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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Adapter names are part of the board-facing agent setup and
management experience.
> - The product now treats adapters as harnesses, while execution
environments are modeled separately.
> - Several built-in adapter labels still carried legacy local wording
from the older harness-by-environment model.
> - That wording makes the UI noisier and implies a distinction users no
longer need to reason about.
> - This pull request normalizes adapter display labels while keeping
persisted adapter type identifiers unchanged.
> - The benefit is clearer adapter selection and management copy without
a database migration.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public GitHub issue was found for this exact cleanup.

Related public PRs:

- Supersedes #8910, an earlier branch for the same cleanup that did not
include the later docs/gateway/Cursor alignment.
- Refs #8819, which is related display-registry work for external
multi-segment adapter labels, but not a duplicate of this built-in label
cleanup.

Feature request details:

- Subsystem affected: Cross-cutting (`ui/`, `packages/adapters`, and
docs).
- Problem or motivation: user-facing adapter names include legacy local
qualifiers even though adapters map to harnesses and environments are
first-class elsewhere.
- Proposed solution: remove the legacy local wording from built-in
display labels, keep machine-readable adapter type ids unchanged, and
keep gateway disambiguation where it is useful.
- Alternatives considered: changing persisted adapter type ids was ruled
out because it would create migration and compatibility risk; one-off UI
replacements were ruled out because the display registry is already the
correct central label boundary.
- Roadmap alignment: this is small adapter UX polish, not a new
roadmap-level core feature.

## What Changed

- Updated the adapter display registry so known adapter labels are final
and no built-in local adapter renders a legacy local suffix.
- Preserved clean derived labels for unknown plugin local types while
keeping gateway disambiguation for unknown gateway types.
- Updated `AdapterManager` to prefer registry labels when the server
reports raw adapter type ids for built-ins.
- Removed legacy local wording from built-in adapter metadata labels in
UI and adapter packages.
- Aligned Cursor adapter metadata with the central display registry
label.
- Updated adapter docs and Storybook fixtures to match the new display
names.
- Added focused registry coverage for built-in labels and unknown plugin
suffix behavior.

## Verification

- `pnpm check:tokens`
- `git diff --check origin/master...fix/adapter-display-labels`
- Patch-addition scan for added secrets, private paths, and internal
links: no matches.
- GitHub duplicate search for open adapter-label/local-suffix issues and
PRs; #8910 was identified as the older superseded public PR.
- `pnpm exec vitest run
ui/src/adapters/adapter-display-registry.test.ts`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck`
- Stale-label scan found no remaining user-facing display-label
suffixes; remaining local wording is operational/test terminology such
as adapter ids, docs about running locally, and test descriptions.

## Risks

Low risk. The change is display-label and documentation focused, and
adapter type ids remain unchanged. The main risk is ambiguous gateway
naming, mitigated by keeping explicit gateway labels where variants need
disambiguation.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-5 via Codex, tool-enabled coding agent in a local repository
workspace. Context window size is not exposed by this environment.

## 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>
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Environment Variables Full environment variable reference

All environment variables that Paperclip uses for server configuration.

Server Configuration

Variable Default Description
PORT 3100 Server port
PAPERCLIP_BIND loopback Reachability preset: loopback, lan, tailnet, or custom
PAPERCLIP_BIND_HOST (unset) Required when PAPERCLIP_BIND=custom
HOST 127.0.0.1 Legacy host override; prefer PAPERCLIP_BIND for new setups
DATABASE_URL (embedded) PostgreSQL connection string
PAPERCLIP_HOME ~/.paperclip Base directory for all Paperclip data
PAPERCLIP_INSTANCE_ID default Instance identifier (for multiple local instances)
PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE local_trusted Runtime mode override
PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_EXPOSURE private Exposure policy when deployment mode is authenticated
PAPERCLIP_API_URL (auto-derived) Paperclip API base URL. When set externally (e.g., via Kubernetes ConfigMap, load balancer, or reverse proxy), the server preserves the value instead of deriving it from the listen host and port. Useful for deployments where the public-facing URL differs from the local bind address.

Secrets

Variable Default Description
PAPERCLIP_SECRETS_MASTER_KEY (from file) 32-byte encryption key (base64/hex/raw)
PAPERCLIP_SECRETS_MASTER_KEY_FILE ~/.paperclip/.../secrets/master.key Path to key file
PAPERCLIP_SECRETS_STRICT_MODE false Require secret refs for sensitive env vars

Agent Runtime (Injected into agent processes)

These are set automatically by the server when invoking agents:

Variable Description
PAPERCLIP_AGENT_ID Agent's unique ID
PAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID Company ID
PAPERCLIP_API_URL Paperclip API base URL (inherits the server-level value; see Server Configuration above)
PAPERCLIP_API_KEY Short-lived JWT for API auth
PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID Current heartbeat run ID
PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID Issue that triggered this wake
PAPERCLIP_WAKE_REASON Wake trigger reason
PAPERCLIP_WAKE_COMMENT_ID Comment that triggered this wake
PAPERCLIP_APPROVAL_ID Resolved approval ID
PAPERCLIP_APPROVAL_STATUS Approval decision
PAPERCLIP_LINKED_ISSUE_IDS Comma-separated linked issue IDs

LLM Provider Keys (for adapters)

Variable Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY Anthropic API key (for Claude Code adapter)
OPENAI_API_KEY OpenAI API key (for Codex adapter)