paperclip/ui
Devin Foley 1d0e826767
feat(acpx/ui): adapter-declared capabilities for verbose streaming backends (no behavior change by default) (#11761)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Local agent adapters stream their work through the shared acpx
engine, which every ACP adapter (`claude_local`, `codex_local`,
`gemini_local`, custom ACP) runs on
> - Verbose streaming backends break two shared-engine behaviors: the
auto-posted run summary concatenates every text delta including the
thought stream (a long multi-tool run once auto-posted a ~50k character
monologue as an issue comment), and token-by-token tool-argument
streaming floods the run log with tens of thousands of
placeholder-titled in-progress events per run
> - These fixes were developed inside the `kimi_local` adapter PR, where
Kimi Code's streaming volume (~16,000 text deltas per run vs ~290 for a
comparable Claude run) surfaced both problems
> - Changing this behavior for all adapters at once is a fleet-wide
risk, and hardcoding adapter identities in shared code does not scale to
many adapters (or work at all for externally-shipped plugin adapters) —
so the behaviors become invocation-config parameters that an adapter's
own acpx config builder sets, with defaults preserving today's behavior
byte-for-byte
> - The benefit is that the machinery lands fully tested with zero
behavior change for existing adapters — pin tests prove it — the engine
carries no adapter identities, and any adapter (including `custom_acp`
configs for external backends) opts in declaratively

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- Refs #9967 — extracted from the `kimi_local` adapter PR and
restructured to be inert by default; the commit preserves the original
author's (@hawikk) authorship.

**Current behavior**

When an acpx-engine run ends without the agent leaving a comment, the
auto-posted summary is every streamed text delta concatenated, thought
stream included. Backends that stream tool arguments emit tens of
thousands of placeholder-titled `in_progress` tool events into the
stored run log, pinning the live activity indicator to a generic "tool
call". There is no mechanism for an adapter to vary either behavior, and
shared code must never branch on adapter identities.

**Proposed behavior**

Two engine invocation-config parameters, read with behavior-preserving
defaults: `summaryStrategy` (`"full"` = existing concatenation, the
default; `"lastOutputSegment"` = segment output at tool starts, exclude
thought stream, post the last non-empty segment) and
`coalescePlaceholderToolUpdates` (`false` = never drop an event, the
default; `true` = coalesce placeholder-titled in-progress updates). An
adapter opts in from its own acpx config builder — the engine has no
per-adapter knowledge, no adapter identity appears anywhere in shared
code, and `custom_acp` agent configs can set the same knobs for external
verbose backends.

**Reason and benefit**

Existing adapters are provably unaffected — new pin tests assert the
default path's summary and tool-event output byte-for-byte, so any
future change that alters behavior for claude/codex/gemini/custom fails
the suite. The verbose-backend handling still lands fully tested,
activated declaratively by the adapter that needs it (the `kimi_local`
adapter PR sets both knobs in its config builder).

## What Changed

- `packages/adapter-utils/src/acpx-engine/execute.ts`: the run
preparation parses `summaryStrategy` and
`coalescePlaceholderToolUpdates` from the invocation config (validated,
defaulted); summary accumulation and `emitRuntimeEvent` branch on the
prepared values. The default path is the pre-existing code
(`textParts.join("")`, no event filtering). `buildAcpxRunSummary` is the
exported last-segment strategy.
- `packages/adapter-utils/src/acpx-engine/execute.test.ts`: a pin test
asserting the default path's exact summary (thought stream included) and
full tool-event stream (placeholder-titled in-progress updates present,
names restored); opt-in tests for each knob; a `buildAcpxRunSummary`
unit test.

- `ui/src/adapters/types.ts`: `UIAdapterModule` gains an optional
`transcriptPresentation` capability — `maxVisibleEntries` (issue-chat
transcript window, default 30) and `liveReasoningView` (`"ticker"`
default; `"scrollLog"` renders live reasoning in a scrollable
auto-following box with one entry per tool call).
- `ui/src/lib/issue-chat-messages.ts` and
`ui/src/components/IssueChatThread.tsx`: shared code resolves the hints
via `findUIAdapter(adapterType)` with today's defaults as fallback — no
adapter identities anywhere. The `scrollLog` rendering component ships
here but is unreachable until an adapter declares it.
- `ui/src/lib/issue-chat-messages.test.ts`: a capability test registers
a synthetic verbose adapter and asserts the wider window; the
pre-existing test keeps pinning the default 30-entry window.

No adapter declares any of this in this PR — every adapter renders and
summarizes exactly as before, and there is no per-adapter data anywhere.
The `kimi_local` adapter PR (#9967, stacked on this branch) is the first
consumer: it declares `transcriptPresentation` in its own UI module and
sets the engine knobs in its own acpx config builder.

## Verification

- Engine suite: 130/130 pass (126 existing + 4 new); chat suites
(`issue-chat-messages`, `IssueChatThread`, `RunChatSurface`): all pass
including the new synthetic-adapter capability test — 237 tests across
the touched surfaces
- The pin tests are the regression guard: the engine test encodes
today's summary text and tool-event sequence for a default-config run,
and the existing 30-entry-window test pins the default transcript
window, so "nothing changed for Claude/Codex users" is an executable
assertion, not a review judgment
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-utils --filter @paperclipai/ui
typecheck`: clean

## Risks

- Low: with no adapter setting the knobs, every code path taken in
production is the existing one. The only behavioral surface is additive
(an unused strategy and an unused filter), exercised by tests.
- The knobs are ordinary invocation-config keys, so a `custom_acp` agent
config can also set them — intended: an external verbose backend gets
the same handling without code changes. Both knobs only affect that
agent's own run summaries and run-log verbosity.

## Model Used

- Original implementation authored in #9967 by @hawikk (models
documented there: Moonshot AI Kimi K3 Coding via Kimi Code CLI 0.27.0,
OpenAI GPT-5 Codex, Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8). The commit preserves
that authorship.
- Extraction, restructuring into config-declared parameters, pin tests,
and verification: Anthropic, **Claude Fable 5** (`claude-fable-5`) via
Claude Code, with repository, shell, and Git tooling.

## 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
- [ ] 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

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Co-authored-by: Hawik <davapa@gmail.com>
2026-08-20 10:37:58 -07:00
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public fix(ui): always give respondWith a real Response in the sw fetch fallback (#11292) 2026-08-12 11:23:18 -07:00
src feat(acpx/ui): adapter-declared capabilities for verbose streaming backends (no behavior change by default) (#11761) 2026-08-20 10:37:58 -07:00
storybook Add governed secret alias confirmation cards (#11486) 2026-08-18 09:44:24 -05:00
README.md
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components.json
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index.html fix(ui): fetch the web app manifest with credentials (#11245) 2026-08-11 19:11:56 -07:00
package.json build(deps): bump @assistant-ui/react from 0.14.14 to 0.15.14 (#11725) 2026-08-20 08:59:37 -07:00
tsconfig.json chore(ui): remove deprecated baseUrl from ui/tsconfig.json (#4067) 2026-08-04 18:39:13 -05:00
vite.config.ts revert(ui): back out onboarding port (#10786) (#11067) 2026-08-07 14:55:34 -07:00
vite.qa.config.mjs feat(mcp) [split 7/8]: activate Apps and gateway UI (#9562) 2026-07-14 15:40:08 -05:00
vitest.config.ts refactor(ui): drop the TZ pin now the fixtures are anchored (#11508) 2026-08-17 00:18:13 -07:00
vitest.setup.ts feat(ui): NUX rework behind enableConferenceRoomChat experimental flag — capsule onboarding, conference-room chat, unified composer (#8000) 2026-06-11 16:32:55 -05:00

README.md

@paperclipai/ui

Published static assets for the Paperclip board UI.

What gets published

The npm package contains the production build under dist/. It does not ship the UI source tree or workspace-only dependencies.

Storybook

Storybook config, stories, and fixtures live under ui/storybook/.

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui storybook
pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui build-storybook

Typical use

Install the package, then serve or copy the built files from node_modules/@paperclipai/ui/dist.