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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Contributors and agents read the docs under `doc/` before they change code > - `doc/SPEC.md` and `doc/SPEC-implementation.md` were out of date. `doc/SPEC-implementation.md` became an append-only log: in 60 days it got about 1,645 new lines and lost 181, across 140 commits > - #20557 changed `AGENTS.md` so the code and its tests are the source of truth, and the specs are only background > - This pull request removes the two spec docs. It moves only the sections that live code comments cite into focused docs, and it repoints all other references > - The benefit is one less stale document that agents read and append to ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #20557 (merged). This PR is the follow-up that removes the docs. It is based on `master`, which already contains #20557. **Issue type** Outdated content. The docs are out of date and conflict with the code. **Where is the issue?** `doc/SPEC.md`, `doc/SPEC-implementation.md`, and the code comments and docs that cite them. **What's wrong?** `doc/SPEC.md` and `doc/SPEC-implementation.md` are out of date, but agents still read them and append a paragraph with each fix. **Suggested fix** Delete both files. Move the sections that code cites into focused docs. Repoint the references. ## What Changed - Deleted `doc/SPEC.md` and `doc/SPEC-implementation.md`. - Moved these spec sections, because live code comments cite them: - §9.3.1 "Shared default-open issue writes" → new section in `doc/agent-permission-defaults.md`. - §9.8.1 "Issue-thread interaction resolver contract" → `doc/execution-semantics.md`, "Issue-thread interaction resolution". That section already had most of the contract. I added only the missing parts: the `supersedeOnUserComment` default, the canonical policy list, the addressee and cap rules, the rule that surfaces show the server's effective audience, and the cross-issue budget charge. The short policy summary at the top of the section now points to the list, so the definitions occur one time only. - §9.9 "Task Watchdog Authority Contract" → new "Authority contract" section in `doc/TASK-WATCHDOG.md`. It holds the allowed and disallowed mutation lists and the deferred capabilities. The atomic recovery batch, restoration verification, and interaction rules were already in `doc/execution-semantics.md` §11, so the new section links there and does not repeat them. I did not move the "Downstream acceptance criteria" checklist or the sentence about the CTO and Security sign-off. These were implementation-time notes; the tests now hold that coverage. - §9.10 "Company Skill Policy Contract" → new `doc/company-skill-policy.md`. No focused doc had this contract. I did not move the "Required regression tests" phase checklist. - Did not move any other part of the specs. - Repointed code comments that cited spec sections: - `packages/shared/src/issue-write-denial.ts` (§9.3) → `doc/agent-permission-defaults.md` - `server/src/routes/issues.ts` (§9.9) → `doc/TASK-WATCHDOG.md`, "Authority contract" - `server/src/routes/issues.ts` (§9.3, §9.8.1 cross-issue budget) → `doc/agent-permission-defaults.md` - `ui/src/lib/interaction-audience.ts` and `ui/src/components/InteractionGovernancePanel.tsx` (§9.8.1) → `doc/execution-semantics.md` - `ui/src/lib/skill-policy-denial.ts`, `ui/src/pages/CompanySkills.tsx`, `ui/src/pages/CompanySkills.production.tsx`, `ui/src/pages/SkillStudio.tsx` (§9.10) → `doc/company-skill-policy.md` - `server/src/services/recovery/ownership-invariant-report.ts` (monitor deadline wait path) → `doc/execution-semantics.md` §8. That section already lists the one-shot monitor as a valid wait path. - Resynced the git blob pin for `packages/shared/src/issue-write-denial.ts` in `tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-public-inputs.json`. The comment edit changed the file's hash, and the Runner support suite checks that pin. I used `node tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-public-inputs.mjs <HEAD> --write`; only that one pin changed. - Updated `AGENTS.md` §1 so it does not name the deleted files. - Removed the links to the deleted files from `doc/plugins/PLUGIN_SPEC.md`. - Updated the `doc-maintenance` agent skill (`.agents/skills/doc-maintenance/`) so it no longer audits or stages `doc/SPEC.md`. - Removed or replaced references in `maps/README.md`, `maps/feature-map/README.md`, `maps/storybook-map/README.md`, `doc/PRODUCT.md`, `doc/CLIPHUB.md`, `doc/DEPLOYMENT-MODES.md`, `doc/DEVELOPING.md`, `doc/evals.md`, `doc/spec/agent-runs.md`, `doc/AGENTCOMPANIES_SPEC_INVENTORY.md`, `doc/connections/CONNECTOR-PLAYBOOK.md`, `doc/plugins/ideas-from-opencode.md`, `doc/execution-semantics.md`, `doc/TASK-WATCHDOG.md`, and `.devin/wiki.json`. - In `doc/execution-semantics.md`, the "admission is independent of cleanup and accounting" reference now states the rule inline: only a hard stop, an explicit pause, or an inactive company refuses admission. - Kept these references as they are: dated plans in `doc/plans/` and `docs/plans/`, the dated log `doc/logs/2026-05-24-cli-api-parity-e2e-log.md`, `releases/`, the transcript fixture `ui/src/fixtures/runTranscriptFixtures.ts` (it uses the filename only as sample text), and `docs/specs/external-task-protocol.md` (it refers to the Symphony project's own `SPEC.md`). ## Verification - `git grep -n "SPEC-implementation\|SPEC\.md"` (without `releases/`, and ignoring `PLUGIN_SPEC.md` citations) finds only the kept references listed above. - `grep -rn "§9\.\(3\|8\|9\|10\)" ui/src server/src packages/shared/src` finds no results. - `node scripts/check-maps.mjs`: "Maps aligned: 35 areas, 192 capability IDs". - `pnpm check:token-gates`: "All gates clean". - `pnpm exec vitest run --config tests/runner-e2e/vitest.config.ts tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-public-type.test.ts tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-evidence.test.ts`: 45 passed. These failed in CI before the pin resync. - `pnpm verify`: exit 2 ("Broader verification required") because `AGENTS.md` is a global CI input. Required CI supplies the broad coverage for this revision. - All code changes are comments only. No runtime behavior changes. The title uses `refactor:` because comments in source files changed. ## Risks - Low risk. The change removes docs and edits comments only. - A reader can lose context from spec sections that I did not move. The text stays in git history. The code and its tests are the source of truth. - External links to the two deleted files will return 404. > For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`. ## Model Used - Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), in Claude Code with tool use (shell, file edits). Standard 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 (focused checks above; CI supplies broad coverage) - [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable (not applicable: docs and comments only) - [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 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Paperclip feature map
Start here when reproducing a user-facing bug, verifying a change, or deciding which surfaces a fix must cover. Each recipe describes what a person can do, where they can do it, the expected result, and the evidence needed to verify it. Product behavior is still governed by the code and its tests.
The sibling agent access map records APIs, agent entry points and permission boundaries for the same capability IDs. Follow the shared map contract when maintaining either map.
The chat scenario catalog describes how people might request these capabilities in conversation, including setup and permission branches. These are planned Product E2E journeys, not live coverage results.
IDs and references
Use the existing IDs in issues, PRs, Storybook annotations, tests, and verification evidence:
| Reference | Example | Defined by |
|---|---|---|
| Feature ID | onboarding |
The recipe filename without .md. |
| Capability ID | onboarding/company |
The feature ID plus a key from its Sub-features list, separated by /. |
| Entry-point reference | onboarding.md#web-wizard | The recipe filename plus its entry-point heading. The local entry-point ID is web-wizard. |
For example, report verifying onboarding/company through web-wizard.
Capabilities describe behavior; entry points identify the surface used to exercise
it. Entry-point IDs are separate from generated capability IDs. Both maps and
Storybook use the same full capability IDs. Each child page states its feature
ID; recipe bullets show the full capability ID beside the local key, and access
companions show it beneath the local heading. Local keys remain unchanged for
parsing and existing anchors.
Keep recipe filenames, sub-feature keys, and entry-point keys stable when changing display titles or navigation. Renaming a filename or key changes its references. The section headings below are navigation labels, not additional IDs.
Browse features
Use this index to open a recipe or copy its feature and full capability IDs.
Getting started and access
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
onboarding |
Onboarding and first work | onboarding/instance, onboarding/company, onboarding/adapter, onboarding/first-task, onboarding/resume |
access |
Login, invitations, and access | access/login, access/invitations, access/membership, access/resources, access/cli-auth |
companies |
Companies and portability | companies/selection, companies/identity, companies/decision-models, companies/prompt-injection-prevention, companies/fast-responses, companies/agent-observability, companies/archive, companies/portability |
Tasks and conversations
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
tasks |
Task creation and lifecycle | tasks/create, tasks/organize, tasks/properties, tasks/discussion, tasks/completion, tasks/privacy |
task-coordination |
Delegation, dependencies, and signoff | task-coordination/delegation, task-coordination/dependencies, task-coordination/signoff, task-coordination/tree-control |
inbox-search |
Inbox, decisions, and search | inbox-search/views, inbox-search/triage, inbox-search/decisions, inbox-search/search, inbox-search/toasts |
agent-chat |
Agent conversations and project handoff | agent-chat/discovery, agent-chat/history, agent-chat/handoff, agent-chat/conference-room |
questions-and-approvals |
Questions and approvals | questions-and-approvals/questions, questions-and-approvals/dismiss-and-reopen, questions-and-approvals/confirmations, questions-and-approvals/plan-review, questions-and-approvals/audience, questions-and-approvals/governance, questions-and-approvals/tool-review, questions-and-approvals/continuation |
steering |
Steering and queued messages | steering/queue, steering/edit-order-discard, steering/steer, steering/interrupt, steering/stop-and-pause, steering/drafts, steering/approval-queue |
documents-artifacts |
Documents, attachments, and work products | documents-artifacts/documents, documents-artifacts/annotations, documents-artifacts/attachments, documents-artifacts/work-products, documents-artifacts/library |
Agents and reusable capabilities
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
agents |
Hiring, configuration, and organization | agents/hire, agents/grok-bot, agents/instructions, agents/organization, agents/primary-agent, agents/lifecycle, agents/built-in, agents/api-keys, agents/managed-agent-setup |
runs-adapters |
Runs, harnesses, and model accounts | runs-adapters/availability, runs-adapters/validation, runs-adapters/runs, runs-adapters/session |
skills |
Skills and Skill Studio | skills/discovery, skills/authoring, skills/versions, skills/policy, skills/testing |
teams |
Team packages and installation | teams/discovery, teams/preview, teams/install, teams/configuration |
Projects and execution
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
projects |
Projects and repositories | projects/lifecycle, projects/task-context, projects/repositories, projects/defaults, projects/privacy |
goals |
Goals and work alignment | goals/hierarchy, goals/alignment, goals/navigation |
workspaces |
Workspaces, services, and files | workspaces/binding, workspaces/provisioning, workspaces/services, workspaces/files-git, workspaces/closure |
execution-environments |
Execution environments | execution-environments/configuration, execution-environments/capabilities, execution-environments/probe, execution-environments/assignment, execution-environments/images |
recovery |
Recovery | recovery/diagnosis, recovery/bounded-continuation, recovery/source-action, recovery/exhaustion, recovery/workspace, recovery/unknown-outcome, recovery/user-continuation, recovery/reconnect |
Apps, channels, and extensions
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
connection-setup |
Connection setup | connection-setup/catalog, connection-setup/identity-and-access, connection-setup/credentials, connection-setup/handoff, connection-setup/draft-recovery, connection-setup/task-request, connection-setup/channel-setup, connection-setup/failure |
assistant-connections |
Assistant connections (MCP) | assistant-connections/setup, assistant-connections/consent, assistant-connections/device-login, assistant-connections/client-use, assistant-connections/revocation |
app-permissions |
App access and action permissions | app-permissions/agent-access, app-permissions/action-policy, app-permissions/catalog-change, app-permissions/test-action, app-permissions/account-maintenance |
chat-channels |
External chat and email | chat-channels/providers, chat-channels/identity, chat-channels/conversation, chat-channels/attachments, chat-channels/lifecycle, chat-channels/outbound-email |
gateways-profiles |
Tool gateways and access profiles | gateways-profiles/gateway, gateways-profiles/profiles, gateways-profiles/client-connect, gateways-profiles/tokens, gateways-profiles/activity |
secrets |
Secrets and proposals | secrets/company-secrets, secrets/user-secrets, secrets/proposals, secrets/vault-import, secrets/runtime-delivery |
plugins |
Plugins | plugins/installation, plugins/configuration, plugins/contributions, plugins/lifecycle |
Automation and structured work
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
routines |
Routines, schedules, and triggers | routines/definition, routines/triggers, routines/run-now, routines/history, routines/management |
cases |
Cases | cases/browse, cases/structure, cases/history, cases/task-links, cases/handoffs |
status-cards |
Status cards | status-cards/authoring, status-cards/generation, status-cards/inspection, status-cards/archive |
Oversight and operation
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
budgets-costs |
Costs and budgets | budgets-costs/cost-reporting, budgets-costs/budgets, budgets-costs/incidents, budgets-costs/resolution, budgets-costs/subscriptions, budgets-costs/accounting-recovery |
activity |
Dashboards and audit trails | activity/overview, activity/activity, activity/runs, activity/routine-audit, activity/timeline, activity/agent-commentary |
navigation-preferences |
Navigation, profile, and announcements | navigation-preferences/navigation, navigation-preferences/preferences, navigation-preferences/profile, navigation-preferences/announcements, navigation-preferences/fallbacks, navigation-preferences/command-palette |
instance-operations |
Instance operations | instance-operations/install-update, instance-operations/server-service, instance-operations/configuration, instance-operations/diagnostics, instance-operations/backup, instance-operations/runtime-setup |
cli-operations |
CLI/API and local worktrees | cli-operations/context, cli-operations/domain-commands, cli-operations/outputs, cli-operations/run-controls, cli-operations/worktree-instances, cli-operations/feedback-export |
Contributor surfaces
| Feature ID | Recipe | Capability IDs |
|---|---|---|
developer-labs |
Developer previews and diagnostic labs | developer-labs/design, developer-labs/interaction-labs, developer-labs/performance, developer-labs/route-gates |
Open the published Storybook guide for the assembled feature and capability index. The Markdown recipes in this directory are the authored source. Each has a same-named agent-access companion.
Run node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs to generate local navigation in
maps/generated/feature-map.md, maps/generated/agent-access-map.md, and the
Storybook guide. Recipes are discovered automatically from their navigation
metadata; generation does not depend on this high-level index.
Before driving a journey
- Use this checkout's isolated test drive for manual product checks. It creates a temporary instance and prints its URL and data directory. Do not guess that a server on port 3100 belongs to you.
- Record the commit, URL, company, login role, relevant experimental settings, adapter, runtime mode, and live versus simulated dependencies. Use disposable tasks and provider resources. A fresh test drive creates a company and CEO, but no task or first run.
- Use the current navigation and company prefix. Paths in recipes omit that prefix. Record whether the streamlined or production shell is selected; Agent Chat, chat connectors, and the combined Inbox/Tasks view have separate gates. A hidden surface is an unmet prerequisite, not a successful test.
- Run the smallest relevant test first. Vitest commands below run from the repository root after installing dependencies. Playwright recipes use their named configuration and its isolated environment, not an unrelated running instance. Reserve expensive runner/provider tests for the behavior at issue.
- Exercise the actual user action, inspect its result, reload, and verify the persisted state or continuation. Use read-only API checks to corroborate UI evidence; creating state through the API does not prove the creation UI.
For agent-driven acceptance work, start with the Paperclip verification skill for an isolated launch, ownership/readiness checks, browser driving, evidence, and cleanup. It uses this directory as its feature map. The existing dev-workspace run/verify skill and evaluation skill describe runtime ownership and evidence handling. Reuse them; this map introduces no environment launcher, credentials, scheduled job, or second test framework.
Evidence contract
Report each entry point as passed, failed, blocked (with its missing
prerequisite), or not run. Include the feature ID, full capability IDs and
entry-point ID (for example, onboarding/company through web-wizard), plus the
recipe link, commit/environment, user action, expected and observed result,
command/exit code, and evidence links. Screenshots or traces should show both the
action and the discriminating result. Include task/run/request IDs when relevant,
without secrets.
A fix is verified across its affected surfaces only when each has evidence or an explicit reason it does not apply. Shared code alone does not prove parity. Keep product regressions visible; do not change the recipe to bless a failure. For Paperclip-assigned work, attach evidence through the artifact workflow.
Inventory and remaining depth
The generated maps/generated/coverage.json lists the current non-test TSX page
modules and the recipes that directly reference each one. An unreferenced module
is a documentation candidate, not proof that its feature is absent or untested.
Remaining workflow limits live in each recipe. Inventory and example associations
describe documentation scope, not runtime health.
Maintaining the reference
The map documents user journeys. It does not execute them automatically; generated inventories record documentation scope rather than live test health. Product E2E reports reuse these capability IDs through the journey associations. Their coverage view shows which scenarios in a campaign are linked to each capability and the associated test results. An association or passing scenario does not certify the whole capability; unselected and unmapped journeys remain distinct.
When maintaining a recipe, compare its entry points and expected results with
the current source. Check that linked tests still exercise the stated behavior
and that local references still exist. Keep the same-named agent access companion
and stable sub-feature IDs aligned when behavior or access changes. Source-only
access inventory remains distinct from live verification. Run
node scripts/check-maps.mjs after map edits for structural/reference checks;
follow the shared contract for the source and behavioral checks it cannot perform.
Each recipe starts with a small frontmatter navigation record, then an H1:
---
navigation: {"section":"Tasks and conversations","sectionOrder":20,"order":10}
---
The H1 supplies the feature title, and the first paragraph supplies its summary. Orders are local to the section; leave gaps for additions. Equal orders use the stable filename as a tie-breaker. Keep a section's name/order consistent across its recipes. Discovery uses the recipe and companion; keep the readable ID index above aligned when features or capability IDs change.
Optional ### Storybook verification guidance lives inside the recipe's Gotchas
section. Each level-four heading contains a backtick-quoted capability key and
has Scope (ui, cli, or browser),
Storybook, Production, and Sources fields. These are verification instructions
and intentional scope limits, not run results or a required story for every API.
The generated gap report combines this guidance with current story associations.
After frontmatter, each recipe starts with an H1 and a user-visible description, then exactly:
- Sub-features — stable backticked local keys, full capability IDs, and observable behavior/states,
such as
- `company`: `onboarding/company` — create a company. - How to get to it (user POV) — one H3 backticked entry-point ID per surface.
- Driving it with — starts with
Preconditions:; repeat each entry-point H3, withAutomated:andManual:paragraphs. Name test scope and gaps honestly. - Gotchas — misleading look-alikes, feature gates, and invalid evidence.
New or updated entries follow
Poteto's feature-map examples.
Existing entries with a Driving it heading can adopt the named harness when
their recipes are updated. The original format was inspired by
Omnigent's feature map.
Paperclip's recipes and checks follow its own task model and test infrastructure.