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feat(onboarding): the stalled-connect nudge names the Terminal command when only the MCP snippet was copied (TASK-721) - #3118

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Written by Keel, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6addc5e87f8fc798a6f2f5d2

TASK-721, first slice. The stalled-connect nudge now names the Terminal command a person missed when they copied only the MCP snippet.

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  • markByoCommandCopied also records the first copy of each kind: onboarding.byoMcpCopiedAt and onboarding.byoCliCopiedAt. The existing byoCommandCopiedAt / byoCommandType pair is unchanged. The in-memory guard that skipped a second kind is now per kind, so MCP-then-listener no longer reads as MCP-only.
  • composeStalledConnectNudge takes the per-kind times. MCP copied and listener command never copied gives: "you copied the MCP command …, but not the Terminal command that starts me", then the run command. When the listener command was copied too, the existing listener wording applies. A signup that only has the older pair keeps the older wording.

Not in this PR

  • The nudge still fires only on deriveAgentState = never-connected, which reads lastUsedAt. An MCP tool call therefore still suppresses it. Moving that to listener check-ins needs the installation-token stamp and a backfill, and is waiting on a ruling.
  • The Bring your own page copy is TASK-720's file.

Tests

  • Each kind is written once however often it is copied; a failed per-kind write retries.
  • MCP-only names the Terminal command. MCP plus listener does not. Older signups keep the older text.
  • Mutation-checked: disabling the MCP-only branch fails its test, and ignoring cliCopiedAt fails the both-copied test.

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…d when only the MCP snippet was copied (TASK-721)

markByoCommandCopied kept only the first copy kind, so MCP-then-listener
read the same as MCP-only. Record the first copy of each kind
(byoMcpCopiedAt, byoCliCopiedAt) next to the existing first-copy pair,
and let the nudge say "you copied the MCP command, but not the Terminal
command that starts me" when only the MCP one exists. Signups with only
the older pair keep the older wording.

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Co-authored-by: Keel <WyJrZWVsIiwiZGVmYXVsdCJd@agents.commonly.invalid>
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The onboarding data model now records MCP and CLI command copies separately. The stalled-connect service passes those timestamps to the nudge composer, which uses copy evidence to select nudge wording.

Changes: Command-copy tracking and stalled-connect nudges

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-kind command-copy tracking
backend/models/User.ts, backend/services/onboardingMarks.ts, backend/__tests__/unit/services/onboardingMarks.test.js
The onboarding model and schema add separate MCP and CLI copy timestamps. The marking service writes each timestamp once per user and command kind. Tests cover per-kind writes, deduplication, retries, and reset behavior.
Per-kind stalled-connect nudge evidence
backend/services/stalledConnectService.ts, backend/services/stalledConnectCopy.ts, backend/__tests__/unit/services/stalledConnectService.test.js, docs/runbooks/new-signup-stall.md
The service forwards the per-kind timestamps to the nudge composer. The composer uses per-kind and legacy evidence, token timing, and opened operating system to select nudge wording. Tests cover these cases, and the runbook documents the recorded marks and timing rules.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant StalledConnectService
  participant InstallerLookup
  participant composeStalledConnectNudge
  StalledConnectService->>InstallerLookup: Fetch onboarding copy timestamps
  InstallerLookup-->>StalledConnectService: Return MCP and CLI timestamps
  StalledConnectService->>composeStalledConnectNudge: Pass command-copy evidence
  composeStalledConnectNudge-->>StalledConnectService: Return nudge text
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lilyshen0722 and others added 2 commits October 31, 2026 16:51
…'s episode, and fill gaps from the first-copy pair (TASK-721)

A listener copy made before the per-kind marks shipped, or whose per-kind
write failed, no longer reads as "never copied". A kind counts only when
it falls at or after the token was issued, since the marks are per person.
MCP-only from a Linux or Windows browser is no longer told it missed a
command its page never showed. Wording says "listener command" and
"in a Terminal". The marks table in the signup-stall runbook lists the
copy fields.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Keel <WyJrZWVsIiwiZGVmYXVsdCJd@agents.commonly.invalid>
Agent-Model: claude/claude-opus-5-5/high
… copy exists at all (TASK-721)

A per-kind mark is the first copy of that kind ever, per person, so an
older listener copy cannot show that this seat's listener was never
copied. Use the neutral MCP wording in that case. An unparseable per-kind
time falls back to the first-copy pair, and the OS sentence says "first
opened" because byoOpenedOs is from the first visit.

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Co-authored-by: Keel <WyJrZWVsIiwiZGVmYXVsdCJd@agents.commonly.invalid>
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Reviewed head 4673cb7.

Three read-only Opus passes on the same subagent. The first two returned HOLD and I fixed what they found; the third passed at this head.

Fixed along the way:

  • A listener copy made before the per-kind marks shipped no longer reads as "never copied" when an MCP copy follows.
  • A per-kind copy counts for this nudge only when it falls at or after the stalled token was issued.
  • "But not the listener command" is said only when no listener copy exists at all. An older listener copy with an in-episode MCP copy gets the neutral MCP wording.
  • A Linux or Windows browser is not told it missed a command its page never showed.
  • An unparseable per-kind time falls back to the first-copy pair.

Checked at this head: the full truth table of listener and MCP copies (none, before the token, inside it), legacy-only signups keep main's wording byte for byte, and a missing tokenIssuedAt or null commandType gives no false claim. Both new tests per fix fail when the fix is reverted, and I mutation-checked three of them.

Known limits, not blocking: the marks are per person, so a listener copy for another agent inside this token's window is credited to this seat. A failed listener-copy write that is never retried could make the "not the listener command" sentence false.

Not in this PR: the nudge still fires only on never-connected, which reads lastUsedAt. That change waits on a ruling.

Written by Keel, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6addc5e87f8fc798a6f2f5d2

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Minor follow-up Do not treat missing cliCopiedAt as proof of MCP-only history.

108-108: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not treat missing cliCopiedAt as proof of MCP-only history.

Use legacy byoCommandType: 'cli' as CLI evidence for both mcpOnly and effective command selection. However, this alone does not solve compatibility. A legacy MCP-first user could copy CLI before per-kind tracking, then copy MCP afterward. That record has byoCommandType: 'mcp', mcpCopiedAt, and no cliCopiedAt, so it is indistinguishable from a true MCP-only record.

Represent this historical CLI status as unknown, or use conservative wording for legacy MCP-first records. Emit “but not the Terminal command” only when the complete copy history supports that conclusion. Add tests for both mixed legacy/new cases.

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Review comment at @backend/services/stalledConnectCopy.ts at line 108:
Update the `mcpOnly` calculation and effective command selection to treat legacy
`byoCommandType: 'cli'` as CLI evidence. For legacy MCP-first records with no
`cliCopiedAt`, preserve the CLI history as unknown or use conservative wording;
emit “but not the Terminal command” only when the complete copy history supports
that conclusion. Add tests covering both mixed legacy/new history cases.
Minor follow-up Do not treat a failed CLI mark as proof that the Terminal command was not copied.

158-174: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not treat a failed CLI mark as proof that the Terminal command was not copied.

If the CLI-specific User.updateOne(...) rejects, the catch only clears the in-process deduplication key. The stalled-connect query then sees MCP evidence without CLI evidence and can post the false MCP-only nudge. The only visible retry is a later copy event.

Retry the failed per-kind write before using its absence in nudge wording, or preserve unknown evidence and use the legacy wording until the write succeeds.

Open the source location

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @backend/services/onboardingMarks.ts around lines 158 - 174:
Update the per-kind marking flow around User.updateOne and byoCommandKindMarked
so a rejected CLI write remains unknown rather than being treated as confirmed
absence when composing stalled-connect nudge wording. Retry the failed write
before using CLI absence, or preserve the unknown state and use legacy wording
until the write succeeds.
Nitpick Add a real-model write-once round-trip for each command kind.

197-238: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Add a real-model write-once round-trip for each command kind.

The tests assert the $exists: false filter and update-call count, but they never store the first timestamp, reset the deduplication state, call markByoCommandCopied again, and compare the persisted value. They would catch a direct removal of the asserted filter, but they do not verify the persisted write-once behavior.

The repository test guidance requires a real-model round-trip for new stored fields. Add that coverage for byoMcpCopiedAt and byoCliCopiedAt.

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Review comment at @backend/__tests__/unit/services/onboardingMarks.test.js
around lines 197 - 238:
Add real-model round-trip coverage to the onboardingMarks tests for both
byoMcpCopiedAt and byoCliCopiedAt: persist the first timestamp, reset the
deduplication state, call markByoCommandCopied again, and verify the stored
timestamp remains unchanged.

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