paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

Company selector is required.

Error message

Company selector is required.

What it means

resolveCompanyForDeletion normalized the selector argument to an empty string, so there is no company ID or issue prefix to match against.

Solutions

1. Provide a company selector argument (company ID or issue prefix).

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1279 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@120ae5428f (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e2b0d0d7f80ebffa. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1279

  });

  if (p.isCancel(confirmed) || !confirmed) {
    throw new Error("Export cancelled.");
  }
}

function matchesPrefix(company: Company, selector: string): boolean {
  return company.issuePrefix.toUpperCase() === selector.toUpperCase();
}

export function resolveCompanyForDeletion(
  companies: Company[],
  selectorRaw: string,
  by: CompanyDeleteSelectorMode = "auto",
): Company {
  const selector = normalizeSelector(selectorRaw);
  if (!selector) {
    throw new Error("Company selector is required.");
  }

  const idMatch = companies.find((company) => company.id === selector);
  const prefixMatch = companies.find((company) => matchesPrefix(company, selector));

  if (by === "id") {
    if (!idMatch) {
      throw new Error(`No company found by ID '${selector}'.`);
    }
    return idMatch;
  }

  if (by === "prefix") {
    if (!prefixMatch) {
      throw new Error(`No company found by shortname/prefix '${selector}'.`);
    }
    return prefixMatch;
  }

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