paperclipai/paperclip · error

No update status returned for skill

Error message

No update status returned for skill ${skill.key}.

What it means

checkCompanySkills' GET for a skill's update status resolved falsy, so there is no status row to report; a sentinel guard on a missing per-skill API response.

Solutions

1. Retry the update check; if it persists, verify server reachability.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/skills.ts:649 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/fdc73fc3f4a8b428. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/skills.ts:649

  ctx: ResolvedClientContext,
  reference: string,
): Promise<CompanySkillReferenceTarget> {
  return resolveCompanySkillReference(await listCompanySkills(ctx), reference);
}

async function checkCompanySkills(
  ctx: ResolvedClientContext,
  skillRef: string | undefined,
): Promise<CompanySkillCheckRow[]> {
  const skills = await listCompanySkills(ctx);
  const selected = skillRef ? [resolveCompanySkillReference(skills, skillRef)] : skills;
  const rows: CompanySkillCheckRow[] = [];
  for (const skill of selected) {
    const status = await ctx.api.get<CompanySkillUpdateStatus>(
      `/api/companies/${ctx.companyId}/skills/${encodeURIComponent(skill.id)}/update-status`,
    );
    if (!status) {
      throw new Error(`No update status returned for skill ${skill.key}.`);
    }
    rows.push({ skill: toSkillReferenceTarget(skill), status });
  }
  return rows;
}

async function updateOneCompanySkill(
  ctx: ResolvedClientContext,
  skillRef: string,
  opts: SkillUpdateOptions = {},
): Promise<CompanySkillUpdateRow> {
  const skill = await resolveCompanySkill(ctx, skillRef);
  const updated = await ctx.api.post<CompanySkill>(
    `/api/companies/${ctx.companyId}/skills/${encodeURIComponent(skill.id)}/install-update`,
    { force: opts.force || undefined },
  );
  return {
    skillRef,

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