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Invalid --include value. Use one or more of…

Error message

Invalid --include value. Use one or more of: company,agents,projects,issues,tasks,skills

What it means

parseInclude splits the --include option on commas and lowercases each token; this fires when none of the resulting tokens match a known include key, so the export/include set is rejected as unrecognized input.

Solutions

1. Pass --include with a comma-separated subset of: company,agents,projects,issues,tasks,skills.
2. Remove --include to use the default export set.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:185 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/3e89bfc37f3fcb1a. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:185

function normalizeSelector(input: string): string {
  return input.trim();
}

function parseInclude(
  input: string | undefined,
  fallback: CompanyPortabilityInclude = DEFAULT_EXPORT_INCLUDE,
): CompanyPortabilityInclude {
  if (!input || !input.trim()) return { ...fallback };
  const values = input.split(",").map((part) => part.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(Boolean);
  const include = {
    company: values.includes("company"),
    agents: values.includes("agents"),
    projects: values.includes("projects"),
    issues: values.includes("issues") || values.includes("tasks"),
    skills: values.includes("skills"),
  };
  if (!include.company && !include.agents && !include.projects && !include.issues && !include.skills) {
    throw new Error("Invalid --include value. Use one or more of: company,agents,projects,issues,tasks,skills");
  }
  return include;
}

function parseAgents(input: string | undefined): "all" | string[] {
  if (!input || !input.trim()) return "all";
  const normalized = input.trim().toLowerCase();
  if (normalized === "all") return "all";
  const values = input.split(",").map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
  if (values.length === 0) return "all";
  return Array.from(new Set(values));
}

function parseCsvValues(input: string | undefined): string[] {
  if (!input || !input.trim()) return [];
  return Array.from(new Set(input.split(",").map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean)));
}

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