paperclip

name	paperclip
description	Onboard and manage Paperclip AI for research-paper knowledge and agent orchestration
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Paperclip

Use Paperclip AI from ScienceClaw to onboard a local Paperclip instance, run health checks, and start the service that provides AI agents with indexed literature and orchestration capabilities.

Paperclip's quickstart command is:

npx paperclipai onboard --yes

Usage

Check local prerequisites

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/paperclip.py --action check --format json

Show the onboarding command without running it

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/paperclip.py --action onboard --format json

Run non-interactive onboarding

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/paperclip.py --action onboard --execute --yes --format json

By default this detaches the long-running Paperclip server and returns a PID plus a log file.

Run Paperclip health checks

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/paperclip.py --action doctor --execute --format json

Start Paperclip

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/paperclip.py --action run --execute --format json

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
--action	Operation: check, onboard, doctor, run, or version	check
--execute	Actually run the Paperclip command; omitted means dry run	false
--detach	Run long-lived onboard/run commands in the background	true for onboard/run
--foreground	Keep long-lived commands attached to the current process	false
--yes	Pass --yes to paperclipai onboard	true
--run-after-onboard	Pass --run to paperclipai onboard	false
--repair	Pass --repair to paperclipai doctor	false
--bind	Optional bind target for onboarding, such as tailnet	-
--work-dir	Directory where the Paperclip CLI runs	current directory
--timeout	Command timeout in seconds	600
--wait-seconds	Seconds to watch a detached command before returning	5
--format	Output format: summary or json	summary

Output

The skill returns a JSON object with:

• action: requested operation
• command: command ScienceClaw would run or did run
• executed: whether a command was executed
• returncode, stdout, and stderr when executed
• pid and log_file for detached server runs
• checks for local Node/npm/npx availability

Notes

• Requires Node.js, npm, and npx. Paperclip currently documents Node.js 20+ as the expected runtime.
• onboard --yes uses Paperclip's non-interactive quickstart defaults.
• Rerunning onboarding should preserve an existing Paperclip configuration; use Paperclip's own configuration commands for later edits.