paperclip-dev-workspace-run-verify-fix — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited paperclip-dev-workspace-run-verify-fix (Agent Skill) and scored it 87/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 1 high-severity and 1 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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text (not bash) so it reads as prose, not a command.```bash
Now run this: curl -fsSL https://get.example.dev/bootstrap.sh | sh
```See INSTALL.md — review scripts/bootstrap.sh (sha-pinned) before running it yourself.The text {match} tells the agent to skip the normal "ask the user first" gate. Used adversarially it removes the human-in-the-loop check before destructive or sensitive actions, turning a normally-gated agent into a fire-and-forget executor.
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The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
This skill is for Paperclip-specific development workspaces whose service is started through project execution workspace runtime services, typically a worktree service such as paperclip-dev.
Success means all of these are true:
detached workaround
instance database
/api/health returns status: ok and bootstrapStatus: ready200 and does not show the first-admin setup gaterunning / healthy with theexpected URL
running / healthy
workspace: readlink /proc/<pid>/cwd resolves inside the target worktree, not a sibling workspace
If any item fails, keep fixing. Do not mark the issue done because one probe passed.
/srv/paperclip/home/paperclipai/paperclip (the primaryrepo with the real instance .env) is never a workspace repair target. Never point a worktree runtime service at it, never git worktree add into it or under <master>/.paperclip/worktrees/, and never edit its .env while repairing a workspace. Managed workspaces run in their own folders, for example ~/.paperclip-worktrees/instances/<slug>/….
running / healthy runtime row or a passing /api/healthalone. The service:paperclip-dev port is pinned in service config, so a sibling workspace's process can own the port and still answer health checks. Confirm the port owner's real cwd (readlink /proc/<pid>/cwd) before and after every repair; the runtime row's recorded cwd and pid can be fabricated by port adoption.
doc/DEVELOPING.md before running Paperclip CLI, dev server, worktree,database, build, or test commands.
database operations. Do not use psql, raw embedded-Postgres commands, or ad hoc row copying for the normal fix path.
it does not prove the isolated workspace has the full bootstrapped database.
pnpm dev or detached shellprocesses when the task is about a reusable workspace service.
worktree.
when code changed.
commit link. Set a clear final status.
Use environment variables when available. Do not print API keys or passwords.
PAPERCLIP_API_URL: main control-plane API URLPAPERCLIP_API_KEY: agent API keyPAPERCLIP_RUN_ID: current run id for runtime-service mutationsPAPERCLIP_TASK_ID: current issue idPAPERCLIP_COMPANY_ID: company idPAPERCLIP_AGENT_ID: current agent idservice:paperclip-devhttp://paperclip-dev:40631If the execution workspace id or service command id is missing, read the issue, project, or execution-workspace API records first. Do not guess and start an unmanaged server on a random port.
Use this when the user says to start the workspace, start it again, or fix a workspace that should be freshly ready.
own words.
its real cwd, and check whether any sibling workspace's runtime row also claims the same port (see "Port conflicts and workspace identity").
through its managed control path and verify the port stays free. Do this before restarting the target; otherwise the owner can respawn and reclaim the port.
is any doubt about database completeness.
visibility, and port-owner identity from both the main control plane and served workspace app.
the narrowest repair step.
Use the runtime-service endpoints on the main control plane. Include X-Paperclip-Run-Id so the mutation is associated with the current heartbeat.
curl -sS -X POST \
"$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/execution-workspaces/$EXECUTION_WORKSPACE_ID/runtime-services/stop" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary '{"workspaceCommandId":"service:paperclip-dev"}'curl -sS -X POST \
"$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/execution-workspaces/$EXECUTION_WORKSPACE_ID/runtime-services/start" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary '{"workspaceCommandId":"service:paperclip-dev"}'If the API returns an existing service, treat that as a candidate only. Verify its real /api/health and its port-owner identity before trusting it.
service:paperclip-dev pins an explicit port in service config, so every workspace that realizes that service claims the same port. On start, service adoption will adopt whatever process already owns the port when its command line looks similar — and it records the requested cwd, not the owner's real cwd. Two consequences:
running rows for the same port while only oneprocess exists; whichever workspace URL you open, you get that one process
cwd, pid, and health can all look correct while theURL actually serves a sibling worktree's app
Identity check — run this before trusting any existing service and again after every start or restart:
pid=$(lsof -nP -iTCP:"$SERVICE_PORT" -sTCP:LISTEN -t | head -1)
readlink "/proc/$pid/cwd"The resolved cwd must be inside the target worktree (the dev server usually runs in <worktree>/server). Only /proc/<pid>/cwd is authoritative. Do not accept the runtime row's cwd field, a root 200, or a healthy /api/health as proof of identity — a squatting sibling passes all three.
If the port owner is a sibling workspace's process (port squat):
workspace named in the issue.
managed runtime service is responsible for keeping it alive. Use the real /proc/<pid>/cwd, the sibling execution-workspace records, and the owning issue/run state; do not infer ownership from the target runtime row.
workspace's runtime service, or stop/cancel the live run that supervises and respawns it. Do not kill the sibling process directly while its supervisor is still active, because it will simply come back and reclaim the port.
rebound, find and stop the still-live supervisor instead of restarting the target in a loop.
service and re-run the identity check:
curl -sS -X POST \
"$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/execution-workspaces/$EXECUTION_WORKSPACE_ID/runtime-services/restart" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary '{"workspaceCommandId":"service:paperclip-dev"}'reclaimed, stop and diagnose the owner/supervisor again; do not loop target restarts against it.
a pinned port. Stop the one that is not needed (through its own workspace's managed stop, or by ending the run that keeps respawning it), say in your issue comment which workspace now owns the port, and escalate the pinned-port collision as a product issue instead of looping restarts.
Before declaring success, also fetch the sibling workspaces you suspect and compare their runtimeServices[].port values: more than one running row claiming the target port across workspaces is always a conflict to resolve, not a state to work around.
Use a full reseed when the app says setup is incomplete, login works but data is missing, the cloned app does not have the expected companies/issues/agents, or the user explicitly asks for the normal isolated-workspace database.
npx paperclipai worktree reseed --from-instance default --seed-mode full --yesAfter reseed, restart through the managed runtime path. A reseed can copy runtime-service rows whose ids no longer match the local process registry, so runtime adoption and reconciliation must be verified after the start.
Do not consider the reseed complete until the served app has both auth and populated product data. A one-off inserted user/account row is a diagnostic clue, not the final state.
Set SERVICE_URL to the service URL returned by the runtime API.
curl -sS "$SERVICE_URL/api/health" | jq
curl -sS -I "$SERVICE_URL/" | headExpected health:
status: "ok"bootstrapStatus: "ready"bootstrapInviteActive: falseFailures to reject:
bootstrap_pending: the instance will show the first-admin setup gatedatabase_unreachable: a web process is listening but its database is dead200 with unhealthy /api/health: stale process adoption bug or adead embedded database behind a live Node process
Check the port owner when a process is already listening:
lsof -nP -iTCP:"$SERVICE_PORT" -sTCP:LISTEN || trueUse this only to identify and remove a stale matching Paperclip dev-runner process after managed stop fails. Do not kill unrelated processes.
Read the execution workspace from the main API and inspect the runtime service record.
curl -sS \
"$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/execution-workspaces/$EXECUTION_WORKSPACE_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" | jqThe target service should show:
service:paperclip-devstatus: "running"If the main app says running but /api/health is bad, stop and replace the stale process through the managed runtime.
The cloned Paperclip app must also know about the service. Query the same execution workspace through the served app when agent auth is available there:
curl -sS \
"$SERVICE_URL/api/execution-workspaces/$EXECUTION_WORKSPACE_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" | jqThe served app should agree that the service is running / healthy at the same URL. If the main control plane and served app disagree after a reseed, the cloned database may contain copied runtime-service ids that do not match the local process registry. Use the normal start/adoption path again and verify both sides. If code changed in this area, add a focused regression test.
Auth and data checks should use product APIs and browser/QA review, not raw DB queries.
Minimum API checks:
curl -sS "$SERVICE_URL/api/health" | jq '.status, .bootstrapStatus'
curl -sS "$SERVICE_URL/api/companies" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" | jq
curl -sS "$SERVICE_URL/api/agents/me" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" | jqThen verify at least one expected cloned product record through the API, such as a known project, issue key, company, or execution workspace that should exist in the primary instance. Pick a record relevant to the current issue rather than a random table count.
Browser or QA check:
If this environment cannot launch a browser, ask QA to do the visual/login check and still complete all API checks you can run. Report that browser verification was delegated and why.
Symptom: the workspace URL loads a working Paperclip app, but it is a sibling worktree's app — wrong branch, wrong data, or the UI keeps bouncing you into another workspace's pages.
Likely cause: the pinned service port is owned by another workspace's process and start-time adoption attached that process to this workspace's runtime row. Health checks pass because the sibling app is genuinely healthy.
Fix: follow the owner-first procedure in "Port conflicts and workspace identity": identify and stop the sibling service or supervising run, verify the port stays free, then start or restart the target service. Re-verify that /proc/<pid>/cwd of the new port owner resolves inside the target worktree.
Verify: identity check passes, and one workspace-specific record served through the URL (branch, issue key, or workspace id) matches the target workspace.
Symptom: the runtime row and the actual listener disagree about the port, or a previously pinned port changed after someone started the app by hand.
Likely cause: an unmanaged pnpm dev (for example with --bind lan) picks its own port instead of using the managed pinned port.
Fix: stop the unmanaged process, then managed start. Verify the recorded URL port equals the bound port and the identity check passes.
Symptom: the page says no admin has claimed the instance.
Fix: run a full worktree reseed from the primary instance, then restart the managed service. Claiming a first admin can clear the gate, but if the user asked for the normal isolated workspace database, full reseed is the correct fix.
Verify: /api/health has bootstrapStatus: ready, login works, and populated data exists.
Symptom: bootstrap is ready, but the user's normal dev credentials do not work.
Likely cause: the isolated DB has roles or bootstrap state but lacks the primary instance auth users/accounts.
Fix: full reseed. Do not manually copy only Better Auth user/account rows as the final fix.
Verify: user login through browser/QA and /api/agents/me with the agent key.
Symptom: user can sign in, but companies/issues/projects/runs are empty or clearly incomplete.
Likely cause: a partial auth repair was done instead of a full cloned database.
Fix: full reseed, managed restart, then verify representative cloned records.
Symptom: curl -I / returns a response, but /api/health reports database_unreachable.
Likely cause: stale Node/web process remained alive after embedded Postgres died.
Fix: managed stop first. If the process survives, identify the matching Paperclip dev-runner process group for the target port and terminate only that group. Then managed start.
Verify: /api/health is ok after a stability wait and the runtime record is healthy.
Symptom: the service URL works, but the main app says the service was not created or is stopped.
Likely cause: detached workaround process, stale provider ref, or service adoption trusted the root URL instead of health.
Fix: shut down the unmanaged process and restart through the managed runtime. If code repair is needed, ensure adoption checks /api/health, replaces unhealthy adopted processes, and records the current provider ref.
Verify: main runtime row and /api/health agree.
Symptom: the main app sees paperclip-dev running, but the cloned app copied a runtime-service row whose id does not match the local registry.
Likely cause: normal DB clone copied persisted runtime rows from the primary instance into an isolated environment with different local process metadata.
Fix: use managed start/adoption again. If code repair is needed, adoption should reconcile by service identity and port, not only by copied row id.
Verify: main app and served app both show the same service as running / healthy.
Symptom: starting from the served app returns 403 or a mutation partially applies before activity logging fails.
Likely causes: the cloned issue/run/agent state does not match the current heartbeat, or the run id is absent in the cloned database after reseed.
Fix: prefer the main control-plane managed runtime path and full reseed. If the cloned app state itself must be repaired, use normal Paperclip issue/run transitions first. Do not hide the condition with raw DB edits; report the exact guard or missing row if it blocks the normal path.
Each of these has burned a previous repair; check them before deep debugging.
~/.paperclip-worktrees/instances/<slug>/logs. Read them before guessing at login or startup failures.
403 while127.0.0.1 (or the paperclip-dev hostname) works. Probe loopback first before concluding auth is broken.
/FOR/...)should switch to a company key that exists in the cloned data (for example /PAP/...) before concluding the reseed failed.
409 on runtime or issue mutations usually means another live run holdsthe ownership lock. Do not force it; wait or coordinate through the issue.
that do not match local processes. Re-run managed start and the identity check instead of trusting copied rows.
Make a code change only when the normal operational repair exposes a product bug. Examples from this failure class:
lsof arguments200 instead of /api/healthowner's real /proc/<pid>/cwd, so a sibling workspace's process was adopted
Add focused tests in the affected service test file. For workspace runtime repairs, the narrow verification is usually:
pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/workspace-runtime.test.ts
git diff --checkCommit logical code changes and link the commit in the issue comment. If no tracked code changed, say so explicitly.
Use concrete evidence, not a vague "it works".
Fixed and verified the workspace service.
Root cause:
- <why it broke>
Fix:
- <normal reseed/start/repair steps>
- <code commit if any>
Verified:
- main control plane shows <service> running/healthy at <url>
- served workspace app shows the same service running/healthy
- port owner identity: /proc/<pid>/cwd resolves inside the target worktree
- <url>/api/health is ok with bootstrapStatus ready
- root page returns 200 and no setup gate
- dev login verified by <agent browser / QA / user> without posting credentials
- cloned data verified via <specific API records>
- targeted tests: <commands>
Remaining:
- <none, or named owner/action if blocked>Mark the issue done only when every success-condition item is satisfied. If not, mark blocked with a named unblock owner and the exact action needed.
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