## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source control plane people use to manage
AI-agent companies.
> - Its secrets subsystem can resolve external references such as AWS
Secrets Manager values without copying those values into Paperclip
custody.
> - Operators also need to rotate a referenced secret's value while
preserving the same provider reference for consumers inside and outside
Paperclip.
> - Previously, external-reference rotation could only retarget
metadata, and secret detail sheets were driven by local component state
rather than shareable navigation state.
> - This pull request adds an optional provider write capability,
implements AWS Secrets Manager write-through rotation, and exposes
capability-aware rotate modes in the UI.
> - It also makes secret and each-user definition detail sheets
URL-driven and adds a copy-link action.
> - The benefit is that operators can update the canonical external
value safely while keeping AWS rotation tracking intact, and they can
share or navigate directly to secret details.
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
### Subsystem affected
Cross-cutting (`server/`, `ui/`, and `packages/shared`).
### Problem or motivation
External-reference secrets can follow a provider-managed value, but
Paperclip could not write a replacement value back to providers that
support it. Operators had to leave Paperclip, update the value
separately, and then return without an auditable Paperclip rotation
record. Secret detail sheets also could not be shared or restored
through browser history because their selection lived only in component
state.
### Proposed solution
Add an optional `updateExternalSecretValue` provider capability and
surface it as `supportsExternalValueWrites`. Implement AWS writes with
`PutSecretValue` while leaving the resolution `versionId` unset so
future reads continue following `AWSCURRENT`. Add write-value and
retarget modes to the rotate dialog for capable providers. Drive secret
detail selection from `?secret=` / `?definition=` query parameters and
provide a copy-link action.
### Alternatives considered
Converting an external reference into a Paperclip-managed secret would
break consumers that depend on the existing provider reference. Pinning
reads to the newly written AWS version would prevent later out-of-band
rotations from flowing through. Keeping sheet selection only in React
state would not support browser Back or shareable links.
### Roadmap alignment
This extends the completed “Secrets Manager with per-agent access”
roadmap capability; it does not duplicate a separate planned roadmap
item. Public GitHub searches found no duplicate or closely related issue
or PR.
### Additional context
The PR includes focused provider, service, and UI render coverage.
Cutter also generated previews for the deep-linked detail sheet and
capability-aware rotate modes.
## What Changed
- Added optional external-value write support to the secret provider
contract and provider descriptors.
- Implemented AWS Secrets Manager write-through with `PutSecretValue`,
audit material, and compensation when persistence fails after the
provider write.
- Allowed `secretService.rotate()` value updates for external references
while rejecting ambiguous value-plus-retarget combinations and
unsupported providers.
- Added capability-aware “Write new value” and “Change reference” rotate
modes with updated custody and action copy.
- Made secret and each-user definition detail sheets source their
selection from URL query parameters, compose with folder paths, close
through browser history, and expose a copy-link action.
- Added provider, service, and UI render coverage for write-through,
rollback, capability messaging, dialog modes, and deep links.
## Verification
- `pnpm vitest run
server/src/__tests__/aws-secrets-manager-provider.test.ts` — 18 passed.
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts` — 75
passed.
- `pnpm vitest run ui/src/pages/Secrets.render.test.tsx` — 31 passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/shared typecheck` — passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` — passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck` — passed.
- `pnpm check:token-gates` — passed with all gates clean.
## Risks
- External value writes affect the canonical provider secret and
therefore all consumers of that AWS secret; the UI explicitly labels
this custody behavior.
- A provider write can succeed before Paperclip persistence fails. The
service records the written version and AWS support includes
compensation coverage to restore the prior value where possible;
unrecoverable failures return explicit audit-safe error details.
- URL-driven sheet state changes navigation behavior; render tests cover
deep links, Back/close behavior, and composition with folder query
state.
- No database migration or breaking API requirement is introduced;
providers without the optional capability retain reference-only
behavior.
> 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
- OpenAI Codex using exact model ID `gpt-5.6-sol`, high reasoning mode,
Codex CLI `0.142.5`, with repository, shell, Git, GitHub CLI, and
code-execution tools. The runtime did not expose a context-window size.
- Earlier implementation commits were assisted by Anthropic `Claude
Fable 5` as recorded in their commit trailers; the exact backend model
ID and context-window size were not preserved in the workspace metadata.
## 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 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, or
confirmed no documentation change is required
- [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: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies.
> - The Claude-local adapter uses `claude --resume <session-id>` to
continue prior sessions; the `--resume` value MUST be a UUID per
Claude's CLI contract.
> - Paperclip internally uses session IDs prefixed with `ses_` (not
UUIDs); these get passed straight through to `--resume` and crash the
run.
> - On top of the crash, when the underlying error path triggers a
secret-decryption failure or heartbeat setup failure, the diagnostics
are too thin to tell key-mismatch from other failures, and the heartbeat
error code is mis-classified as `adapter_failed` instead of
`setup_failed`.
> - This PR validates `runtimeSessionId` against a UUID regex before
letting `canResumeSession` become true, adds `not a valid UUID` to
Claude's own retry-error regex, improves AES-256-GCM decryption
diagnostics in the local encrypted provider, and re-classifies
pre-adapter setup failures.
> - The benefit is that Paperclip session IDs are detected and skipped
gracefully (logged, no crash), legitimate Claude UUID-rejection errors
are treated as retriable, and operators can diagnose decryption/setup
failures from the run log.
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
**What happened?**
The `claude-local` adapter passes Paperclip's internal session
identifiers (e.g. `ses_…`) straight to `claude --resume <session-id>`.
Because Claude's CLI requires the `--resume` argument to be a UUID, the
run crashes with a `not a valid UUID` error. When the surrounding code
path also hits a secret-decryption failure, the heartbeat reports it as
`adapter_failed`, hiding the real `setup_failed` cause and making
diagnosis hard.
**Expected behavior**
Non-UUID session IDs should be detected before `--resume` is called, the
run should fall back to a fresh session with a clear log line, and any
decryption / setup failure should be reported with enough detail (and
the correct error code) for an operator to tell what failed.
**Steps to reproduce**
1. Have a persisted task session whose ID is not a UUID
(Paperclip-issued `ses_…` form).
2. Trigger a heartbeat that resumes that session via the `claude-local`
adapter.
3. Observe: the adapter crashes with a UUID-validation error; if the
path also involves a decryption failure, the heartbeat surfaces
`adapter_failed` instead of `setup_failed`.
## What Changed
- `packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts`: Validates
`runtimeSessionId` against a UUID regex before setting
`canResumeSession`; non-UUID IDs are logged and skipped gracefully.
Guards the cwd-mismatch log block on `isValidUuid` so it does not fire
for non-UUID session IDs.
- `packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/parse.ts`: Adds `not a
valid UUID` to the session-error retry regex so Claude's own UUID
rejection is treated as a retriable error.
- `server/src/services/secrets/local-encrypted-provider.ts`: Wraps
AES-256-GCM decryption in try/catch and re-throws with a key fingerprint
hint to aid key-mismatch diagnosis.
- `server/src/services/heartbeat.ts`: Corrects the outer-catch
`errorCode` from `adapter_failed` to `setup_failed` for pre-adapter
setup failures.
- `AGENTS.md`: Adds task/PR/CI governance sections (10–13) and expands
the Definition of Done.
## Verification
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-claude-local test` covers UUID
validation and the parse retry regex.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server test src/services/secrets` covers
decryption diagnostics.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
## Risks
Low. UUID validation is strictly additive (non-UUIDs that previously
crashed now log and skip). Decryption diagnostics only fire on failure
paths. The `setup_failed` error code change is a clearer classification,
not a behavior change.
## Model Used
Claude (Opus 4.6) — used to identify the UUID-validation root cause,
mirror existing parse patterns, and re-classify the heartbeat setup
error code.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots (N/A — no UI changes)
- [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 (in progress)
- [ ] 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: CTO Agent <cto@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Devin Foley <devin@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents that need scoped, auditable access
to secrets
> - Hosted and external deployments need provider vault configuration
without exposing secret values in Paperclip metadata
> - AWS Secrets Manager vault setup previously required too much manual
operator knowledge
> - Provider vault discovery and removal belong together as an
independent secrets-management improvement
> - This pull request adds AWS provider vault discovery/prefill plus
vault removal flows
> - The benefit is a safer operator path for configuring external secret
storage before higher-level cloud workflows depend on it
## What Changed
- Added shared validators/types for AWS provider vault discovery
payloads and safe provider metadata.
- Implemented AWS provider vault discovery preview on the server.
- Added provider vault removal service/route behavior.
- Added Secrets page UI for discovery prefill, removal messaging, and
related rendering coverage.
- Added Storybook provider-vault fixtures and captured screenshots for
the new UX states.
## Verification
- `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run packages/shared/src/validators/secret.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/aws-secrets-manager-provider.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/secrets-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts
ui/src/pages/Secrets.render.test.tsx`
- Result: 4 files passed, 1 embedded Postgres-backed file skipped on
this host because local Postgres init was unavailable.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui exec vitest run
src/pages/Secrets.render.test.tsx`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck`
- Storybook screenshot capture against `Product/Secrets` on
`http://127.0.0.1:60381/iframe.html?id=product-secrets--secrets-inventory&viewMode=story&globals=theme:dark`
## Screenshots
Provider vaults tab after this change:
AWS discovery candidate flow:
Provider vault removal confirmation:
## Risks
- Secret provider metadata handling must remain non-sensitive;
validators reject credential-bearing Vault URLs and sensitive AWS
discovery keys.
- AWS discovery depends on deployment credentials being configured
correctly outside Paperclip-managed company secrets.
> 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
- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent with local shell/git/tool use.
Exact hosted model ID and context-window size are not exposed by the
local Paperclip adapter runtime.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI-agent companies and needs secrets handling
to work across local development, hosted operators, and governed agent
execution.
> - The affected subsystem is the company-scoped secrets control plane:
database schema, server services/routes, CLI workflows, and the Secrets
settings UI.
> - The gap was that secrets were local-only and operators could not
manage provider vaults or import existing remote references without
exposing plaintext.
> - This branch adds provider vault configuration plus an AWS Secrets
Manager remote-import path while preserving company boundaries, binding
context, and audit trails.
> - I kept the PR to a single branch PR, removed unrelated
lockfile/package drift, rebased the full branch onto the current
`public-gh/master`, and addressed fresh Greptile findings.
> - The benefit is a reviewable implementation of provider-backed
secrets with focused tests covering provider selection, import
conflicts, deleted secret reuse, rotation guards, and AWS signing
behavior.
## What Changed
- Added provider vault support for company secrets, including provider
config storage, default vault handling, health checks, binding usage,
access events, and remote import preview/commit.
- Added an AWS Secrets Manager provider using SigV4 request signing,
bounded request timeouts, namespace guardrails, cached runtime
credential resolution, and external-reference linking without plaintext
reads.
- Added Secrets UI surfaces for vault management and remote import, plus
CLI/API documentation for setup and operations.
- Stabilized routine webhook secret binding paths and SSH
environment-driver fixture bindings discovered during verification.
- Addressed Greptile and CI findings: no lockfile/package drift,
monotonic migration metadata, disabled-vault default races, soft-deleted
secret hiding/recreate behavior, remove behavior with disabled vaults,
soft-deleted external-reference re-import, non-active rotation guards,
managed-secret soft deletion through PATCH, and per-call AWS SDK
credential client churn.
- Rebased this branch onto `public-gh/master` at `0e1a5828` and
force-pushed with lease to keep this as the single PR for the branch.
## Verification
- `git fetch public-gh master`
- `git rebase public-gh/master`
- `git diff --name-only public-gh/master...HEAD | grep
'^pnpm-lock\.yaml$' || true` confirmed `pnpm-lock.yaml` is not in the PR
diff.
- Confirmed migration ordering: master ends at `0081_optimal_dormammu`;
this PR adds `0082_dry_vision` and
`0083_company_secret_provider_configs`.
- Inspected migrations for repeat safety: new tables/indexes use `IF NOT
EXISTS`; foreign keys are guarded by `DO $$ ... IF NOT EXISTS`; column
additions use `ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS`.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` passed before the Greptile follow-up commits.
- `pnpm test:run` ran the full stable Vitest path before the Greptile
follow-up commits; it completed with 3 timing-related failures under
parallel load: `codex-local-execute.test.ts`,
`cursor-local-execute.test.ts`, and `environment-service.test.ts`.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/__tests__/codex-local-execute.test.ts
src/__tests__/cursor-local-execute.test.ts
src/__tests__/environment-service.test.ts` passed on targeted rerun
(`24/24`).
- `pnpm build` passed before the Greptile follow-up commits. Vite
reported existing chunk-size/dynamic-import warnings.
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
exec vitest run src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts` passed (`26/26`).
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
exec vitest run src/__tests__/aws-secrets-manager-provider.test.ts
src/__tests__/secrets-service.test.ts` passed (`39/39`).
- After Greptile follow-up commits: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server
typecheck` passed.
- Captured Storybook screenshots from `ui/storybook-static` for visual
review.
- Latest PR checks on `5ca3a5cf`: `policy`, serialized server suites
1/4-4/4, `Canary Dry Run`, `e2e`, `security/snyk`, and `Greptile Review`
pass; aggregate `verify` is still registering the completed child
checks.
- Greptile review loop continued through the latest requested pass; all
Greptile review threads are resolved and the latest `Greptile Review`
check on `5ca3a5cf` passed with 0 comments added.
## Screenshots
Before: the provider-vault and remote-import surfaces did not exist on
`master`; these are after-state screenshots from the Storybook fixtures.
## Risks
- Migration risk: this adds new secret provider tables and extends
existing secret rows. The migrations were checked for monotonic ordering
and idempotent guards, but reviewers should still inspect upgrade
behavior carefully.
- Provider risk: AWS support uses direct SigV4 requests. Automated tests
cover signing, request timeouts, vault-config selection, namespace
guardrails, pending-version archival, sanitized provider errors, and
service-level cleanup paths. A real-vault AWS smoke test remains
deployment validation for an operator with AWS credentials rather than
an unverified merge blocker in this local branch.
- UI risk: the Secrets page and import dialog are large new surfaces;
screenshots are included above for reviewer inspection.
- Verification risk: the full local stable test command hit
parallel-load timing failures, although the exact failed files passed
when rerun directly.
- Operational risk: remote import intentionally avoids plaintext reads;
operators must understand that imported external references resolve at
runtime and may fail if AWS permissions change.
> 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
- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5 coding agent with local shell/tool use in the
Paperclip worktree. Exact context-window size was not exposed by the
runtime.
## 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
- [ ] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rename all workspace packages from @paperclip/* to @paperclipai/* and
the CLI binary from `paperclip` to `paperclipai` in preparation for
npm publishing. Bump CLI version to 0.1.0 and add package metadata
(description, keywords, license, repository, files). Update all
imports, documentation, user-facing messages, and tests accordingly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add AES-256-GCM local encrypted secrets provider with auto-generated
master key, stub providers for AWS/GCP/Vault, and a secrets service
that normalizes adapter configs (converting sensitive inline values to
secret refs in strict mode) and resolves secret refs back to plain
values at runtime. Extract redaction utilities from agent routes into
shared module. Redact sensitive values in activity logs, config
revisions, and approval payloads. Block rollback of revisions
containing redacted secrets. Filter hidden issues from list queries.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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