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Summary

  • Adds Use with QM (mcp/qm.mdx) next to the other MCP client guides. QM cannot attach to /mcp — the integration is a pipeshub CLI inside the agent sandbox, with one PAT per person.
  • Nav: mcp/qm in the MCP Server group, right after overview.
  • Overview: a note that QM is not an MCP client, plus a card that points at the new page.

This is the docs.pipeshub.com page the PipesHub × QM plan called for. The same how-to also lives in @pipeshub-ai/mcp as qm/docs/use-with-qm.md (mcp-server#64); this is the public copy.

Merge order

documentation#147            → PAT page (link target)
mcp-server#64 → #67 → #66    → then publish 2.3.2
documentation#149            → this page

The page requires @pipeshub-ai/mcp@2.3.2 (2.3.1 still writes a sandbox/Dockerfile Sprites never boot) and links to /developer/personal-access-tokens. Do not merge this until #147 is on main and 2.3.2 is on npm.

Test plan

  • npx mintlify broken-links — PAT link resolves after docs: document Personal Access Tokens #147
  • Preview: MCP Server nav shows Use with QM after Overview
  • Overview note + QM card go to /mcp/qm
  • Page states up front this is not an MCP attachment
  • Operator install is @pipeshub-ai/mcp@2.3.2; Sprite first-run stays unpinned
  • Keychain table is PIPESHUB_TOKEN + PIPESHUB_BASE_URL, not the MCP paste block
  • PAT step says accept defaults; do not add semantic:read
  • Groundedness keys off citations, not confidence
  • phpat_ 401 row says upgrade (pipeshub-ai#2971), not strip the prefix

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Added QM to the MCP Server documentation navigation and client setup guides.
    • Added a comprehensive guide for connecting PipesHub with QM through the pipeshub CLI in Fly Sprite sandboxes.
    • Documented setup prerequisites, credentials, egress configuration, citations, verification steps, troubleshooting, and security restrictions.
    • Clarified that QM is not an MCP client and connects through the agent sandbox.

QM cannot attach to /mcp. Document the sandbox CLI path, per-person PATs,
and keychain shape next to the other MCP client guides.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Added QM to the MCP documentation navigation and setup references. Added a guide for QM integration through the pipeshub CLI in Fly Sprite sandboxes, including deployment, credentials, validation, troubleshooting, and prohibited configurations.

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docs.json, mcp/overview.mdx
Adds the QM guide to MCP navigation and explains that QM uses the pipeshub CLI instead of acting as an MCP client.
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mcp/qm.mdx
Documents QM deployment, Sprite configuration, PipesHub connection, CLI installation, tool initialization, and egress setup.
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mcp/qm.mdx
Documents per-user PAT credentials, first-use behavior, validation commands, troubleshooting, citation requirements, and prohibited configurations.

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The guide currently documents a setup command that does not match the QM CLI and leaves the token-bearing sandbox dependent on an unpinned package version, which can stop setup or introduce incompatible behavior. These issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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In `@mcp/qm.mdx`:
- Around line 145-146: Remove the documented workaround that strips the phpat_
prefix from PATs in the authentication troubleshooting guidance. Require users
to upgrade PipesHub for prefix forwarding and keep the phpat_ marker intact so
secret scanning remains effective.
- Around line 121-124: Update the pipeshub installation command in the first-run
setup to explicitly install `@pipeshub-ai/mcp`@2.3.1 instead of the unpinned
package, preserving the existing command-availability check.
- Around line 50-52: Remove the unsupported npx qm setup . command and the
adjacent note describing its placeholder-writing behavior in the QM CLI
instructions. Keep the configuration steps, then preserve the npx qm check &&
npx qm doctor and npx qm up commands in that order.
- Line 15: Add the missing personal access tokens documentation page and
register its route in docs.json so the /developer/personal-access-tokens link in
the qm guide resolves successfully.
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client_credentials was described as acting as the app's owner. It has no
user identity at all: the controller passes `null // No user` into
generateTokens (oauth.provider.controller.ts:534-536) and the service falls
back to the client id (oauth_token.service.ts:78). The owner's name is
copied for display, not authenticated. That distinction is the reason this
page exists, so getting it backwards undercut the whole comparison.

A PAT was described as working anywhere a session token would. It reaches
the same endpoints, but session tokens skip scope checks entirely
(require-scopes.middleware.ts:37) while PATs are enforced against the
scopes granted. Saying they are equivalent removes the reason to grant
fewer scopes.

The create-token paste block uses PIPESHUB_MCP_TOKEN / PIPESHUB_MCP_URL,
which is right for MCP clients and wrong for QM — it wants PIPESHUB_TOKEN
and PIPESHUB_BASE_URL on two keychain entries. Pasting the block there
fails looking like a missing variable rather than a misnamed one, so the
page now says so. Left as plain text, not a link: /mcp/qm arrives in #149.

Added the recovery line for a phpat_ token returning 401 on an instance
that predates the prefix-stripping fix, since that failure used to surface
as an empty result rather than an auth error.
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This is the right page and the content is accurate — I checked the load-bearing claims against source rather than reading them. One thing must change before it merges, plus two smaller notes.

Checked and correct

  • The keychain derivation. "If you leave it blank on the token entry, QM derives PIPESHUB_TOKEN from the service name. It will not derive PIPESHUB_BASE_URL." — exactly right. credentials/keychain.ts:450 builds the variable as rec.envKey ?? defaultEnvKey(rec.service), and defaultEnvKey returns <SERVICE>_TOKEN. This is the single most common way to get a half-working setup, and it is the sentence that prevents it.
  • Two entries under one service. Confirmed against a live deployment — pipeshub/PIPESHUB_TOKEN and pipeshub/PIPESHUB_BASE_URL coexist.
  • sandbox.env never arriving. Measured on a live Sprite turn.
  • qm init . --org … --target … — flags exist; QM's own README documents that form.
  • Node >=24.0.0, bun not required, semantic:write not semantic:read, groundedness keyed off citations rather than confidence — all match what we established.

Must fix: the page is one release ahead of npm

The page says to install @pipeshub-ai/mcp@2.3.1, then says:

On Sprites it does not write a sandbox/Dockerfile

2.3.1 does write one. I unpacked the published tarball to check — it contains neither customImageBoots nor skipped-unusable. That behaviour is in mcp-server#67, which is unmerged and targeted for 2.3.2.

So someone following this page today gets a Dockerfile the page told them not to expect — and that file is precisely what qm#427 will reject, which is the failure this page is trying to spare them.

Either:

  • say @pipeshub-ai/mcp@2.3.2 or later and merge this after 2.3.2 publishes (my preference — the whole page assumes that behaviour), or
  • describe 2.3.1 as it is and add "on 2.3.1, delete the sandbox/Dockerfile it writes"

Merge order

You noted the dependency on #147 for the PAT link. Worth stating the full chain, because it is four PRs across two repos:

documentation#147            → PAT page (link target)
mcp-server#64 → #67 → #66    → then publish 2.3.2
documentation#149            → this page

#147 is now updated per its review comments and mentions QM in plain text — turning that into a link to /mcp/qm is a nice follow-up once this lands.

Small things

The overview Warning may be stronger than needed. A <Warning> above the prerequisites, before anyone has read what the page is about, tells most readers something is wrong when nothing is. The card in the client list carries the same information where people are actually choosing. Consider a <Note>, or leaving the card to do the work — the point is real, the placement just leads with a negative for every visitor regardless of whether they use QM.

The phpat_ troubleshooting row will age. "PipesHub older than the prefix-forwarding fix" is right today, but once a release past 0.6.0 ships with that fix, the row wants a version number instead of a relative description. Fine to leave; worth a note so it gets updated rather than quietly becoming confusing.

Nothing else. The structure — skippable QM stand-up, then the short integration — is the right shape, and the "Do not" list at the end is the part I would have written last and valued most.

2.3.1 still writes a sandbox/Dockerfile that Sprites never boot. The
page now requires 2.3.2, tells 2.3.1 operators to delete that file, and
keys the phpat_ 401 row off pipeshub-ai#2971 instead of stripping the
scanner prefix.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Addressed in 93eb85c.

Must-fix (2.3.1 vs Dockerfile skip): the page now requires @pipeshub-ai/mcp@2.3.2 or later, pins the operator npm install -g to that version, and tells anyone who already ran 2.3.1's init-qm to delete sandbox/Dockerfile (and not re-run 2.3.1). Merge this after 2.3.2 publishes.

Overview Warning → Note. The card in the client list still carries the same fact where people are choosing.

phpat_ row: keyed off pipeshub-ai#2971 (not in v0.6.0-beta) instead of a relative “older than the fix.” The “store without the prefix” workaround is gone.

CodeRabbit’s other two: qm setup stays — it exists in @yc-software/qm@0.1.4 (cli.js case "setup"); the README just doesn’t list it. First-run on the Sprite stays unpinned; the 2.3.2 pin belongs on the operator machine, which is the one that writes (or now skips) the Dockerfile.

The floor is 2.3.2 or later; the command should stay latest. Pinning
@2.3.2 would freeze operators on that release the same way pinning
the Sprite first-run would.

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Unpinned the operator install in the follow-up commit. The floor stays 2.3.2 or later in prose (pipeshub --version before init-qm); npm install -g @pipeshub-ai/mcp is latest, same as the Sprite first-run. Pinning @2.3.2 on the command would freeze operators on that release.

No citations means nothing was retrieved — often the correct answer.
Do not tell operators to distrust high confidence on that reply.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Same Gate 5 correction as mcp-server#68: no citations means nothing was retrieved — often the right answer — not 'confidence is lying.'

shekharkadyan and others added 3 commits August 15, 2026 00:36
No citations means nothing was retrieved. Relay a "not in the documents"
answer; do not repeat uncited assertions.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Assertive uncited prose is measured. Exit 6 is not always absence, and
Very High is not a groundedness signal.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Exit 6 means no sources, not that the corpus is empty. Drop unmeasured
"usually" and "Very High on both."

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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* docs: document Personal Access Tokens

pipeshub-ai's Personal Access Token feature (self-service, scoped,
revocable credentials that act as their creator) shipped with no
documentation here, even though the sibling OAuth Applications feature
has a full guide. Meanwhile mcp/overview.mdx and mcp/local-server.mdx
already referenced a generic "Bearer token" placeholder with no
guidance on where to get one — exactly what a PAT is for.

Adds developer/personal-access-tokens.mdx (creation, usage, revocation,
the new admin list/revoke API, full endpoint reference, FAQ), and
updates the two MCP pages to point at it as the recommended bearer-token
source for connecting an MCP client.

* fix: scope the PAT note to what actually accepts a bearer token

The MCP overview's PAT note claimed a personal access token works as
YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN "in any client config on this page" — but every
remote client guide linked from that page (Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini
CLI, Claude.ai, LibreChat) is an OAuth client_id/secret flow with no
bearer-token option, verified against each guide's actual config.
Tightened the note to point at what does accept a bearer token: /mcp
directly, the Local Server (Stdio) package, or a self-configured
client. Also updated the page's frontmatter description, which still
said "using OAuth" with no mention of the PAT path.

On the PAT page itself: documented the actual PIPESHUB_MCP_URL /
PIPESHUB_MCP_TOKEN paste block the create panel emits (not a generic
raw token), the admin list's real { data, pagination } response shape
with the ownerDeleted field (distinct from the self-list's flat
{ tokens }), and request bodies for create/revoke to match the depth
of the existing oauth2.mdx guide.

* docs: polish PAT page wording and callout choice

- Admin response-shape callout was a <Warning> for something
  informational, not hazardous — switched to <Note>, matching how the
  rest of this repo uses the two.
- Split the MCP overview's OAuth-vs-PAT note into two sentences
  instead of one long compound one.
- Connected the create panel's paste block to the usage section right
  below it: PIPESHUB_MCP_TOKEN is the same value passed to
  --bearer-auth / Authorization: Bearer.

* docs: correct four claims on the PAT page

client_credentials was described as acting as the app's owner. It has no
user identity at all: the controller passes `null // No user` into
generateTokens (oauth.provider.controller.ts:534-536) and the service falls
back to the client id (oauth_token.service.ts:78). The owner's name is
copied for display, not authenticated. That distinction is the reason this
page exists, so getting it backwards undercut the whole comparison.

A PAT was described as working anywhere a session token would. It reaches
the same endpoints, but session tokens skip scope checks entirely
(require-scopes.middleware.ts:37) while PATs are enforced against the
scopes granted. Saying they are equivalent removes the reason to grant
fewer scopes.

The create-token paste block uses PIPESHUB_MCP_TOKEN / PIPESHUB_MCP_URL,
which is right for MCP clients and wrong for QM — it wants PIPESHUB_TOKEN
and PIPESHUB_BASE_URL on two keychain entries. Pasting the block there
fails looking like a missing variable rather than a misnamed one, so the
page now says so. Left as plain text, not a link: /mcp/qm arrives in #149.

Added the recovery line for a phpat_ token returning 401 on an instance
that predates the prefix-stripping fix, since that failure used to surface
as an empty result rather than an auth error.
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