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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 a480335e69 fix(chat): tell agents how to read the company link prefix from a task identifier (#19967)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Chat agents reply with links to tasks, approvals, runs and agent
profiles
> - Each link starts with the company prefix, for example
`/RUN/agents/<id>`
> - The chat guidance said to derive the prefix from the task
identifier, but it did not say how
> - An agent decided that `RUN-1` does not give the prefix and invented
one, so its links were broken
> - This pull request states how to read the prefix and forbids prefixes
built from names, slugs, hostnames or paths
> - The benefit is that agent profile links and other company links in
chat replies open the correct page

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened**

A person asked a CEO agent in chat to preview and then import a company
package. The chat task was `RUN-1`. The agent's reasoning said: "Task
identifier RUN-1 doesn't give prefix directly." The agent then linked
agent profiles as `/runner-e2e/agents/<id>`. Each link opened
"Organization not found: No organization matches prefix RUNNER-E2E".

**Expected behavior**

The agent links `/RUN/agents/<id>`. The guidance tells the agent that
the prefix is the identifier part before the final hyphen and number.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Open a chat with a CEO agent in a company whose prefix differs from
its slugified name.
2. Ask it to do something with another agent, for example import a
package that creates an agent.
3. See that the reply can link `/<invented-prefix>/agents/<id>`, which
opens "Organization not found".

## What Changed

- Replace the task-link sentence in `AGENT_CHAT_DIRECTIVE`
(`server/src/services/agent-conversations.ts`). It now says that the
prefix is the identifier part before the final hyphen and number
(`RUN-1` gives `RUN`). It says that all company links use that prefix.
It forbids a prefix built from a company name, slug, hostname or path.
- Add a regression test in
`server/src/__tests__/agent-conversations.test.ts`.

## Verification

- `cd server && pnpm exec vitest run
src/__tests__/agent-conversations.test.ts` passes (46 tests).
- An end-to-end check runs the `companies.import-preview` chat eval with
this commit cherry-picked onto the eval branch.

## Risks

- Low risk. This changes only prompt guidance text. Runtime behavior
does not change.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), with 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

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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