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DottaandPaperclip 2f35eb1080 feat(dev): add incremental local verification and pass reuse (#19345)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip coordinates agents that make and verify repository
changes.
> - Local verification currently defaults to the complete Vitest suite.
> - Contributor instructions also require broad local checks at each PR
handoff.
> - CI already owns conservative affected-test selection and broad
final-revision checks.
> - This pull request adds local selection and pass reuse from those
existing contracts.
> - Agents can get focused feedback and use CI to close the remaining
coverage gaps.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Subsystem affected**

Developer verification scripts and contributor guidance. Related
selection work: #18398 and #18464.

**Problem or motivation**

An agent that repeats an unchanged local verification step starts the
complete suite again. The handoff guidance also duplicates broad CI
coverage locally.

**Proposed solution**

Add `pnpm verify` for the actual working tree. Select affected Vitest
specifications with the CI task policy and dependency graph. Reuse
successful checks whose inputs are modeled. Run opaque checks fresh.
Report exit 2 when broader verification is required. Update the
contributor contract to accept applicable final-revision CI coverage.

**Alternatives considered**

Plain `vitest related` omits filesystem and opaque dependencies.
Commit-only cache keys miss dirty files. Running full local suites at
every handoff repeats CI work.

**Roadmap alignment**

This is repository development tooling. It does not change the product
roadmap.

## What Changed

- Add `pnpm verify`, `--explain`, `--base`, `--full`, and `--no-cache`.
- Reuse CI selection and exact runner ownership for dirty, staged,
committed, deleted, renamed, and untracked inputs.
- Keep native server suites and serialized suites in their local owners.
Keep six sequential chat shards.
- Cache selected passes within one worktree. Hash source, fixtures,
installed package contents, dependency bindings and installation
metadata, dotenv files, child environment, toolchains, platform, and
selection.
- Run opaque consumers fresh. Preserve failed, interrupted,
mutated-input, and partial-coverage outcomes.
- Update AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and DEVELOPING.md guidance. Record
the shared `verify` command as the sole exception to the package-script
rule. Register the new tests in the existing CI contract-test command.
- Add optional root/environment inputs to shared graph helpers. Existing
CI defaults stay the same.

## Verification

- Fourteen new integration tests pass locally across focused runs with
real Vitest selection and execution; CI colors are covered.
- 51 existing targeted selector/input, project-isolation, and
stable-runner checks passed. Four relevant runner contracts also pass
after the workspace change.
- Repeated unchanged execution skips reusable tests. Source,
environment, installed code, dependency bindings, and new untracked
tests invalidate results.
- Installed-code mutation with a restored modification time still
invalidates a cached pass. Internal skill-directory links preserve
reuse.
- Workspace B/C tests prove discovery, reusable/fresh partition
execution, pass reuse, and external-input failure. Chat selection
produces exactly six single-worker partitions.
- A deliberate unrelated failing test is omitted by narrow selection and
caught by `--full`.
- Red/green regressions prove fingerprints preserve file boundaries and
reject edits made between diff discovery and snapshotting.
- Opaque external-file changes still fail on a subsequent run. Source
mutation and process interruption cannot publish reusable passes.
- `pnpm verify --explain` works in the checkout and requests broad CI
coverage for this tooling change. No duplicate full local suite was
started.
- [Final-revision
CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42117291789)
passed on `ed85d96ddff82c05c325948680b593b0f48c473d` (attempt 2). The
scoped Canary retry preserved all passing test/build results.
- [Greptile
review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/19345#issuecomment-6670050175)
is 5/5; all four review threads are resolved.
- The additional Paperclip review concluded neutral because its
execution stopped; it produced no assessment.

## Risks

- Pass reuse depends on conservative dependency classification. Opaque
consumers, external database/live settings, and non-isolated projects
retain fresh or broad coverage.
- Local passes cover selected Vitest checks. Required CI,
build/typecheck, release, browser, and platform acceptance remain
separate obligations.
- Cross-worktree caching and cross-agent scheduling are outside this
change.
- The initial installation scan reads dependency contents;
stat-validated, worktree-local digest memoization avoids rereading
unchanged contents. Subsequent scans still inspect file identity and
nanosecond change/modification times.
- No dependency lockfile or workflow changes.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, `gpt-6.1-sol`, max reasoning, with local shell and file
tools. Context window size is not exposed by this host.

## 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-11-06 07:29:10 -06:00

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Repository rule loading

The .mdc files under rules/ are repository review requirements. .greptile/files.json identifies the rule files to read for matching source paths. Read their full Markdown bodies and apply their review criteria and allowed exceptions to the affected code.

Each rule's YAML frontmatter declares its scope with repository-relative globs, or alwaysApply: true for a repository-wide rule. Respect that scope; do not apply a channel rule to unrelated subsystems. Keep the policy in the referenced file as the source of truth rather than maintaining a separate copy in dashboard instructions.

Do not add package.json scripts for new utilities, checks, benchmarks, or specialized tests. The shared verify entry point is the repository-wide exception. Keep new specialized checks as direct script invocations.