paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

No company found for selector

Error message

No company found for selector '${normalizedSelector}'.

What it means

After scoped and board-wide lookups, no company matched the normalized selector by ID or prefix, so company delete has no target.

Solutions

1. Check the selector; use a valid company ID or issue prefix from `paperclipai company list`.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1977 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/7ffd67e0dad8d5d0. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/company.ts:1977

            }
          }

          if (!target) {
            try {
              const companies = (await ctx.api.get<Company[]>("/api/companies")) ?? [];
              target = resolveCompanyForDeletion(companies, normalizedSelector, by);
            } catch (error) {
              if (error instanceof ApiRequestError && error.status === 403 && error.message.includes("Board access required")) {
                throw new Error(
                  "Board access is required to resolve companies across the instance. Use a company ID/prefix for your current company, or run with board authentication.",
                );
              }
              throw error;
            }
          }

          if (!target) {
            throw new Error(`No company found for selector '${normalizedSelector}'.`);
          }

          assertDeleteConfirmation(target, opts);

          await ctx.api.delete<{ ok: true }>(apiPath`/api/companies/${target.id}`);

          printOutput(
            {
              ok: true,
              deletedCompanyId: target.id,
              deletedCompanyName: target.name,
              deletedCompanyPrefix: target.issuePrefix,
            },
            { json: ctx.json },
          );
        } catch (err) {
          handleCommandError(err);
        }

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