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Devin FoleyandPaperclip fd4b197f83 fix(ui): hide runner selection during agent setup (#19517)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip lets people manage AI agents for work.
> - Agent setup connects a harness, model, account, and computer.
> - The system already selects a qualified runner for a new agent.
> - Setup still asks users to select that internal runner.
> - The runner dropdown can be the only field in Advanced.
> - This PR removes the dropdown and hides an empty Advanced section.
> - Users keep their saved execution settings and see fewer setup controls.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Agent creation, onboarding, built-in agent setup, company import, and agent configuration.

**Subsystem affected**

The UI, setup error messages, tests, and Storybook fixtures.

**Current behavior**

Users can select a runner from a dropdown. Some setup screens place only that dropdown in Advanced. Errors can direct users to that control.

**Proposed behavior**

Remove runner dropdowns from setup and configuration. Use the existing automatic selection for new agents. Retain saved runner settings. Show Advanced only when other fields remain.

**Reason and benefit**

Users can configure agents without an extra internal execution choice. Setup also avoids an empty Advanced section.

**Breaking changes**

Users can no longer select a runner through these UI dropdowns. The API and CLI retain their runner options. Existing agents keep their saved execution settings.

**Additional context**

Related: [Default new agents to the qualified runner for their harness](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/15422). This PR changes the existing setup UI. It adds no harness or runtime default. The master merge retains the custom gateway placement from [#19510](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/19510).

## What Changed

- Remove the shared runner dropdown and its setup/configuration callers.
- Hide Advanced when it has no remaining fields. Keep command and argument settings where supported. Preserve custom gateway setup under Advanced on the Claude and OpenAI API key paths.
- Keep setup failures visible and keep the retry action outside the removed control.
- Update errors and documentation that referred to the removed dropdown.
- Update component tests and Storybook fixtures for the new UI states.
- Make Legacy first-task evals resume an API-configured setup record. Record that path separately from fresh automatic onboarding.

## Verification

- Latest master integration (`187c0f6d6e5`): 276 onboarding/provider-connection tests passed across six files. UI typecheck and build passed. Token gates, query-error rendering checks, and the Storybook catalog check passed. The conflict resolution retains master's bounded connection tests and cancellation while removing the obsolete runner instruction. The first test command used the wrong working directory and failed before collecting tests; the corrected invocation from `ui/` passed.
- Earlier branch verification passed: full workspace build and typecheck, 1,037 focused UI/service tests, 49 heartbeat provider contract tests, eval typecheck, and 30 map/catalog tests.
- The full local `pnpm test:run` run passed all six chat integration shards (1,931 tests). It was stopped for the master merge before the complete suite finished. The [complete CI run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42264662642) passed on the previous head `72e1699`.
- Current head `a097c8369d079c839e78661a2206cfa62c5210e0`: [full CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42273168268) passed. PR checks total 55 passed and 3 skipped, with none failed or pending. Greptile reviewed this head at 5/5 with no actionable findings or unresolved review threads.
- Live browser/provider evals have not run. The Legacy eval change has no live qualification claim.

## Risks

- Removing the dropdown changes the setup UI. Existing API and CLI runner choices remain available.
- Conditional Advanced sections must retain valid command and argument fields.
- Legacy first-task evals now prove setup resumption. They do not prove the fresh-agent automatic default.
- No schema change or data migration is included.

## Model Used

OpenAI `gpt-6.1-sol`, through Codex in T3 Code. Reasoning effort: `xhigh`. The model used file editing, shell commands, and test tools. The harness does not expose the 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 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>
2026-11-06 10:58:42 -08:00
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Paperclip agent access map

This map accompanies the feature map. It records APIs, agent entry points, permission boundaries and verification for the same capability IDs. The shared contract defines the format and maintenance rules.

The chat scenario catalog uses these same IDs for human requests and expected outcomes. Its scenarios retain the access boundaries here; neither a CEO role nor a planned scenario grants board authority or establishes a working production tool binding.

Use full capability IDs when referring to access contracts outside their file: onboarding/company means the company capability in onboarding.md in both maps. The feature index lists feature and capability IDs; IDs and references explains entry-point references and stable naming.

Browse access contracts

The same-named feature recipes define navigation and capability IDs. Run node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs for the generated maps/generated/agent-access-map.md index, or browse the published feature guide. Add or update the affected companion; there is no central registration or count.

Existing baseline source references describe the original inspection, not current verification. Record new executed evidence in the PR, issue, or CI artifact with its revision and scope. Do not refresh unrelated headers as bookkeeping.

Using an entry

Read its Policy and Gaps before selecting an agent path. Native fallback, legacy REST/CLI, stdio MCP and a personal assistant connection can have different authority and availability. Use a real admitted production binding; a scenario declaration is not an installed tool. A restricted entry records current enforcement and leaves any unresolved delegation decision visible.

For API catalog disagreements, follow the route/service authorization and record discovery drift. For not-applicable, retain the concrete exception and local path. Split shared business operations from client-only presentation.

Use maintain-verification-skill to reconcile changed source and both maps. Use verify-paperclip and existing API/runner/MCP fixtures to collect the permitted-agent and denial evidence; report blocked/not-run coverage honestly. Run node scripts/check-maps.mjs after editing. The structural check does not certify permissions, API catalog coverage, tool admission or live behavior.

Native REST transport

The call_api parity change reconciles affected baselines against 58e16dbddfc9c8d0cf60867f9d9847f0feda055b and the changes in this PR. Ordinary REST operations use the same route authorization as legacy agent REST. Dedicated tools remain optional for those operations; protocol endpoints still need their existing clients. Board-only routes remain restricted for agent identity.

Native search_api / call_api is enabled by default, but explicit server, company-allowlist and binding settings can narrow admission. It requires a running authorized native run, current task assignment and execution-run binding, company and budget authority, task privacy, and a permitted work mode. Ask and Plan retain mutation restrictions, and runs retain their admitted JWT scope during restart recovery even when task mode changes. A waiting agent does not gain independent native control just because a REST route exists. Connection-management reads support Standard, Ask and Plan; mutations require Standard. Skill-test runs and nonstandard task-bridge keys cannot administer connections. These gates supplement each operation's grants, resolved resource and target scope, and responsible-user authority. See the rollout policy and connection authorization.

Credential-bearing replies, including company exports and their legacy alias, stay inline under a 10 MiB limit and use encrypted mutation receipts. Other saved API snapshots are limited to the issuing actor and responsible user, plus authorized administrators. Artifact uploads enforce the same access checks as downloads; private snapshots are excluded from company exports and public company logos. Explicit deliverables use the existing sharing path. Native event history, checkpoints and completion records omit API bodies while preserving receipt metadata and replay digests. Restored webhook secrets use the same encrypted receipt and inline response policy as newly created webhook secrets. Task image access requires the company boundary and the task permission; skill-test and low-trust agents do not need company-wide browsing authority. Completion replay applies the same idempotent projection to stored and expected payloads; the run-log guide describes its fields.

Sources: API client, catalog, native authority, credential storage classification, snapshot access, and history redaction. The affected entries remain baseline and source-only; this reconciliation does not certify every operation. Targeted real-route proof lives in the API integration suite, including owned routines, skill tests, scoped secrets, proposals and private export replay.