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DottaandPaperclip 4a40c0cb13 feat(routines): gate scheduled runs on external activity (#9436)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI-agent
companies and their recurring work
> - Scheduled routines provide native cron-driven execution for
recurring agent tasks
> - Watcher-style routines currently dispatch a model run even when the
control plane has been quiet since their last useful run
> - Existing pause, catch-up, and concurrency policies do not
distinguish external work from a routine's own bookkeeping
> - This pull request adds a generic activity gate that checks
company-scoped activity provenance before scheduled dispatch
> - The benefit is backward-compatible zero-token quiet skips while real
human, agent, or delegated-child activity still wakes the routine

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- Refs #8534

## What Changed

- Added `activity_gate_policy` and `activity_gate_scope` routine columns
with backward-compatible `always` / `company` defaults.
- Added a company-bounded `evaluateActivityGate()` predicate that uses
the last dispatched run as its open window, excludes the routine's own
execution runs and scheduler bookkeeping, ignores pure-read actions, and
supports company/project scope.
- Integrated the predicate into scheduled ticks after pause/worktree
eligibility checks; quiet ticks create visible skipped run-history rows
with reason `no_external_activity` and gate-window diagnostics without
advancing the activity window.
- Kept webhook, manual, and API dispatch paths ungated; catch-up
schedules evaluate the gate once per scheduler tick.
- Added migration-default, provenance predicate, project-scope,
quiet-window, scheduler, and webhook-bypass coverage.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/routines-service.test.ts` —
51 tests passed
- Embedded Postgres `EXPLAIN` for the company-scope gate scan:

```text
Limit  (cost=24.56..24.58 rows=1 width=24)
  ->  Incremental Sort  (cost=24.56..24.60 rows=2 width=24)
        Sort Key: activity.created_at, activity.id
        Presorted Key: activity.created_at
        ->  Nested Loop Anti Join  (cost=0.44..24.55 rows=1 width=24)
              Join Filter: (own_run.id = activity.run_id)
              ->  Index Scan using activity_log_company_created_idx on activity_log activity  (cost=0.15..8.19 rows=1 width=40)
                    Index Cond: ((company_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001'::uuid) AND (created_at > (now() - '01:00:00'::interval)) AND (created_at <= now()))
```

## Risks

- The migration adds two non-null text columns, but constant defaults
preserve all existing routine behavior and avoid a backfill step.
- Project scope resolves activity through issue/run/routine provenance;
tests cover in-project and cross-project issue activity, while every
top-level and correlated query remains company-bounded.
- This is the scheduler/schema foundation. Public API validation and
documentation for configuring the new fields are intentionally handled
in the next scoped follow-up.

> 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 using `gpt-5.4` with medium reasoning, repository/tool
access, terminal code execution, and test execution. The runtime did not
expose a context-window size.

## 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 extends the
existing Scheduled Routines roadmap item
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked the
related efficiency request 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 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 (no
user-facing configuration is exposed in this scoped foundation PR)
- [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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