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DottaandPaperclip ce1ee9e89f fix: stop prompts from encouraging subtasks (#20362 )

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agents read runtime prompts, tool help, skills, and role
instructions.
> - Several of these texts tell agents to create child tasks as a normal
next step.
> - One accepted-plan prompt even forbids work on the current task.
> - Task parentage is useful, but it does not need a prompt that
encourages task creation.
> - This pull request removes those prompts and keeps the task APIs
available.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #10642. This change adjusts prompt wording; it does not add
delegation-cycle guards.

**Current behavior**
Prompts tell agents to create children after plan approval, use children
for long work, and create a task just to pass context. Onboarding
requires a child even for a single request.

**Proposed behavior**
Continue work on the current task. Keep explicit assignments, optional
task creation, parentage, dependencies, and approval gates. Use the
separate-task recipes when the user requests that structure or when
continuing existing work.

**Reason and benefit**
Reduce needless task trees without removing subtask support. Keep the
patch limited to wording, existing test expectations, and generated
catalog data.

## What Changed

- Align accepted-plan prompts and remove direct child-creation advice
from runtime and error text.
- Make task tool descriptions neutral. Keep their fields, defaults, and
handlers.
- Update the main skill, onboarding, CEO instructions, company
templates, specialist workflows, and matching guides.
- Keep historical release snapshots intact. Refresh the explicitly
seeded schema fixture's catalog digest; the server still verifies
historical release snapshot hashes.
- Refresh the affected generated catalogs, capability inventory,
semantic contracts, and fixture manifest.

## Verification

- Final tested head: `c6e304d0c105cdbfbe0b2ab0a233307fcd91a04b`.
- All 66 check runs are complete: 60 pass, one is neutral, and five are
skipped by CI conditions. Snyk also passes. No checks fail or remain
pending.
- [PR
CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226554)
passes typecheck, build, server/general tests, all eight E2E shards,
Runner support, Runner Rust, and the aggregate verify gate.
[Windows](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226546)
and [Docker
Runner](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226108)
also pass.
-
[Greptile](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20362#issuecomment-6751419835)
and [Paperclip
review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20362#issuecomment-6751454010)
give this exact head 5/5. All six inline threads are resolved. Neither
current summary has findings.
- Merged master `bf0220d34a156c81853755c3d1365ddc527037de`. Resolved
three generated-file conflicts with the canonical generators.
- Local verification passes: 473 focused prompt, continuation, UI,
catalog, runtime and native-execution tests; Runner TypeScript build;
generated metadata; UI token gates; and diff checks.
- The prior head `c22018cb0f` failed three SDK evidence tests because
two source hashes were stale. Reproduced all three failures locally. The
existing generator refreshed only the hashes for the denial-copy file
and its test. All 53 affected evidence/source-pin tests then passed,
including private-value rejection. No scanner logic, assertions, or
runtime dependency pins changed. Current CI confirms the support suite
passes.
- A prior commit failed the Rust process reaping test. Its cause remains
unproven. No Rust code or assertions changed. Later Rust runs pass; this
does not establish the cause of the earlier failure.
- Local preflight built shared/plugin SDK packages, then stopped because
`cargo` is absent. Current-head CI supplies Rust and full build
coverage. `pnpm verify --explain` selects broad required CI; full local
suites were not repeated.

## Risks

- Wording changes guide the model; they do not enforce a ban on
subtasks.
- Existing installed skill versions and saved custom instructions need
their normal refresh process. This PR does not migrate company
configuration.
- Existing approved task assignments and approval gates remain in
effect.

## Model Used

- OpenAI GPT-6, through Codex, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The exact routed model ID and context-window size were not
exposed in this session.

## 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>

2026-11-10 09:58:54 -06:00

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Capability Capability Contract

This generated contract is a self-contained derivative of the Paperclip skill, its seven references, the Paperclip Evals corpus, and the legacy MCP tool surface. It does not import or contact the Paperclip control plane.

The skill/reference inventory and eval cases are the only normative behavior sources. Paperclip does not use the legacy MCP calls as a production capability surface; all MCP names below are traceability aliases folded into normative eval rows. Their disposition, grants, assertions, and evidence contract are inherited from the target row rather than classified independently.

Baseline Counts

Skill/reference headings: 166
Eval cases: 106 across 16 groups
Total normative rows: 272
Legacy MCP aliases folded into normative rows: 42

Eval group	Cases
hb	5
co	6
st	8
cm	6
se	4
su	4
bl	5
dp	3
ix	9
ap	6
ar	4
er	9
rf	22
mh	4
rs	3
wk	8

Regeneration

pnpm --dir packages/paperclip-runner generate:capability-inventory imports the canonical baselines and rewrites every generated file.
pnpm --dir packages/paperclip-runner check:capability-inventory validates counts, uniqueness, normative dispositions, one-to-one MCP folds, required fields, and generated-file drift without requiring the external eval repository.

Skill / Reference Rows

Legacy MCP Alias Index

This is a compatibility/traceability index, not a tool catalog. “Inherited disposition” is shown only to make the normative target easy to audit.

Legacy MCP name	Folded into normative row	Inherited disposition	Source anchor
paperclipMe	eval:hb-inbox-lite-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:290
paperclipInboxLite	eval:hb-inbox-lite-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:296
paperclipListAgents	eval:rf-api-mgr-heartbeat-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:302
paperclipListSkills	eval:rf-cskill-audit-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:308
paperclipGetAgent	eval:rf-api-mgr-heartbeat-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:314
paperclipListIssues	eval:se-q-filters-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:323
paperclipGetIssue	eval:se-get-issue-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:338
paperclipGetHeartbeatContext	eval:hb-context-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:344
paperclipListComments	eval:se-get-issue-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:353
paperclipGetComment	eval:hb-wake-comment-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:366
paperclipListIssueApprovals	eval:ap-board-approval-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:373
paperclipListDocuments	eval:dp-base-revision-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:379
paperclipGetDocument	eval:dp-base-revision-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:385
paperclipListDocumentRevisions	eval:dp-base-revision-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:392
paperclipListProjects	eval:rf-wf-project-setup-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:402
paperclipGetProject	eval:rf-wf-project-setup-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:408
paperclipGetIssueWorkspaceRuntime	eval:rf-iws-start-url-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:417
paperclipControlIssueWorkspaceServices	eval:rf-iws-start-url-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:423
paperclipWaitForIssueWorkspaceService	eval:rf-iws-target-restart-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:440
paperclipListGoals	eval:su-parent-goal-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:466
paperclipGetGoal	eval:su-parent-goal-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:472
paperclipListApprovals	eval:ap-approval-wake-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:478
paperclipCreateApproval	eval:ap-board-approval-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:487
paperclipGetApproval	eval:ap-approval-wake-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:496
paperclipGetApprovalIssues	eval:ap-approval-wake-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:502
paperclipListApprovalComments	eval:ap-approval-deny-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:508
paperclipCreateIssue	eval:su-parent-goal-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:514
paperclipUpdateIssue	eval:st-done-comment-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:521
paperclipCheckoutIssue	eval:co-body-contract-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:528
paperclipReleaseIssue	eval:er-release-01	control_plane_owned	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:540
paperclipAddComment	eval:cm-multiline-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:546
paperclipSuggestTasks	eval:ix-suggest-tasks-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:553
paperclipAskUserQuestions	eval:ix-questions-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:565
paperclipRequestConfirmation	eval:ix-confirmation-plan-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:577
paperclipRequestCheckboxConfirmation	eval:ix-checkbox-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:589
paperclipUpsertIssueDocument	eval:dp-plan-doc-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:601
paperclipRestoreIssueDocumentRevision	eval:dp-base-revision-01	always_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:612
paperclipLinkIssueApproval	eval:ap-board-approval-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:627
paperclipUnlinkIssueApproval	eval:ap-board-approval-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:636
paperclipApprovalDecision	eval:ap-approval-wake-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:646
paperclipAddApprovalComment	eval:ap-approval-deny-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:668
paperclipApiRequest	eval:rf-api-404-report-01	optional_agent_tool	packages/mcp-server/src/tools.ts:677

Capability	Primary disposition	Source anchor
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:paperclip-skill:10	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:10
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:terminology:14	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:14
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:authentication:20	control_plane_owned	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:20
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:conversation-tasks:32	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:32
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:server-verified-external-chat-turns:54	control_plane_owned	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:54
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:the-heartbeat-procedure:94	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:94
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:generated-artifacts-and-work-products:206	always_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:206
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:status-quick-guide:254	control_plane_owned	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:254
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:monitors-and-watchers-say-only-what-you-actually-scheduled:264	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:264
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:delegating-review-tasks:285	always_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:285
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:managing-a-user-s-inbox:296	control_plane_owned	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:296
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:issue-dependencies-blockers:304	control_plane_owned	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:304
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:requesting-board-approval:329	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:329
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:issue-thread-interactions:350	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:350
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:standalone-decisions:380	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:380
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:mcp-tool-approval-gates:484	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:484
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:niche-workflow-pointers:526	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:526
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:cases:536	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:536
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:company-skills-workflow:541	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:541
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:routines:552	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:552
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:task-files-and-workspace-choices:563	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:563
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:issue-workspace-runtime-controls:571	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:571
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:proposing-credentials-safely:578	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:578
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:reading-granted-secrets:585	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:585
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:critical-rules:611	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:611
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:comment-style-required:632	always_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:632
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:update:668	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:668
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:task-documents-and-deliverables:678	always_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:678
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:planning-required-when-planning-requested:692	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:692
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:key-endpoints-hot-routes:723	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:723
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:searching-issues:753	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:753
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:full-reference:763	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:763
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:conversational-confirmation-answers:767	always_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:767
skill:skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:incidental-feedback:784	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/SKILL.md:784
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:paperclip-api-reference:1	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:1
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:response-schemas:9	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:9
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:agent-record-get-api-agents-me-or-get-api-agents-agentid:11	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:11
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:company-portability:44	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:44
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:issue-with-ancestors-get-api-issues-issueid:116	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:116
skill:skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:issue-update-response-patch-api-issues-issueid:202	optional_agent_tool	skills/paperclip/references/api-reference.md:202

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