## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Governed MCP access spans contracts, runtime enforcement, adapters, UI surfaces, and operator verification > - The parity reference PR #9534 is too large for effective automated or human review > - The feature therefore needs a linear stack whose individual diffs stay below the 100-file review limit > - This pull request is split 5/8 and focuses on remaining adapters, CLI, plugin examples, and deployment packaging > - The benefit is a standalone, testable review boundary while preserving byte-for-byte parity at the top of the stack ## Linked Issues or Issue Description - Related parity reference: #9534 - Problem: The backend runtime needs packaging, CLI propagation, worktree provisioning, release manifests, and remaining adapter/plugin consumers. - Proposed solution: Adds the remaining runtime/deployment integration after compile-required contracts and concrete MCP injection moved into lower server levels. - Alternatives considered: keeping #9534 as one 403-file review, or rewriting the feature to manufacture seams; both were rejected in favor of path extraction plus compile-driven boundary moves. - Roadmap alignment: this advances the existing governed MCP/tool-access work already represented by #9534; it does not introduce a separate roadmap initiative. - Stack position: base branch is `pap10341-split/04-server-runtime-wiring`. - Merge policy: merge bottom-up, in order, only after the complete eight-PR stack has been reviewed and the top-of-stack parity gate remains empty. - Requested review: QA for CLI, packaging, and worktree behavior; Greptile on every PR. ## What Changed - Adds the remaining runtime/deployment integration after compile-required contracts and concrete MCP injection moved into lower server levels. - Keeps this PR below 100 changed files and independently typecheckable. - Preserves the final tree from #9534 when combined with the other seven stack levels. ## Verification - `pnpm typecheck` - Focused CLI Vitest run — 4 files, 49 tests passed ## Risks - Packaging omissions could make the feature work in source but fail in Docker, worktrees, or release assembly. - Stack risk: merging out of order can expose incomplete layers; mitigate by following the documented bottom-up merge policy. - Parity risk: later edits to an intermediate branch can drift from #9534; mitigate by re-running the empty top-of-stack diff before merge. > 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, exact model ID `gpt-5.4`; runtime-managed context window; medium reasoning with repository, shell, Git, GitHub CLI, and code-execution tools enabled. ## 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] Internal references are omitted except the execution-plan link explicitly required for this coordinated split stack - [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 - [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 ## Stack Coordination - Internal execution plan: [PAP-13874](/PAP/issues/PAP-13874#document-plan) - Parity reference: #9534 - Stack: #9556 → #9557 → #9558 → #9559 → #9560 → #9561 → #9562 → #9563 - Merge bottom-up only after full-stack review and an empty parity diff at #9563. --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing> |
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README.md
OpenClaw Gateway Adapter
This document describes how @paperclipai/adapter-openclaw-gateway invokes OpenClaw over the Gateway protocol.
Transport
This adapter always uses WebSocket gateway transport.
- URL must be
ws://orwss:// - Connect flow follows gateway protocol:
- receive
connect.challenge - send
req connect(protocol/client/auth/device payload) - send
req agent - wait for completion via
req agent.wait - stream
event agentframes into Paperclip logs/transcript parsing
Auth Modes
Gateway credentials can be provided in any of these ways:
authToken/tokenin adapter configheaders.x-openclaw-tokenheaders.x-openclaw-auth(legacy)password(shared password mode)
When a token is present and authorization header is missing, the adapter derives Authorization: Bearer <token>.
Device Auth
By default the adapter sends a signed device payload in connect params.
- set
disableDeviceAuth=trueto omit device signing - set
devicePrivateKeyPemto pin a stable signing key - without
devicePrivateKeyPem, the adapter generates an ephemeral Ed25519 keypair per run - when
autoPairOnFirstConnectis enabled (default), the adapter handles one initialpairing requiredby callingdevice.pair.list+device.pair.approveover shared auth, then retries once.
Session Strategy
The adapter supports the same session routing model as HTTP OpenClaw mode:
sessionKeyStrategy=issue|fixed|runsessionKeyis used when strategy isfixed
Resolved session key is sent as agent.sessionKey.
Payload Mapping
The agent request is built as:
- required fields:
message(wake text plus optionalpayloadTemplate.message/payloadTemplate.textprefix)idempotencyKey(PapercliprunId)sessionKey(resolved strategy)
- optional additions:
- all
payloadTemplatefields merged in agentIdfrom config if set and not already in template
- all
Timeouts
timeoutSeccontrols adapter-level request budgetwaitTimeoutMscontrolsagent.wait.timeoutMs
If agent.wait returns timeout, adapter returns openclaw_gateway_wait_timeout.
Log Format
Structured gateway event logs use:
[openclaw-gateway] ...for lifecycle/system logs[openclaw-gateway:event] run=<id> stream=<stream> data=<json>forevent agentframes
UI/CLI parsers consume these lines to render transcript updates.
No-remote-git contract
Like every Paperclip adapter, this one must treat the local execution-workspace
cwd as the only persistence boundary across runs — no git push from runtime
code, no assuming a git remote exists. The gateway transport here doesn't
touch the workspace directly, but if you extend the adapter to ship code to
the OpenClaw side, use the round-trip helpers in @paperclipai/adapter-utils
(prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution → restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution)
rather than reaching for a git remote. See
packages/adapters/AUTHORING.md
for the full contract and the pinning test at
packages/adapter-utils/src/ssh-fixture.test.ts.