paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

No company found by ID

Error message

No company found by ID '${normalizedSelector}'.

What it means

In the delete flow with --by id, no company in the resolved list matches the normalized selector as an ID; the lookup guard failed to find the target.

Solutions

1. Verify the company ID with `paperclipai company list` and re-run with the correct ID.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1947 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/4c06f2515698e977. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1947

      .action(async (selector: string, opts: CompanyDeleteOptions) => {
        try {
          const by = (opts.by ?? "auto").trim().toLowerCase() as CompanyDeleteSelectorMode;
          if (!["auto", "id", "prefix"].includes(by)) {
            throw new Error(`Invalid --by mode '${opts.by}'. Expected one of: auto, id, prefix.`);
          }

          const ctx = resolveCommandContext(opts);
          const normalizedSelector = normalizeSelector(selector);
          assertDeleteFlags(opts);

          let target: Company | null = null;
          const shouldTryIdLookup = by === "id" || (by === "auto" && isUuidLike(normalizedSelector));
          if (shouldTryIdLookup) {
            const byId = await ctx.api.get<Company>(apiPath`/api/companies/${normalizedSelector}`, { ignoreNotFound: true });
            if (byId) {
              target = byId;
            } else if (by === "id") {
              throw new Error(`No company found by ID '${normalizedSelector}'.`);
            }
          }

          if (!target && ctx.companyId) {
            const scoped = await ctx.api.get<Company>(apiPath`/api/companies/${ctx.companyId}`, { ignoreNotFound: true });
            if (scoped) {
              try {
                target = resolveCompanyForDeletion([scoped], normalizedSelector, by);
              } catch {
                // Fallback to board-wide lookup below.
              }
            }
          }

          if (!target) {
            try {
              const companies = (await ctx.api.get<Company[]>("/api/companies")) ?? [];
              target = resolveCompanyForDeletion(companies, normalizedSelector, by);

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