paperclip-evals

name	paperclip-evals
description	Choose, inspect, validate, and report Paperclip Runner or Product E2E evaluations while preserving evidence, provenance, cost, and failure classification.

Paperclip evals

Use this skill when a request concerns Paperclip evaluation selection, interpretation, evidence, history, or a live run. Read doc/evals.md in the Paperclip repository first. It defines the two families and their boundaries.

Discover the repository

Do not assume the skill's installed location is inside a checkout. Locate the repo explicitly with git rev-parse --show-toplevel from the current directory, or inspect likely workspace roots and select the checkout containing package.json, tests/runner-e2e, and packages/paperclip-runner. Locate the private sibling paperclip-evals only when a Runner Eval needs its definitions; use an explicit PAPERCLIP_EVALS_ROOT or a discovered sibling checkout. Never invent a relative path from this copied skill into the repository.

Route the request

Choose Runner Evals for real runner/provider protocol behavior against the mock control plane. Authoritative details are in packages/paperclip-runner/docs/runner-protocol-live-evals.md and the sibling paperclip-evals/evals/paperclip-runner definitions.

Choose Product E2E Evals for real browser/server/database/runner/provider workflows, including local and Daytona environments. Read tests/runner-e2e/README.md, then FIXTURES.md, SECURITY.md, or EVERYDAY-WORKFLOWS.md as relevant. Everyday Workflows remain Product E2E even when imported into Evalbook. “Headless” is a browser mode, not a family.

Work safely

Start with read-only catalog inspection and credential-free validation. For Product E2E use pnpm test:e2e:runner:typecheck, pnpm test:e2e:runner:unit, and pnpm test:e2e:runner -- --list; run one explicit cell only when the user has authorized a live/paid run and the needed credentials and immutable Daytona image are configured. For Runner Evals use the pinned eval revision and the documented workflow/CLI. Never use a partial selector as evidence of full coverage.

Keep source revisions, definition/catalog fingerprints, model/profile, environment, selected cells, retries, timing, usage/cost coverage, and grader version attached to every interpretation. Preserve partial attempts and classify failures as product, model/provider behavior, grading/evidence, or infrastructure from the observed failure and supported cause. A usable completed behavior failure is not infrastructure; missing provider/profile, transport, startup, or evidence requires examining the evidence before choosing the cause.

Use the existing family generator and viewer. Public projections may contain sanitized fixture conversation and allowlisted tool outcomes/evidence; follow the family's projection and publisher checks. Do not expose raw trusted artifacts, credentials, secrets, private data, provider session IDs, or hidden reasoning. A refresh from retained evidence has zero provider calls and remains the original measurement with a new presentation. Link the public histories and hub from doc/evals.md when reporting results.

For adding a case or fixture, use the narrower add-runner-eval or add-product-e2e-eval skill.