[codex] Add skills CLI and catalog management (#6782)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies through
company-scoped control-plane workflows.
> - Agents need reusable, inspectable skills that can be installed,
reset, audited, exported, and assigned without bespoke local setup.
> - The existing skill truth model needed cleanup so bundled skills,
optional catalog skills, runtime skills, and adapter-provided skills
have clear provenance.
> - Operators also need a practical CLI and board UI for discovering and
managing company skills.
> - This pull request adds the skills CLI, packaged skills catalog,
company skills APIs, and catalog-aware board UI.
> - The benefit is a more reusable Paperclip company setup where skills
are portable, auditable, and easier for operators and agents to manage.

## What Changed

- Added `paperclipai skills` CLI commands and coverage for catalog
listing, installing, resetting, and inspecting company skills.
- Added a packaged `@paperclipai/skills-catalog` workspace with bundled
and optional skill content plus validation/build tests.
- Added shared company-skill types and validators used across CLI,
server, and UI contracts.
- Added server catalog APIs/services for company skill catalog
operations, reset semantics, audit behavior, and portability provenance.
- Updated adapter skill handling so runtime/catalog provenance remains
explicit across local adapters.
- Added board UI support for browsing and managing catalog-backed
company skills.
- Updated docs for the skills CLI/catalog flow and the company skills
Paperclip skill reference.
- Rebased the branch onto current `paperclipai/paperclip:master`; no
`pnpm-lock.yaml`, `.github/workflows`, or migration files are included
in the final PR diff.

## Verification

- Passed: `pnpm run preflight:workspace-links && pnpm exec vitest run
cli/src/__tests__/skills.test.ts
packages/skills-catalog/src/catalog-builder.test.ts
packages/skills-catalog/src/shipped-catalog.test.ts
packages/shared/src/validators/company-skill.test.ts
packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.test.ts
packages/plugins/create-paperclip-plugin/src/entrypoints.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-skills-catalog-service.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-skills-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts`.
- Passed: `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/__tests__/workspace-runtime.test.ts -t "default
branch|origin/master|symbolic-ref"`.
- Attempted: full `server/src/__tests__/workspace-runtime.test.ts`. Four
provisioning tests failed while seeding an isolated worktree database
from the local Paperclip instance because the local plugin schema dump
contains a duplicate-column foreign key
(`plugin_content_machine_18a7bc327b.content_case_signals`). The
default-branch tests touched by the rebase conflict passed in the
focused run above.
- Checked final diff: no `pnpm-lock.yaml`, no `.github/workflows`, and
no migration-file changes relative to `master`.

## Risks

- Medium: this is a broad skills/catalog change touching CLI, server
APIs, shared contracts, adapter skill sync, and UI.
- Catalog validation and reset semantics need careful reviewer attention
because they affect reusable company setup and portability.
- No database migrations are included in this PR, so there is no
migration ordering/idempotency risk in the final diff.
- No lockfile is included by design; dependency resolution will be
handled by the repository lockfile workflow.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex coding agent based on GPT-5, running in Paperclip via the
`codex_local` adapter with shell, git, GitHub CLI, and code-editing tool
access. Exact hosted model build/context-window metadata is not exposed
in this 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 targeted tests locally and documented the local
workspace-runtime seed failure above
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, screenshots were intentionally
omitted per PAP-10124 instructions; UI behavior is covered by tests and
reviewer inspection
- [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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---
name: doc-maintenance
description: Keep project docs aligned with recent code and feature changes — detect drift, update affected pages, and add release-relevant notes without rewriting unchanged sections.
key: paperclipai/bundled/docs/doc-maintenance
recommendedForRoles:
- engineer
- product
- devrel
tags:
- docs
- documentation
- release-notes
---
# Doc Maintenance
Keep the documentation honest with minimum churn. The goal is alignment between docs and behavior, not stylistic rewrites or cosmetic re-organization. Reviewers should be able to read a diff and see "this updates docs to match recent behavior changes".
## When to use
- A PR or recent set of merges changed user-visible behavior: CLI flags, API shapes, default values, configuration keys, endpoints, environment variables, supported versions.
- A user-reported bug traced back to outdated documentation.
- A release is being cut and the docs need a pass against the merged commits.
- A new feature shipped but only the engineer's PR description describes how to use it.
## When not to use
- The change is internal-only (private helper rename, refactor) with no user-visible impact.
- You want to "improve the docs" without a behavior anchor. That is a separate scoped project, not maintenance — make a plan first.
## The pass
1. **Establish the baseline.** Get the commit range you are documenting against (since last release tag, since last merged-doc commit, or since a specific PR).
2. **Enumerate user-visible changes.** Read commits and PR descriptions. List, for each change, what a user can now do differently.
3. **Map changes to docs.** For each change, find every page that mentions the affected concept. Common targets: README, CLI reference, API reference, configuration reference, migration guide, FAQ, examples.
4. **Update precisely.** Edit only the lines that need to change. Do not rewrap paragraphs you did not modify — it pollutes the diff.
5. **Add new entries where needed.** New CLI flag → CLI reference entry. New env var → configuration reference entry. New endpoint → API reference entry. Don't only add it to the changelog.
6. **Update examples and snippets.** Code blocks in docs are wrong faster than prose. Re-run any example that touches new behavior.
7. **Write the release note.** One sentence per user-visible change. Group by Added / Changed / Fixed / Deprecated / Removed. Link to the relevant PRs and docs section.
8. **Cross-check.** Search the docs for the old behavior wording and remove or update stragglers.
## Style baseline
- Voice: second person ("you can pass `--json` to ..."). Avoid "we" except in narrative pages.
- Tense: present, not future. The behavior exists once shipped.
- Headings: imperative ("Configure the cache") or noun-phrase ("Cache configuration"), match the surrounding page.
- Code blocks: include the language tag so syntax highlighting works.
- Cross-links: link the first mention of a concept on each page; do not link every occurrence.
- Avoid promising future behavior. If something is unreleased, mark it `experimental` or omit it.
## Drift detection
A doc page is drifting if any of these are true:
- It documents a flag, key, or endpoint that no longer exists.
- An example does not run as written.
- A default value in the docs does not match the code.
- A supported-versions list excludes a version the project actually supports, or includes one it dropped.
- A "Coming soon" section references a feature that shipped or was cancelled.
When you find drift, fix it in the same pass and note it in the release note's `Fixed` group.
## Release-note rules
- One sentence per item. If two sentences are needed, the item is likely two items.
- User impact first, internal cause second. `Faster cold start (avoid full bundle download on first run)` beats `Refactor bootstrap loader`.
- Link the PR for engineering readers and the docs page for users.
- Mark breaking changes explicitly: `**Breaking:**` prefix. Include migration steps inline or via link.
## Anti-patterns
- Massive doc PRs that bundle stylistic rewrites with real updates. Reviewers cannot tell which lines reflect actual behavior changes.
- "Updated docs" commit messages with no detail. Make the commit say what changed and why.
- Adding to the changelog without updating the reference docs the changelog points to.
- Marking a feature as available before its code lands. Documentation must follow behavior, not promise it.

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---
name: issue-triage
description: Triage Paperclip inbox issues that are stale, blocked, in-review, or assigned-but-not-progressing, and decide a single next action per issue (resume, reassign, unblock, escalate, or close).
key: paperclipai/bundled/paperclip-operations/issue-triage
recommendedForRoles:
- manager
- ceo
- engineer
tags:
- paperclip
- triage
- inbox
- workflow
---
# Issue Triage
Convert a noisy inbox into a small set of clear next actions. Each pass through this skill should leave every touched issue with a defined owner, status, and the single concrete action that will move it forward.
## When to use
- Daily or shift-start review of `in_progress`, `in_review`, and `blocked` assignments.
- An inbox has many open assignments and no clear priority.
- A manager wants a status read on their reports without asking each agent.
- You are woken by a comment that suggests an old issue stalled.
## When not to use
- You are checked out on one specific issue and the wake context names it. Work that issue, do not triage the whole inbox.
- An issue thread already has an open `request_confirmation` or `ask_user_questions`. Wait for the response — re-triage is noise.
## Inputs
- `GET /api/agents/me/inbox-lite` for the compact assignment list.
- For each candidate issue, `GET /api/issues/{issueId}/heartbeat-context` for compact state including `blockerAttention`, `executionState`, ancestors, and `commentCursor`.
- Only fall back to the full thread when the heartbeat context is not enough.
## Per-issue triage decision
For each issue, classify into exactly one of:
1. **Resume** — execution path is alive. Confirm the assignee is set and let the heartbeat continue. Do not comment.
2. **Wake-needed** — assignee is stalled with no live continuation. Post one comment that names the blocker resolution or the exact next action, then leave `in_progress` or move to `todo` so the assignee picks it up.
3. **Reassign** — the assignee is not the right specialty. Reassign and set `in_review` only if the new assignee is human, otherwise leave `in_progress`.
4. **Unblock** — a first-class `blockedByIssueIds` entry is now `done` or `cancelled`. If `cancelled`, replace or remove it from `blockedByIssueIds`. The blockers-resolved wake will fire automatically when all are `done`.
5. **Escalate** — the issue needs board, CTO, or user input. Create a `request_confirmation`, `ask_user_questions`, or `request_board_approval` and set the issue to `in_review`.
6. **Close** — work is complete, duplicate, or no longer relevant. Set `done` or `cancelled` with a one-line reason.
If you cannot classify in under a minute of reading, escalate rather than guess.
## Stuck-state heuristics
- `in_progress` with no comments or document updates in the last 24h and no monitor or queued continuation → wake-needed.
- `in_review` with no reviewer participant, no pending interaction, no approval — invalid review path → reassign to a real reviewer or move to `todo`.
- `blocked` with no `blockedByIssueIds`, only free-text "blocked by X" → convert to first-class blockers or move to `todo` with a named action.
- `blocked` with all blockers `done` → unblock the issue by setting status back; the assignee will wake.
- Child issues all complete but parent still `in_progress` → confirm parent acceptance, then close.
## Don't-do list
- Do not @-mention agents during triage; mentions cost budget. Use direct reassignment instead.
- Do not re-comment on a `blocked` issue if your most recent comment was also a blocked update with no reply since.
- Do not cancel cross-team issues. Reassign to the responsible manager with a comment.
- Do not change status without a comment that explains the change.
## Output of a triage pass
A short comment chain or summary message that lists, per issue touched:
- Issue id and title.
- Verdict (resume / wake-needed / reassign / unblock / escalate / close).
- The one action you took or asked for.
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name: task-planning
description: Turn a Paperclip issue or request into a structured implementation plan with child task graph, blockers, owners, and acceptance criteria, then save it as the issue `plan` document.
key: paperclipai/bundled/paperclip-operations/task-planning
recommendedForRoles:
- manager
- engineer
- product
tags:
- paperclip
- planning
- issues
- delegation
---
# Task Planning
Produce implementation plans that the Paperclip executor can actually run: explicit child issues, real blockers, named owners, and a defined acceptance bar. Avoid plans that read well but cannot be split into work.
## When to use
- An issue asks you to "plan", "scope", "break down", "design the rollout", "propose the work", or similar.
- A user wants a written plan before approving implementation.
- A manager needs to delegate non-trivial work and the shape of the work is not obvious yet.
- You inherited an issue too large to deliver in one heartbeat and need to split it.
## When not to use
- The issue is a single small change you can ship in the same heartbeat. Just ship it.
- The issue is forensic ("why did this break"). Use a diagnosis skill first; plan only after the root cause is named.
- A current `plan` document already exists and the change is minor. Update that document; do not start fresh.
## Outputs
1. An updated issue document with key `plan` (markdown).
2. A short comment on the issue that links to the plan document and names the next action.
3. Where the plan requires approval, an issue-thread interaction of kind `request_confirmation` bound to the latest plan revision.
Do not create implementation subtasks until the plan is accepted.
## Plan structure
Required sections, in order:
1. **Goal** — one paragraph. What changes for the user, the operator, or the system once this work lands.
2. **Context reviewed** — bullet list of documents, files, and prior issues you read. Lets reviewers spot missing inputs.
3. **Constraints and non-goals** — what must hold (compatibility, security, performance) and what this plan deliberately will not do.
4. **Approach** — the chosen path, with a short rationale. If you considered alternatives, name them and why you rejected them.
5. **Work breakdown** — ordered list of child issues. Each child has:
- Title in imperative form.
- Owner specialty (Engineer, QA, Designer, Security, DevRel, Manager, etc.).
- Scope and deliverables.
- Acceptance criteria.
- Blocks/blocked-by relationships expressed by phase letter or child title.
6. **Acceptance** — the bar for the parent issue. How the user knows the whole thing is done.
7. **Risks and mitigations** — short list. Skip if there are none.
8. **Deferrals** — what is intentionally pushed to follow-up issues, with why.
## Rules of thumb for splitting
- One child issue, one specialty. If two specialties have to coordinate inside the same issue, split it.
- One child issue, one acceptance verdict. If a reviewer would say "this is half done", split it.
- A child must be checkout-able by the owner from its title and description alone. Reviewers should not have to re-read the parent plan to understand a child.
- Order children by real blocker chains, not by author preference. Parallel children should explicitly say `blockers: none`.
- Avoid `polish` or `cleanup` child issues without acceptance criteria — they never close.
## Filing the plan
Use the Paperclip API to write the plan document, then comment:
- `PUT /api/issues/{issueId}/documents/plan` with the markdown body. If `plan` already exists, include the latest `baseRevisionId`.
- `POST /api/issues/{issueId}/comments` with a short summary that links the plan: `/<prefix>/issues/<issue-id>#document-plan`.
- If approval is required: `POST /api/issues/{issueId}/interactions` with `kind: request_confirmation`, `targetRevisionId` set to the new plan revision, `continuationPolicy: wake_assignee`, and `idempotencyKey: "confirmation:{issueId}:plan:{revisionId}"`.
- Set the issue to `in_review` after creating the confirmation. Stay assigned so the acceptance wakes the planner.
When the plan is accepted, see the companion skill for converting accepted plans into Paperclip executable tasks.
## Anti-patterns
- Plan disguised as a description edit. Use the `plan` document.
- "Phases AZ" with no work breakdown inside the phases.
- Children with descriptions that say "see parent" — they fail at delegation time.
- Acceptance written as "code review approval". Reviewers need a behavior bar, not a process bar.
- Plans that bury blocker chains in prose. Use explicit blocked-by lines.

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---
name: qa-acceptance
description: Produce QA acceptance criteria and a manual validation plan for a feature change — golden path, edge cases, error states, performance limits, and explicit pass/fail evidence.
key: paperclipai/bundled/quality/qa-acceptance
recommendedForRoles:
- qa
- engineer
- product
tags:
- qa
- acceptance
- validation
- testing
---
# QA Acceptance
Write acceptance criteria that a reviewer can run against the running app and decide pass or fail without asking the author. The criteria are the contract — automated tests cover correctness, QA covers feature-level behavior.
## When to use
- A feature change is heading to QA and needs a written validation plan.
- A reviewer is asked to verify a PR that touches user-visible behavior.
- An incident postmortem requires a regression check before reopen-prevention.
- A release candidate needs a pre-cut smoke pass.
## When not to use
- The change is unit-test-only (utility refactor, internal naming). Acceptance criteria are unnecessary churn.
- You are asked to write tests against API contracts. Use contract testing, not feature QA.
## Acceptance criteria format
Each criterion is a single, independently-verifiable statement:
```md
- **Given** <starting state>, **when** <action>, **then** <observable outcome>.
```
Example:
```md
- **Given** a CSV export with 0 rows, **when** the user clicks Export, **then** the file downloads with only the header row and the UI shows "Exported 0 rows".
```
Avoid criteria that combine multiple `when`s or `then`s. Split them.
## What every plan must cover
1. **Golden path.** The most common successful flow, end to end.
2. **Empty and minimum states.** Zero items, one item, missing optional inputs.
3. **Boundary inputs.** Max length strings, max numeric values, unicode, RTL text where applicable.
4. **Error states.** Network failure, permission denied, validation failures, conflict (409), not found (404).
5. **Concurrency and ordering.** Two users acting at once, race against background jobs, refresh during mutation.
6. **Performance envelope.** The largest realistic input the change must handle without UI hangs or timeouts.
7. **Backward compatibility.** Existing data, existing URLs, persisted user preferences continue to work.
8. **Telemetry and audit.** Events, logs, or activity entries the change is supposed to emit.
If a section is genuinely not applicable, write "N/A: <why>" — do not silently omit.
## Evidence
Each criterion needs evidence on the verification pass:
- Screenshot or short clip for UI behavior.
- Copied console / network output for API behavior.
- Log snippet or activity row for telemetry.
- Timing measurement for performance criteria.
"Looks good to me" without evidence is not a pass.
## Quarantine and follow-up
- A failing criterion blocks acceptance unless explicitly waived by the owner with a tracked follow-up issue.
- "Known issue" without a linked follow-up is not a waiver.
- If you add a new criterion mid-pass, restart the pass — partial coverage hides regressions.
## Handoff back to the author
Return the validation plan with three sections:
- **Pass.** Criteria that passed, with one-line evidence summaries.
- **Fail.** Criteria that failed, with the exact reproduction.
- **Blocked.** Criteria you could not run, with why.
The author owns turning failures into either fixes or accepted deferrals.
## Anti-patterns
- Acceptance phrased as test plan ("write a Cypress test for X"). Acceptance is what is true after the change ships; tests are how you check.
- Criteria that depend on inspecting implementation details (selectors, query plans). Stay observable.
- Long checklists with no priority. Mark must-pass criteria distinctly from nice-to-have.
- Validation reports that say "passed" with no evidence. Reviewers cannot audit those.

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---
name: github-pr-workflow
description: Prepare a GitHub pull request from a feature branch — branch hygiene, commit shape, title/body, verification notes, screenshots for UI work, and replies to review comments.
key: paperclipai/bundled/software-development/github-pr-workflow
recommendedForRoles:
- engineer
tags:
- github
- pull-requests
- code-review
- release
---
# GitHub Pull Request Workflow
Ship a PR a reviewer can land without follow-up clarifying questions. The aim is high signal in the title and body, evidence the change works, and clean replies when feedback comes in.
## When to use
- You are about to open a PR for a change that is functionally complete.
- A reviewer left comments and you need to respond and push fixes.
- A PR has been open more than a day and needs to be brought back into shape (stale conflicts, missing description, missing verification).
## When not to use
- The change is not yet functionally complete. Finish the work first; draft PRs that bounce on review are noise.
- The repository uses a non-GitHub forge. Adjust to that forge's conventions; do not force GitHub-isms.
## Branch hygiene before opening
- Rebase or merge from the target base so the diff is current.
- Squash WIP commits into reviewable units. Prefer one commit per logical change; do not force one-commit-per-PR if the work is genuinely multi-step.
- Confirm tests, typecheck, and lint pass locally. Note any deliberate skips in the PR body.
- Remove debug prints, commented-out code, and `TODO` markers that are not tracked.
## PR title
- Imperative mood, under 70 characters.
- Lead with the user-visible change, not the file touched. `Allow CSV export from reports table` beats `Update reports.tsx`.
- If the repo uses an issue prefix convention (`PAP-1234:`, `[security]`), follow it.
- No trailing period.
## PR body
Use this structure:
```md
## Summary
- 13 bullets describing what changed and why.
## Implementation notes
- Anything non-obvious in the diff: trade-offs, dropped alternatives, gotchas.
- Migration or config implications.
## Verification
- The exact commands or steps you ran.
- Screenshots or short clips for UI changes (required if pixels moved).
- Edge cases you exercised by hand.
## Risk and rollback
- What breaks if this is reverted, and how to revert cleanly.
```
Skip the `Risk and rollback` section only for clearly trivial PRs (typos, docs).
## Verification evidence
- Tests passing in CI is necessary, not sufficient. Reviewers also need to know the change behaves correctly end to end.
- For UI work, include screenshots of the golden path and one edge case. Tag dark and light mode if the project supports both.
- For migrations, include a dry-run plan and reversal steps.
- For performance changes, include a before/after measurement, not adjectives.
## Replying to review comments
- Reply on every comment, even with just "fixed in <commit-sha>" — silent fixes leave the reviewer guessing.
- Push fixes as new commits while review is active; do not amend during review unless the reviewer agrees.
- If you disagree with feedback, say so with one sentence of rationale and let the reviewer decide. Don't escalate over comments.
- Re-request review explicitly after pushing changes.
## Merge checklist
- All required checks green.
- All review comments resolved.
- PR title/body still accurate (update if scope changed mid-review).
- Linked issue moves to `in_review` or `done` per project convention.
- Delete the branch after merge unless it is a long-lived integration branch.
## Anti-patterns
- PR description that says "see commits". Reviewers should not need to read the log.
- Mixing refactor and behavior change in the same PR with no separation in the body.
- "Address feedback" commits that bundle unrelated edits. One commit per round of feedback is fine; one commit for everything in flight is not.
- Force-pushing during active review without telling the reviewer.

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---
name: agent-browser
description: Drive a real browser to inspect or interact with a web page or app — navigate, take screenshots, read console and network, fill simple forms — for verification tasks, not unattended automation.
key: paperclipai/optional/browser/agent-browser
recommendedForRoles:
- qa
- engineer
- researcher
tags:
- browser
- puppeteer
- playwright
- verification
---
# Agent Browser
Use a controlled browser to verify behavior, capture evidence, or extract information from web pages that a static fetch cannot reach (SPAs, login-gated pages, dynamic content). This skill is about supervised verification, not unattended scraping.
## When to use
- You need a screenshot of a deployed page or a local dev server to confirm a UI change.
- You need to read JavaScript-rendered content that `curl`/`wget` will not see.
- A user reports a UI bug and you need to reproduce it interactively to capture console errors, network requests, or layout state.
- You need to walk through a short flow (load page, click, observe) to verify acceptance criteria.
## When not to use
- The page is reachable as static HTML. Use `curl`/HTTP fetch — it is cheaper, faster, and more reliable.
- The task is unattended large-scale scraping. That belongs to a dedicated scraper with rate limits, robots.txt handling, and a real user agent policy — not this skill.
- The site is behind authentication you do not own credentials for, or whose terms of service prohibit automation.
- The site involves sensitive accounts (banking, healthcare, government) where automation risks lockout or compliance issues.
## Before launching the browser
- Confirm the URL and what state should be true after navigation.
- Decide what evidence is needed: full-page screenshot, viewport screenshot, console log, network trace, HTML snapshot, extracted text.
- Decide the viewport size that matters for the task (mobile vs desktop). Default to a desktop size unless the task is mobile-specific.
- For local dev servers, confirm the server is running and the port is what you expect.
## Driving the browser
A typical verification session:
1. **Launch with a real-looking user agent** when the target is the public internet; an unrealistic UA flags automation traffic.
2. **Set a sane viewport** (e.g., 1366×768 desktop, 390×844 iPhone-ish).
3. **Navigate and wait for the right signal.** Prefer waiting for a specific selector or network-idle over arbitrary sleeps.
4. **Capture evidence immediately** after the wait condition succeeds, before any interaction perturbs the state.
5. **Interact deliberately.** One click at a time, with a wait between actions; re-screenshot after each meaningful state change.
6. **Read the console and network panels** for unexpected errors, 4xx/5xx responses, or slow requests.
7. **Close the browser cleanly** when done. Long-running browser sessions leak memory and hold ports.
## What evidence to record
For a verification task, deliver:
- A full-page or viewport screenshot of each meaningful state.
- The console log, filtered to warnings/errors.
- Any non-2xx network response with the URL, status, and a short response body excerpt.
- A short narration: "Navigated to X, observed Y, clicked Z, observed W."
For a UI bug repro, also record:
- The exact reproduction steps the user can follow.
- Viewport size and (where relevant) device pixel ratio.
- Whether the bug reproduces on first load vs after interaction.
## Login-gated pages
- Prefer programmatic auth (API token, magic link) over UI login.
- If UI login is the only path, the user must provide credentials explicitly for this run. Never reuse credentials outside the session.
- Do not store credentials in the session log, screenshot, or returned output.
## Performance and politeness
- Throttle to one navigation per few seconds when touching shared infra.
- Respect `robots.txt` for public sites you are inspecting at any volume.
- Cancel navigations if a page exceeds a reasonable timeout (e.g., 30s); the page is broken or rate-limiting you.
- Do not retry forever on failure. Retry once with a longer timeout, then escalate.
## Common failure modes
- **Selector not found.** Page changed, or you are waiting before render. Take a screenshot to see actual state; adjust the selector.
- **Click does nothing.** The element is offscreen, covered by a modal, or in a shadow DOM. Scroll into view or pierce the shadow root.
- **Headless detection.** Some sites detect headless Chrome and serve a different page. Use a non-headless mode or a fingerprint-realistic configuration only when authorized.
- **Cross-origin iframe blocking.** Iframes you do not own cannot be inspected; the page must offer the data outside the iframe or the task is infeasible.
## Anti-patterns
- Long unsupervised browser sessions that drift from the original task.
- Scraping behind authentication you do not own.
- Captioning a screenshot with "looks good" without saying what state was loaded and what selectors confirmed it.
- Treating a passing screenshot as proof of correctness across viewports you did not actually test.

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name: release-announcement
description: Write a release announcement — changelog, blog post, in-app note, or social post — that leads with user impact, names the audience, and includes upgrade/migration steps without filler.
key: paperclipai/optional/content/release-announcement
recommendedForRoles:
- devrel
- product
- writer
tags:
- release
- changelog
- announcement
- communication
---
# Release Announcement
Write the channel-appropriate announcement for a release without churn. Different surfaces need different shapes: a changelog entry is not a blog post is not a social card. The bar is: a reader of the chosen surface can decide in under 30 seconds whether this release affects them, and if so what to do.
## When to use
- A version, feature, or fix is shipping and needs writeup for at least one surface.
- A previously private feature is going GA.
- A breaking change needs broadcast before users hit it.
## When not to use
- An internal-only change with no user impact. Update internal docs; do not announce.
- The release is incomplete (still in active development). Wait until it ships, even if marketing wants the post.
## Determine the audience and channel first
| Audience | Best channel | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| Existing power users | Changelog, in-app note | Terse, factual, links |
| Engineering teams adopting your API | Release notes, dev blog | Examples, migration steps, version pins |
| Prospective customers | Landing page, marketing blog | Story arc, problem → solution, social proof |
| Broad audience | Social post, email newsletter | One-sentence pitch, link to depth |
| Internal team | Slack/Discord post | What changed, who to ping if it breaks |
Pick the audience for *this* writeup. One release often needs several writeups; do not blend them.
## Universal structure
Whatever the channel, lead with:
1. **What changed.** One sentence in the user's vocabulary.
2. **Who it affects.** Which user role / use case.
3. **What to do.** Migrate now / opt-in / no action needed.
Everything else is depth that supports those three.
## Channel templates
### Changelog entry (terse)
```md
## v1.42.0 — 2026-05-26
### Added
- <feature><one-line user benefit>. ([#1234](link))
### Changed
- <change><one-line impact>. ([#1235](link))
### Fixed
- <bug><one-line user-visible symptom>. ([#1236](link))
### Deprecated
- <thing>. Replaced by <thing>. Removal planned for v<x>.
### Breaking
- <change>. **Migration:** <one-line> or <link to guide>.
```
### Release notes (for adopters)
Same as changelog, plus:
- Migration guide section with before/after code.
- Compatibility table (versions, runtimes, OS).
- Known issues and workarounds.
- Acknowledgements (contributors, reporters of fixed bugs).
### Dev blog post (300800 words)
- **Hook (1 paragraph):** the problem the release solves, in a real-world scenario.
- **What's new (35 bullets with sub-paragraphs):** features, with one code or screenshot example each.
- **Upgrade (1 paragraph):** how to upgrade, what to check.
- **What's next:** one sentence about the next direction. Avoid promises.
### In-app note
- 1 sentence.
- 1 link.
- Dismiss after seen.
### Social post
- 1 sentence pitch.
- 1 link.
- 1 image or short clip.
- No threadbait. If it needs a thread, write a blog post instead.
## Writing rules
- Lead with the user, not the team. `You can now export to CSV` beats `We've added CSV export`.
- Numbers beat adjectives. `60% faster cold start` beats `much faster`. Cite the methodology.
- Show, don't just tell. One code snippet, one screenshot — more is noise.
- Date the post. Undated release content rots fastest.
- Link the migration path explicitly. Do not bury it.
- Mark breaking changes with `**Breaking:**` prefix. Repeat in the email/social channel.
## Avoid
- "We are excited to announce" filler.
- Lists of changes that mix user-visible and internal items.
- Marketing claims without a way to verify.
- Promised dates for unshipped work.
- Pre-announcing something the team has not yet committed to ship.
## Post-publish checklist
- Changelog is in source control alongside the release.
- Blog post date matches actual ship date.
- All links work (release tag, PRs, docs sections).
- Breaking changes are also in the upgrade guide, not only the post.
- Internal team is notified before the public post goes live, not after.

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---
name: design-critique
description: Give a structured product design critique — user job clarity, hierarchy, affordance, error states, accessibility, and consistency — focused on what to change, in what order, and why.
key: paperclipai/optional/product/design-critique
recommendedForRoles:
- designer
- product
- engineer
tags:
- design
- product
- ux
- review
---
# Product Design Critique
A structured critique pass for a screen, flow, or component. The output is a prioritized list of changes a designer or engineer can act on — not adjectives. Critique is not redesign; recommend, do not rebuild.
## When to use
- A designer or engineer asks for feedback on a screen, mock, or live UI.
- A feature is shipping and someone wants a final UX read.
- A flow is suspected of causing user drop-off and you want a pre-research read before instrumentation.
## When not to use
- The user wants a redesign. That is a design project, not a critique.
- The work is so early that no concrete artifact exists. Sketch with them instead of critiquing air.
- You have no context on the user job. Ask for it first; design critique without user context devolves into taste.
## Pre-critique context
Before opening a screen, get:
- **Who is the user.** Specific role and competence, not "users".
- **What job they are doing on this screen.** One sentence.
- **What success looks like.** What the user can do after this screen that they could not before.
- **Where this screen sits in the larger flow.** What precedes and follows.
If any of these is missing, ask. Critique without these is opinion.
## The pass (in order)
1. **Clarity of the user job.**
- Within 3 seconds of opening, is it obvious what this screen is for?
- Does the primary action match the user's actual job, or a designer's preferred path?
2. **Visual hierarchy.**
- The most important thing on the screen should be the most prominent (size, weight, position, color).
- Secondary actions should look secondary. Tertiary should be findable but not loud.
- Headings should chunk content into the right groups for the task.
3. **Affordance and signifiers.**
- Clickable things look clickable.
- Disabled things look disabled and explain why on hover/focus.
- Drag, scroll, or swipe interactions are discoverable, not hidden.
4. **States.**
- Empty state (no data) is designed, not a blank rectangle.
- Loading state communicates progress, not just spins.
- Error states say what went wrong and what to do next, in the user's words.
- Success state confirms without celebrating banal actions.
5. **Inputs and forms.**
- Labels visible, not just placeholders.
- Validation runs at the right time (on blur, not on every keystroke unless the user is in a known-format field).
- Required fields marked.
- Field order matches the user's mental order, not the database order.
6. **Accessibility.**
- Sufficient color contrast (WCAG AA at minimum; AAA where reasonable).
- Focus order is logical for keyboard navigation.
- Interactive elements are reachable without a mouse.
- Critical information is not color-only (icons, text, position back it up).
- Touch targets at least 44×44 px on mobile.
7. **Consistency.**
- Tokens, components, and patterns match the rest of the product.
- "Borrowed" patterns from other products are intentional, not accidental drift.
8. **Copy.**
- Buttons are verbs that name the outcome ("Save changes" beats "Submit").
- Microcopy explains, does not decorate.
- Tone matches the product voice.
9. **Edge cases.**
- Long content (long names, many items, RTL languages).
- Tiny content (one item, zero items).
- Slow network and offline behavior.
- Permissions denied.
## Output format
Group findings by severity, then by category. Each finding is one issue and one suggested fix.
```md
## Design critique: <screen name>
### Must-fix (blocks ship)
- **<category>:** <one-line issue>. **Try:** <one-line suggestion>.
### Should-fix (before broader rollout)
- **<category>:** <one-line issue>. **Try:** <one-line suggestion>.
### Nice-to-fix (when there's room)
- **<category>:** <one-line issue>. **Try:** <one-line suggestion>.
### Strengths to keep
- <one-line thing the design got right>
```
Always include the "strengths to keep" section. It is not flattery — it is signal to the designer about what not to change in the next round.
## Anti-patterns
- "I would do it differently" without saying what or why. That is preference, not critique.
- Long critiques that bury must-fix items under nice-to-haves.
- Suggesting net-new features under the guise of a critique.
- Ignoring user context and grading on taste.
- Treating a critique as approval. State approval explicitly if asked; otherwise critique is feedback, not sign-off.