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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - The native runner supplies each agent with instructions, assigned skills, and tools. > - Native Claude lost its skill snapshot before provider launch. It also changed exact model IDs to aliases. > - The read permission mode denied ordinary Paperclip reads because this runner has no interactive approval handler. > - This pull request restores the missing context and permits only assigned tools that Paperclip defines as reads. > - Other requests that need approval stop with a clear action for the operator. They do not retry automatically. > - Agents can complete read tasks. Users can see why a restricted task stopped. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** Native Claude could not find assigned skills. The ACP layer could replace an exact model ID with an alias and then fail identity verification. The default `approve-reads` mode denied Paperclip read tools. A denied write showed a generic transport failure. The tool descriptions also called live operations “mock” operations. The completion prompt said to call a completion tool once, although the protocol can reject a claim and require a corrected call. **Expected behavior** Load assigned skills before launch. Keep the selected model ID. Allow assigned Paperclip reads. Stop an operation that needs approval with clear instructions when no approval handler exists. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Configure a native Paperclip Runner agent with ACPX Claude and an exact model ID. 2. Assign a skill and ask the agent to use it. 3. Select the read permission mode and ask the agent to read task context and list documents. 4. Ask the agent to write a document. Check the task state and recovery message. **Paperclip version or commit** Reproduced from `d351e08deee1b49d3467a950d1a3f01131943441`. **Deployment mode** Local native runner with real Claude, Rust runnerd, the Paperclip server, and embedded PostgreSQL. Related: #13196 fixed remote skill staging in the legacy `claude_local` adapter. The native runner uses a separate path, which this pull request fixes. ## What Changed - Carry the runtime context through Rust and the ACPX sidecar. Load assigned Claude skills after the provider lifetime lease is held. Refresh the files on each open. - Write the exact requested model ID into the isolated Claude settings. - Grant exact MCP permissions for the intersection of assigned tools and Paperclip's read catalog. Provider hints cannot grant access. Existing task-control permissions stay in place. - Stop requests that need an unavailable approval handler. Preserve the typed error through the server. Show “Approval required” on the task and require operator action without automatic retry. - Label the setting “Allow Paperclip reads.” Remove “mock” from live tool descriptions and regenerate the contracts. - Change one completion-prompt sentence to require one accepted result. Add regression tests and update the runner documentation. ## Verification - Red/green regression tests cover read admission, unavailable approval handling, server recovery, and the task error message. - A real Claude read trial failed before the fix and completed after it: [red trace](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/object?object_type=project_logs&object_id=fda74078-b00d-495a-90d3-ea1be019d71b&id=95e6a326e24437f1), [green trace](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/object?object_type=project_logs&object_id=fda74078-b00d-495a-90d3-ea1be019d71b&id=85a1f347db5604d1). - Full browser tests used real Claude and the production tool authority. Reads completed. A write stopped with “Approval required.” No document was created and no automatic retry was scheduled. All nine checks passed: [events and screenshots](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/object?object_type=project_logs&object_id=fda74078-b00d-495a-90d3-ea1be019d71b&id=1c4ff10be0d779cc). - A separate full browser test assigned a skill, invoked it, and completed with a marker absent from the task prompt: [skill evidence](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/object?object_type=project_logs&object_id=fda74078-b00d-495a-90d3-ea1be019d71b&id=ba5fbcb29a60be52). - Post-rebase checks passed: 128 targeted runner tests, 46 Rust tests, 27 sidecar/protocol contract tests, `pnpm -r typecheck`, and `pnpm build`. The server/UI red-green checks and `pnpm check:token-gates` also passed. The full suite passed in CI, including all general and serialized test shards, all three browser shards, and runner `check:all`. The duplicate unsharded local full-suite run was stopped after CI passed. Braintrust links require project access. The traces contain provider/runner events and app outcomes. They do not contain raw model HTTP requests. ## Risks - `approve-reads` now allows assigned Paperclip reads. Other operations that need approval stop the turn. Users must review the operation and change permissions before retrying. - The Claude settings depend on the pinned ACP and SDK behavior. Automated tests and real Claude trials cover this boundary. - The native Codex path is unchanged. The ACPX Codex fallback shares the clearer approval failure handling. - Local execution was tested end to end. Remote execution was not run. This change has no database migration. ## Model Used OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex. The agent used reasoning, code execution, and browser tools. The exact deployment ID and context-window size were not exposed in the session. Live acceptance tests used `claude-sonnet-5`. ## 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>
PRP v1/v2 Contract
The JSON Schema files in schemas/ are the language-neutral source of truth for
Paperclip Runner Protocol versions 1 and 2. The fixtures in fixtures/ define
accepted and rejected compatibility cases.
Compatibility
protocolVersion,fixtureVersion, andevent.schemaVersionare required.- A consumer fails closed when a required version or schema discriminator is not supported.
- A v1 envelope can contain an unknown optional property when its schema marks that object as extensible.
- A consumer ignores an unknown optional property until a later contract gives it meaning.
- A required field, enum value, or typed structured-input field is not optional.
- Question and answer identifiers are stable across the provider boundary.
- Peers negotiate the highest mutually supported protocol version. Existing v1 runners remain compatible but cannot receive v2-only session-goal commands.
The unknown-optional-fields.json fixture must be accepted. The
unsupported-required-version.json fixture must be rejected.
Session goals (v2)
PRP v2 adds a provider-neutral durable session-goal lifecycle. Every v2
capability snapshot includes sessionGoals, even when its availability is
unsupported or policy_disabled. Paperclip sends controls only when the
negotiated capability advertises the corresponding action.
Commands:
session.goal.getsession.goal.setfor objective, status, and optional token budget changessession.goal.clear
Events:
session.capabilities.updatedsession.goal.snapshotsession.goal.updatedsession.goal.cleared
Goal state is separate from Paperclip's company/business goal hierarchy. The
snapshot distinguishes the durable status from workingNow, because an active
goal can be idle between autonomous turns. A runner emits the full capability
and authoritative snapshot after every session open or resume. Missing v1
capability is unsupported; clients do not infer support from an adapter name.
Scope
The first provider descriptor and adapter fixture cover Codex only. The schemas for provider-neutral events and semantic receipts do not enable those actions. Discovery and authorization are separate contracts.
The conformance manifest records every source file and its SHA-256 digest. Run
pnpm generate:protocol-manifest from this package after a source change. CI
runs the same generator with --check to reject drift. This check also compiles
the JSON Schemas and validates every replay, question, and cross-language
conformance fixture against its declared schema.
The files in fixtures/replay/golden/ are deterministic reducer oracles. Each
accepted replay fixture has a complete session snapshot and a compact parity
summary. pnpm generate:replay-goldens updates them after an intentional
reducer change; package build and CI fail when they drift.
The files in fixtures/local-runner/scripts/ drive the package-local fake
harness. They cover successful, failed, interrupted, interactive, duplicate
terminal, process-cleanup, and oversized-frame behavior without starting a
production adapter.