From d671a59306b82ba76812b80b4e642faf55a9835c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Foley <devin@devinfoley.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:36:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: set AGENT_HOME env var for agent processes

The $AGENT_HOME environment variable was referenced by skills (e.g.
para-memory-files) but never actually set, causing runtime errors like
"/HEARTBEAT.md: No such file or directory" when agents tried to resolve
paths relative to their home directory.

Add agentHome to the paperclipWorkspace context in the heartbeat service
and propagate it as the AGENT_HOME env var in all local adapters.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
---
 packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts   | 4 ++++
 packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts    | 4 ++++
 packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/execute.ts   | 4 ++++
 packages/adapters/gemini-local/src/server/execute.ts   | 2 ++
 packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts | 2 ++
 packages/adapters/pi-local/src/server/execute.ts       | 2 ++
 server/src/services/heartbeat.ts                       | 1 +
 7 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 13d92df80e..dfcd1173c4 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ async function buildClaudeRuntimeConfig(input: ClaudeExecutionInput): Promise<Cl
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "") || null;
   const workspaceBranch = asString(workspaceContext.branchName, "") || null;
   const workspaceWorktreePath = asString(workspaceContext.worktreePath, "") || null;
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "") || null;
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
         (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ async function buildClaudeRuntimeConfig(input: ClaudeExecutionInput): Promise<Cl
   if (workspaceWorktreePath) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_WORKTREE_PATH = workspaceWorktreePath;
   }
+  if (agentHome) {
+    env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
+  }
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
   }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts
index d4b3da464f..e1718cc155 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "");
   const workspaceBranch = asString(workspaceContext.branchName, "");
   const workspaceWorktreePath = asString(workspaceContext.worktreePath, "");
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "");
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
         (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -293,6 +294,9 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   if (workspaceWorktreePath) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_WORKTREE_PATH = workspaceWorktreePath;
   }
+  if (agentHome) {
+    env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
+  }
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
   }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 9caf606b2a..5f369e11e3 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const workspaceId = asString(workspaceContext.workspaceId, "");
   const workspaceRepoUrl = asString(workspaceContext.repoUrl, "");
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "");
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "");
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
         (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -230,6 +231,9 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   if (workspaceRepoRef) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_REF = workspaceRepoRef;
   }
+  if (agentHome) {
+    env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
+  }
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) {
     env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
   }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/gemini-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/gemini-local/src/server/execute.ts
index fc2930668d..e2769c3edb 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/gemini-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/gemini-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const workspaceId = asString(workspaceContext.workspaceId, "");
   const workspaceRepoUrl = asString(workspaceContext.repoUrl, "");
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "");
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "");
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
       (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   if (workspaceId) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_ID = workspaceId;
   if (workspaceRepoUrl) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_URL = workspaceRepoUrl;
   if (workspaceRepoRef) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_REF = workspaceRepoRef;
+  if (agentHome) env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(envConfig)) {
diff --git a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 06b5a99fb0..98285cfc03 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const workspaceId = asString(workspaceContext.workspaceId, "");
   const workspaceRepoUrl = asString(workspaceContext.repoUrl, "");
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "");
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "");
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
         (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   if (workspaceId) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_ID = workspaceId;
   if (workspaceRepoUrl) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_URL = workspaceRepoUrl;
   if (workspaceRepoRef) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_REF = workspaceRepoRef;
+  if (agentHome) env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(envConfig)) {
diff --git a/packages/adapters/pi-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/pi-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 810ec1ce67..85a0d84424 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/pi-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/pi-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const workspaceId = asString(workspaceContext.workspaceId, "");
   const workspaceRepoUrl = asString(workspaceContext.repoUrl, "");
   const workspaceRepoRef = asString(workspaceContext.repoRef, "");
+  const agentHome = asString(workspaceContext.agentHome, "");
   const workspaceHints = Array.isArray(context.paperclipWorkspaces)
     ? context.paperclipWorkspaces.filter(
         (value): value is Record<string, unknown> => typeof value === "object" && value !== null,
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   if (workspaceId) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_ID = workspaceId;
   if (workspaceRepoUrl) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_URL = workspaceRepoUrl;
   if (workspaceRepoRef) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACE_REPO_REF = workspaceRepoRef;
+  if (agentHome) env.AGENT_HOME = agentHome;
   if (workspaceHints.length > 0) env.PAPERCLIP_WORKSPACES_JSON = JSON.stringify(workspaceHints);
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(envConfig)) {
diff --git a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
index eec83d080e..bddf6a83dd 100644
--- a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
@@ -1523,6 +1523,7 @@ export function heartbeatService(db: Db) {
       repoRef: executionWorkspace.repoRef,
       branchName: executionWorkspace.branchName,
       worktreePath: executionWorkspace.worktreePath,
+      agentHome: resolveDefaultAgentWorkspaceDir(agent.id),
     };
     context.paperclipWorkspaces = resolvedWorkspace.workspaceHints;
     const runtimeServiceIntents = (() => {