Treat Codex bootstrap logs as stdout

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/codex-home.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export async function prepareWorktreeCodexHome(
   }
 
   await onLog(
-    "stderr",
+    "stdout",
     `[paperclip] Using worktree-isolated Codex home "${targetHome}" (seeded from "${sourceHome}").\n`,
   );
   return targetHome;

packages/adapters/codex-local/src/server/execute.ts

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function ensureCodexSkillsInjected(
   );
   for (const skillName of removedSkills) {
     await onLog(
-      "stderr",
+      "stdout",
       `[paperclip] Removed maintainer-only Codex skill "${skillName}" from ${skillsHome}\n`,
     );
   }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export async function ensureCodexSkillsInjected(
             await fs.symlink(entry.source, target);
           }
           await onLog(
-            "stderr",
+            "stdout",
             `[paperclip] Repaired Codex skill "${entry.name}" into ${skillsHome}\n`,
           );
           continue;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export async function ensureCodexSkillsInjected(
       if (result === "skipped") continue;
 
       await onLog(
-        "stderr",
+        "stdout",
         `[paperclip] ${result === "repaired" ? "Repaired" : "Injected"} Codex skill "${entry.name}" into ${skillsHome}\n`,
       );
     } catch (err) {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
         `Resolve any relative file references from ${instructionsDir}.\n\n`;
       instructionsChars = instructionsPrefix.length;
       await onLog(
-        "stderr",
+        "stdout",
         `[paperclip] Loaded agent instructions file: ${instructionsFilePath}\n`,
       );
     } catch (err) {

server/src/__tests__/codex-local-execute.test.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ type CapturePayload = {
   paperclipEnvKeys: string[];
 };
 
+type LogEntry = {
+  stream: "stdout" | "stderr";
+  chunk: string;
+};
+
 describe("codex execute", () => {
   it("uses a worktree-isolated CODEX_HOME while preserving shared auth and config", async () => {
     const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-codex-execute-"));
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ describe("codex execute", () => {
     process.env.CODEX_HOME = sharedCodexHome;
 
     try {
+      const logs: LogEntry[] = [];
       const result = await execute({
         runId: "run-1",
         agent: {
@@ -87,7 +93,9 @@ describe("codex execute", () => {
         },
         context: {},
         authToken: "run-jwt-token",
-        onLog: async () => {},
+        onLog: async (stream, chunk) => {
+          logs.push({ stream, chunk });
+        },
       });
 
       expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
@@ -116,6 +124,18 @@ describe("codex execute", () => {
       expect((await fs.lstat(isolatedConfig)).isFile()).toBe(true);
       expect(await fs.readFile(isolatedConfig, "utf8")).toBe('model = "codex-mini-latest"\n');
       expect((await fs.lstat(isolatedSkill)).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
+      expect(logs).toContainEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          stream: "stdout",
+          chunk: expect.stringContaining("Using worktree-isolated Codex home"),
+        }),
+      );
+      expect(logs).toContainEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          stream: "stdout",
+          chunk: expect.stringContaining('Injected Codex skill "paperclip"'),
+        }),
+      );
     } finally {
       if (previousHome === undefined) delete process.env.HOME;
       else process.env.HOME = previousHome;

server/src/__tests__/codex-local-skill-injection.test.ts

@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ describe("codex local adapter skill injection", () => {
     await createPaperclipRepoSkill(oldRepo, "paperclip");
     await fs.symlink(path.join(oldRepo, "skills", "paperclip"), path.join(skillsHome, "paperclip"));
 
-    const logs: string[] = [];
+    const logs: Array<{ stream: "stdout" | "stderr"; chunk: string }> = [];
     await ensureCodexSkillsInjected(
-      async (_stream, chunk) => {
-        logs.push(chunk);
+      async (stream, chunk) => {
+        logs.push({ stream, chunk });
       },
       {
         skillsHome,
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ describe("codex local adapter skill injection", () => {
     expect(await fs.realpath(path.join(skillsHome, "paperclip"))).toBe(
       await fs.realpath(path.join(currentRepo, "skills", "paperclip")),
     );
-    expect(logs.some((line) => line.includes('Repaired Codex skill "paperclip"'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(logs).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        stream: "stdout",
+        chunk: expect.stringContaining('Repaired Codex skill "paperclip"'),
+      }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("preserves a custom Codex skill symlink outside Paperclip repo checkouts", async () => {