## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Claude agents that run in a remote sandbox need a safe in-product login path > - The existing host login route cannot open a pseudo-terminal inside that sandbox > - The login flow must protect the browser code, the login URL, and the OAuth token at every step > - This pull request adds the parser, the runner, a Daytona pseudo-terminal transport, and a guarded, owner-bound session route behind an injectable transport > - The route stays inert in the default build and fails closed until a sandbox provider binds the live transport > - The benefit is a company-scoped setup-token flow with one-time secret delivery, redaction, and fail-closed transport checks, ready for a later staged production rollout ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **Agent or provider** Claude Code setup-token login for sandbox agents. **Why this adapter is useful** Sandbox agents need a supported way to sign in without host credentials. An authorized owner completes the browser step and receives the token one time. **How the agent is invoked** When a sandbox provider binds the injectable transport, the server starts `claude setup-token` through a sandbox pseudo-terminal, sends the browser code to the matched prompt, and returns the token through the guarded session route. The default build does not bind the transport. In that state the start route fails closed with a fixed no-secret `503`. It does not start a process and it does not hold a sandbox lease. **Additional context** The transport is injectable, so each sandbox provider binds its own pseudo-terminal. This pull request adds the Daytona transport but does not bind it in the production server. A production wiring needs a lease manager, a live pseudo-terminal factory, a durable token store, and its own security review. The route keeps secrets out of logs, activity details, errors, telemetry, and non-owner responses. ## What Changed - Add strict parsers for the setup-token URL, the prompt, and the success token. - Add a login runner that drives the `claude setup-token` command through a pseudo-terminal. - Add the Daytona pseudo-terminal transport and the sandbox plugin wiring. - Add a company-scoped, owner-bound login session service with rate limits, a reaper, cleanup, and one-time token delivery. - Add the guarded session routes at `/agents/:id/setup-token-login-sessions/*` behind an injectable transport. The routes become the live login path only when a provider binds the transport. - Keep the start route fail-closed in the default build. It returns a fixed no-secret `503` and it does not bind `setupTokenLogin`. - Keep the existing host route `POST /agents/:id/claude-login` in place. This pull request does not replace it. - Keep confidential responses behind a fail-closed TLS transport guard with `Cache-Control: no-store`, and extend redaction for the new fields. - Export the parser and the runner from the Claude local server entry, and document the new session routes in the OpenAPI spec. ## Verification - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run setup-token-route setup-token-session` - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-claude-local exec vitest run` - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server run typecheck` - Confirm that the pull request checks pass on GitHub. ## Risks - Low user-facing risk on merge. The default build does not bind the transport, so the production start route stays fail-closed with a `503`. The merge does not change the production login behavior. - When a provider later binds the transport, the flow starts a live sandbox process and holds a short-lived in-memory secret. Cleanup must stop the child before it releases the sandbox lease. - The transport guard fails closed when the deployment does not provide a trusted TLS path. A wrong proxy allowlist can block a valid request. - The production wiring is out of scope. It needs a lease manager, a live pseudo-terminal factory, a durable token store, and its own security review before the server binds `setupTokenLogin`. ## Model Used Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 assisted the implementation. It used extended reasoning, code execution, repository tool use, and a 200,000-token context window. ## 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 (the OpenAPI spec covers the new session routes; no user-facing documentation needs 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> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@paperclipai/adapter-utils
Shared utilities for Paperclip adapters: process spawning, environment injection, sandbox/SSH transport, workspace sync, and the round-trip helpers that move code between the local execution-workspace cwd and wherever the agent actually runs.
For the adapter-author guide see
docs/adapters/creating-an-adapter.md
and the in-repo notes at packages/adapters/AUTHORING.md.
No-remote-git contract
The local execution-workspace cwd is the only persistence boundary across runs. No adapter may depend on a git remote for cross-run state.
Adapters that run the agent on a different host should use the SSH round-trip
helpers in src/ssh.ts:
prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir })— bundles the local cwd (tracked files, dirty edits, untracked additions, and the git history needed to reconstruct it) toremoteDirbefore the run starts. Runs with nogit remoteconfigured.restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir, ... })— syncs the remote cwd back intolocalDirafter the run, including any new commits the agent created. Also runs with nogit remoteconfigured.
prepareRemoteManagedRuntime in
src/remote-managed-runtime.ts wraps both
calls for adapters that want a per-run remote workspace and an automatic
restoreWorkspace() finally hook.
The invariant is pinned by the no-remote-git contract case in
src/ssh-fixture.test.ts, which asserts that a
remote-only commit propagates to the local worktree through the
prepare → restore round-trip with no git remote configured at any point. Do
not regress that test.