a PR"
> - In practice the credential gap then surfaced only after
implementation and review were complete, stranding finished work
> - This pull request adds a conservative, verb-anchored text heuristic
over the issue title and description as a second preflight trigger
> - The benefit is that the credential ask reaches the human before any
work is burned

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Fixes #10644 (completes the prevention set with #10648, #10650, #10658)

## What Changed

- `issueTextImpliesPrDeliverable(text)`: matches verb-anchored
deliverable statements — "open/create/raise/submit a (draft) pull
request/PR", "push … branch/remote/origin/upstream". Verb anchoring
deliberately ignores passing mentions ("the PR merged yesterday", "PR
feedback addressed").
- `requiresPushCapabilityPreflight` takes the issue's title+description
and ORs the text heuristic with the existing skill-mention trigger;
adapter-type and issue gating are unchanged. The run-dispatch call site
threads the already-loaded issue text — no extra query.

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-workspace-session.test.ts` — new
heuristic matrix (4 positive, 6 negative including null/empty) and
preflight-by-text cases (text triggers, passing mention does not, no
issue → no preflight); 122 tests total.
- `cd server && pnpm run typecheck`.

## Risks

- A false positive turns into a configuration-incomplete blocker asking
for a GitHub token on an issue that didn't need one — the heuristic is
intentionally conservative (verb-anchored) to keep that rare, and the
blocker names the exact remediation.
- No behavior change for issues that neither mention the skill nor state
a PR deliverable.

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`, Anthropic) via Claude Code — extended
thinking, agentic tool use. No other models involved.

## 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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