kind must be manual, retry, backfill, priority_override, or…

Error message

kind must be manual, retry, backfill, priority_override, or review_patch

What it means

Error "kind must be manual, retry, backfill, priority_override, or review_patch" thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Solutions

Set kind to manual, retry, backfill, priority_override, or review_patch.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/src/worker.ts:704 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@5716fe907e (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7dd1915222acdbf9. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/src/worker.ts:700

        autoApply: params.autoApply === true ? true : params.autoApply === false ? false : undefined,
        expectedProjectPageHash: stringField(params.expectedProjectPageHash),
        includeSupportingPages: params.includeSupportingPages !== false,
        workItemId: workItem.workItemId,
        operationIssueId: operation.issue.id,
      });
      return { ...result, workItem, operation };
    });

    ctx.actions.register("create-paperclip-distillation-work-item", async (params) => {
      const kind = stringField(params.kind);
      if (
        kind !== "manual" &&
        kind !== "retry" &&
        kind !== "backfill" &&
        kind !== "priority_override" &&
        kind !== "review_patch"
      ) {
        throw new Error("kind must be manual, retry, backfill, priority_override, or review_patch");
      }
      const priority = stringField(params.priority);
      if (priority && priority !== "critical" && priority !== "high" && priority !== "medium" && priority !== "low") {
        throw new Error("priority must be critical, high, medium, or low");
      }
      return createPaperclipDistillationWorkItem(ctx, {
        companyId: readCompanyIdFromParams(params),
        wikiId: stringField(params.wikiId),
        spaceSlug: stringField(params.spaceSlug),
        kind,
        projectId: stringField(params.projectId),
        rootIssueId: stringField(params.rootIssueId),
        requestedByIssueId: stringField(params.requestedByIssueId),
        priority: priority as "critical" | "high" | "medium" | "low" | null,
        idempotencyKey: stringField(params.idempotencyKey),
        metadata: typeof params.metadata === "object" && params.metadata != null ? params.metadata as Record<string, unknown> : null,
      });
    });

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