paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

Failed to create board API key

Error message

Failed to create board API key

What it means

token board create posted the board key creation and got a falsy result, so no key material is available to display/export; a sentinel guard on the API response.

Solutions

1. Verify credentials and server reachability, then retry creating the board API key.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/token.ts:162 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/a7cc91d4f5949656. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/token.ts:162

    board
      .command("create")
      .description("Create a named board API key")
      .option("-C, --company-id <id>", "Company ID used for audit context")
      .option("--name <name>", "API key label", "cli-board")
      .option("--expires-at <iso8601>", "Expiration timestamp")
      .option("--ttl-days <days>", "Expiration in days from now")
      .option("--never-expires", "Create a non-expiring key")
      .action(async (opts: BoardTokenOptions) => {
        try {
          const ctx = resolveCommandContext(opts);
          const expiresAt = resolveBoardKeyExpiresAt(opts);
          const payload = createBoardApiKeySchema.parse({
            name: opts.name,
            requestedCompanyId: opts.companyId ?? ctx.companyId ?? null,
            expiresAt,
          });
          const key = await ctx.api.post<CreatedBoardKey>("/api/board-api-keys", payload);
          if (!key) throw new Error("Failed to create board API key");
          printOutput({ key }, { json: ctx.json });
        } catch (err) {
          handleCommandError(err);
        }
      }),
    { includeCompany: false },
  );

  addCommonClientOptions(
    board
      .command("list")
      .description("List board API keys for the current board user")
      .action(async (opts: BaseClientOptions) => {
        try {
          const ctx = resolveCommandContext(opts);
          const keys = (await ctx.api.get<BoardKeyRow[]>("/api/board-api-keys")) ?? [];
          if (ctx.json) {
            printOutput(keys, { json: true });

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