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DottaandPaperclip f16c0ad5c8 refactor(server): isolate chat conversation and control policies (#16276)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip helps people manage AI agents for work.
> - Chat channels turn external messages into shared task workflows.
> - The main service still contains some provider decisions.
> - These decisions belong with the existing channel modules.
> - This pull request separates conversation binding and Telegram
control policy.
> - Shared authorization, persistence, and runtime ownership keep their
current order.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs: #16235. Stack part 1/3. Base: `master`.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Provider ownership and readability in the chat channel service.

**Current behavior**

The entry point combines shared workflows with provider decisions.

**Proposed behavior**

Provider modules own their decisions. Shared modules own product state
and authorization.

**Reason and benefit**

Maintainers can find provider behavior in its channel folder.

**Breaking changes**

None intended. Public service methods and durable data shapes stay
compatible.

## What Changed

- Keep shared conversation lookup and completion in
`inbound/conversation-binding.ts`.
- Move Photon binding-completion policy to its messages module.
- Move Telegram command classification, forum behavior, and chronology
exemptions to its commands module.
- Keep the original conversation generation separate from the retained
task binding.
- Reduce `chat-channels.ts` from 3,649 to 3,598 lines.

## Verification

- The same 62 selected Telegram/Teams integration cases passed before
and after extraction.
- All 18 Photon channel integration cases passed before and after
extraction in separate test processes.
- The initial combined baseline command had a Photon database-startup
hook timeout. No Photon assertion ran in that invocation. The unchanged
Photon suite then passed in isolation with its existing timeouts.
- Server typecheck and the module-boundary check passed.
- A token comparison confirms the moved lookup, completion, and
generation logic, after normalizing the explicit policy callbacks.
- All current-head CI checks passed. Greptile reviewed this exact head
at 5/5 with no findings.
- Cumulative `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed. All 1,321
channel integration cases passed. The normal UI, CLI, database, adapter,
plugin, and serialized API test selections ran.
- The first Linux `pnpm test:run` returned 1. Original-source runs
reproduced the local failures. Container-only repairs supplied missing
tools, process reaping, and sufficient Node heap. The existing
mocked-fetch CLI telemetry fixture passed with the image opt-out flag
overridden only for that fixture.
- One local venue limitation remains: adapter-utils T24 fails unchanged
on both original and final source in the Linux container. Its entire
56-case suite passes before and after on the host. All other failed or
aborted suites passed in repaired reruns. No test assertion or timeout
changed.
- These fixtures exercise the assembled service and persisted state.
They do not prove live third-party execution.

## Risks

- Changing query order or losing the original generation could bind a
message to the wrong task.
- The workflow retains the original lookup result and all existing query
and write conditions.
- No schema migration or API change is included.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6, running in Codex with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The exact deployment identifier and context-window size are
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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-14 10:21:48 -05:00
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