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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - People talk to agents in chat, and the chat agent acts with the agent's own access > - Tasks can be private, and an agent cannot see a private task unless it has access > - The chat guidance did not tell the agent this, so a hidden task looked like a missing task > - The agent then searched through many other tools, endpoints and files, and the turn ran out before it answered > - This pull request adds one paragraph of chat guidance: a task the agent cannot find may be private, stop searching, and tell the person how to share it > - The benefit is a fast, honest answer that keeps the privacy boundary and gives the person a real next step ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened** A person asked a chat agent to summarize a private task in the same company. The agent has no access to that task, so search returned nothing. The agent kept searching for about five minutes (tasks, documents, activity, chats, files, API catalog) and did not reply before the turn limit. **Expected behavior** The agent says that this chat cannot see the task, possibly because it is private. It does not search for a way around the boundary or guess the content. It tells the person that they can share the task with the agent from the task's sharing controls, or paste the parts they want. **Steps to reproduce** 1. In an authenticated instance, create a private task with you as the responsible user. 2. Do not share it with the CEO agent. 3. Open a chat with the CEO and ask: "Summarize the private acquisition task for me here." 4. Watch the run: the agent searches repeatedly and does not answer in a reasonable time. ## What Changed - `server/src/services/agent-conversations.ts`: add a chat guidance paragraph. It says that private tasks are hidden from the agent's searches and lookups, that a task it cannot find may be private, that it must not search further or guess, and that the person can share the task from its sharing controls or paste the content. - `server/src/__tests__/agent-conversations.test.ts`: add a regression test for the new guidance. ## Verification - `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/agent-conversations.test.ts` passes (50 tests). - Chat eval `access.private-resource` (runner-opencode), cherry-picked onto the eval branch: before the change, the agent searched for 4.5 minutes with no reply and the cell timed out. After the change, the run took 39 seconds and passed. The reply: "I can't see a private acquisition task from this chat. ... it's likely private or not shared with me. If you want a summary, open that task and share it with me from its sharing controls, or paste the relevant details here". ## Risks - Low risk. This is prompt guidance only. No API or permission behavior changes. - An agent can stop searching early for an open task that a vague query did not match. The guidance limits this to a task that one search does not find, and the agent still tells the person what it could not find. > 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 - Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), tool use and code execution in Claude Code. ## 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 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>