Create an External Bot Integration

Make an existing external agent a useful Paperclip participant: Paperclip can assign work to it, and it can initiate governed work from its own conversation. It uses its relevant native capabilities, returns inspectable results to Paperclip, and participates in normal admission, authority, and finalization.

This workflow incorporates the September 30–October 9, 2026 Dot integration. Provider facts and code paths in the references are dated evidence, not a claim that every future bot supports the same APIs. Verify the current implementation and official provider documentation before choosing a transport or changing code.

1. Establish the release contract before narrowing the implementation

Read release-contract.md. Infer already-stated requirements and authorization from the conversation. Ask only about consequential unknowns; do not ask the user to repeat “two way,” Cloud, or use of Runner.