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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - Reliable execution depends on heartbeat routing, issue lifecycle
semantics, telemetry, and a fast enough local verification loop to keep
regressions visible
> - The remaining commits on this branch were mostly server/runtime
correctness fixes plus test and documentation follow-ups in that area
> - Those changes are logically separate from the UI-focused
issue-detail and workspace/navigation branches even when they touch
overlapping issue APIs
> - This pull request groups the execution reliability, heartbeat,
telemetry, and tooling changes into one standalone branch
> - The benefit is a focused review of the control-plane correctness
work, including the follow-up fix that restored the implicit
comment-reopen helpers after branch splitting

## What Changed

- Hardened issue/heartbeat execution behavior, including self-review
stage skipping, deferred mention wakes during active execution, stranded
execution recovery, active-run scoping, assignee resolution, and
blocked-to-todo wake resumption
- Reduced noisy polling/logging overhead by trimming issue run payloads,
compacting persisted run logs, silencing high-volume request logs, and
capping heartbeat-run queries in dashboard/inbox surfaces
- Expanded telemetry and status semantics with adapter/model fields on
task completion plus clearer status guidance in docs/onboarding material
- Updated test infrastructure and verification defaults with faster
route-test module isolation, cheaper default `pnpm test`, e2e isolation
from local state, and repo verification follow-ups
- Included docs/release housekeeping from the branch and added a small
follow-up commit restoring the implicit comment-reopen helpers that were
dropped during branch reconstruction

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run
server/src/__tests__/issue-comment-reopen-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/issue-telemetry-routes.test.ts`
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/http-log-policy.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-run-log.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/health.test.ts`
- `server/src/__tests__/activity-service.test.ts`,
`server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-comment-wake-batching.test.ts`, and
`server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts` were attempted
on this host but the embedded Postgres harness reported
init-script/data-dir problems and skipped or failed to start, so they
are noted as environment-limited

## Risks

- Medium: this branch changes core issue/heartbeat routing and
reopen/wakeup behavior, so regressions would affect agent execution flow
rather than isolated UI polish
- Because it also updates verification infrastructure, reviewers should
pay attention to whether the new tests are asserting the right failure
modes and not just reshaping harness behavior

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex coding agent (GPT-5-class runtime in Codex CLI; exact
deployed model ID is not exposed in this environment), reasoning
enabled, tool use and local code execution 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)
- [ ] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-04-14 13:34:52 -05:00

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Agents Agent lifecycle, configuration, keys, and heartbeat invocation

Manage AI agents (employees) within a company.

List Agents

GET /api/companies/{companyId}/agents

Returns all agents in the company.

This route does not accept query filters. Unsupported query parameters return 400.

Get Agent

GET /api/agents/{agentId}

Returns agent details including chain of command.

Get Current Agent

GET /api/agents/me

Returns the agent record for the currently authenticated agent.

Response:

{
  "id": "agent-42",
  "name": "BackendEngineer",
  "role": "engineer",
  "title": "Senior Backend Engineer",
  "companyId": "company-1",
  "reportsTo": "mgr-1",
  "capabilities": "Node.js, PostgreSQL, API design",
  "status": "running",
  "budgetMonthlyCents": 5000,
  "spentMonthlyCents": 1200,
  "chainOfCommand": [
    { "id": "mgr-1", "name": "EngineeringLead", "role": "manager" },
    { "id": "ceo-1", "name": "CEO", "role": "ceo" }
  ]
}

Create Agent

POST /api/companies/{companyId}/agents
{
  "name": "Engineer",
  "role": "engineer",
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "reportsTo": "{managerAgentId}",
  "capabilities": "Full-stack development",
  "adapterType": "claude_local",
  "adapterConfig": { ... }
}

Update Agent

PATCH /api/agents/{agentId}
{
  "adapterConfig": { ... },
  "budgetMonthlyCents": 10000
}

Pause Agent

POST /api/agents/{agentId}/pause

Temporarily stops heartbeats for the agent.

Resume Agent

POST /api/agents/{agentId}/resume

Resumes heartbeats for a paused agent.

Terminate Agent

POST /api/agents/{agentId}/terminate

Permanently deactivates the agent. Irreversible.

Create API Key

POST /api/agents/{agentId}/keys

Returns a long-lived API key for the agent. Store it securely — the full value is only shown once.

Invoke Heartbeat

POST /api/agents/{agentId}/heartbeat/invoke

Manually triggers a heartbeat for the agent.

Org Chart

GET /api/companies/{companyId}/org

Returns the full organizational tree for the company.

List Adapter Models

GET /api/companies/{companyId}/adapters/{adapterType}/models

Returns selectable models for an adapter type.

  • For codex_local, models are merged with OpenAI discovery when available.
  • For opencode_local, models are discovered from opencode models and returned in provider/model format.
  • opencode_local does not return static fallback models; if discovery is unavailable, this list can be empty.

Config Revisions

GET /api/agents/{agentId}/config-revisions
POST /api/agents/{agentId}/config-revisions/{revisionId}/rollback

View and roll back agent configuration changes.