## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the control plane for autonomous AI companies > - The Daytona adapter turns tasks into shell commands and manages execution overhead > - Many short-lived exec calls still pay for login-shell profile sourcing even when the binary already resolves on the sandbox default PATH > - That extra startup work adds latency on the hot path for repeated command execution > - This pull request adds an opt-in fast path that skips profile sourcing only when the caller explicitly requests it and the command does not need shell initialization > - The benefit is lower per-call latency for eligible commands without changing the conservative default behavior for commands that need the profile ## Linked Issues or Issue Description This change does not reference a public GitHub issue. It follows the same Daytona startup-speed work as merged PR #10335 and narrows the execution path for eligible commands while keeping the default login-shell behavior intact. ## What Changed - Added an optional `noProfile` flag to `PluginEnvironmentExecuteParams`. - Refactored Daytona login-shell script assembly so the profile and nvm sourcing block is omitted only on the explicit fast path. - Preserved environment prefixing, `cd`, shell quoting, `NONINTERACTIVE_GIT_ENV`, stdin handling, and `durationMs` behavior on both paths. - Added regression tests for the fast path omission, the preserved execution parameters, and the default profile-sourcing path. ## Verification - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/sandbox-provider-daytona exec vitest run src/plugin.test.ts` - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/plugin-sdk tsc --noEmit` - Reverted the guard locally to confirm the two behavior tests fail again, then restored the change. ## Risks - If a caller opts into `noProfile` for a command that depends on shell initialization, the command can fail to resolve its binary. - The API comment and opt-in design keep that risk narrow; the default path remains unchanged. ## Model Used OpenAI GPT-5 (Codex tool-using coding agent) ## 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 --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
@paperclipai/plugin-daytona
Published Daytona sandbox provider plugin for Paperclip.
This package lives in the Paperclip monorepo, but it is intentionally excluded from the root pnpm workspace and shaped to publish and install like a standalone npm package. That lets operators install it from the Plugins page by package name without introducing root lockfile churn for Daytona's SDK dependencies.
Install
From a Paperclip instance, install:
@paperclipai/plugin-daytona
The host plugin installer runs npm install into the managed plugin directory, so transitive dependencies such as @daytonaio/sdk are pulled in during installation.
Configuration
Configure Daytona from Instance Settings -> Environments, not from the plugin's plugin page.
- Put the Daytona API key on the sandbox environment itself.
- When you save an environment, Paperclip stores pasted API keys as company secrets.
DAYTONA_API_KEYremains an optional host-level fallback when an environment omits the key.- Optional
apiUrlandtargetsettings map directly to the Daytona SDK/client configuration. IfapiUrlis omitted, the Daytona SDK uses its default endpoint.
Notes:
- The current published Daytona SDK package is
@daytonaio/sdk. - The driver supports both
snapshot-based andimage-based sandbox creation. If both are set, validation rejects the config as ambiguous. - Reusable leases map to Daytona stop/start semantics. Non-reusable leases are deleted on release.
Local development
cd packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/daytona
pnpm install --ignore-workspace --no-lockfile
pnpm build
pnpm test
pnpm typecheck
These commands assume the repo root has already been installed once so the local @paperclipai/plugin-sdk workspace package is available to the compiler during development.
Package layout
src/manifest.tsdeclares the sandbox-provider driver metadatasrc/plugin.tsimplements the environment lifecycle hookspaperclipPlugin.manifestandpaperclipPlugin.workerpoint the host at the built plugin entrypoints indist/