How-toSetup tutorial
Creator kit
Everything you need to make a Paperclip video.
Brand guidelines, agent characters, templates, an agent skill and the Paperclip README. Download it all, or browse it below.
Working with an AI agent? Give it the creator brief: the facts, stories and official handles as one Markdown file.
What’s in the ZIP
characters/18 agent characters, transparent PNG (360 × 360), plus palettes.txtanimations/12 loops of Milo, Pip and Lumi, transparent WebM (480 × 480)thumbnails/3 YouTube templates (1280 × 720): example PNG, blank PNG and editable SVGlogos/Official lockups, black and white (SVG + PNG), and the logo animation (2 MP4, 2 transparent WebM)skills/paperclip-creator/SKILL.md: an agent skill built from the creator briefcreator-brief.mdFacts, stories, copy and official handles, for you or your agentcopy.txtOne line, a paste-ready description, a disclosure line and the accounts to tagpaperclip-README.mdThe README from github.com/paperclipai/paperclip, unchangedSTART-HERE.mdWhat is inside and how to use it
01
Understand Paperclip
In one line
Paperclip is the app people use to manage AI agents for work.
Paperclip is a Node.js server and React UI that orchestrates a team of AI agents to run a business. Bring your own agents, assign goals, and track work and costs from one dashboard. Choose models and harnesses per agent while keeping your team’s tasks, skills, permissions, and history in one place.
Messaging
The ambition
Help your audience build zero‑human companies.
Use it as the hook. It is an aspiration your audience can work toward, not a claim about today’s results: in Paperclip, a person still sets the goal, approves important work and controls the budget.
The product
Open-source orchestration for teams of AI agents.
- An org chart for agents: roles, reporting lines, permissions and budgets
- Goals and tasks, each with a single assignee
- Budgets that track spend, alert at thresholds and pause work at configured limits
- Review and approval stages, including approving hires
- Heartbeats: agents wake for assigned work, follow-ups or schedules
- A durable activity record of what happened and why
Source: Paperclip README
The evidence you can show
Your own run, on screen.
- The org chart you built and the goal you set
- Tasks moving from assigned to done
- What it cost, from the budget view
- Where you approved, redirected or fixed something
- What broke
Public interest: 97K+ GitHub stars and 176 creator videos, both as of Oct 5, 2026 (GitHub, examples).
Facts
The essentials, checked on Oct 5, 2026. For anything deeper, the docs are the source of truth.
- What it is
- Paperclip is the app people use to manage AI agents for work.Define the goal, hire the team, approve and run. It looks like a task manager; under the hood are org charts, budgets, governance, goal alignment and agent coordination.
- READMEChecked Oct 5, 2026
- Install
npx paperclipai@latest onboard --yesNeeds Node.js 24.11 or newer. Open source, self-hosted, no Paperclip account required. The guided quickstart sets up a first agent.- DocsChecked Oct 5, 2026
- Open source
- MIT license, on GitHub97K+ stars on Oct 5, 2026. The README is in the ZIP, unchanged.
- GitHubChecked Oct 5, 2026
- Works with
- OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes, Grok Build and Kimi CodeIf it can receive a heartbeat, it’s hired. Custom processes, HTTP endpoints and adapter packages extend the roster.
- READMEChecked Oct 5, 2026
- Paperclip Cloud
- A hosted version, currently behind a waitlistFounding creators get free compute credits.
- WaitlistChecked Oct 5, 2026
- Latest release
- v2026.1001.0, released October 1, 2026Release notes for every version are in the changelog.
- ChangelogUpdates each release
Official links and handles
- WebsitePaperclippaperclip.ing
https://paperclip.ing - DocsPaperclip docsdocs.paperclip.ing
https://docs.paperclip.ing - X@paperclipingx.com/papercliping
@papercliping - LinkedInPapercliplinkedin.com/company/paperclipapp
https://www.linkedin.com/company/paperclipapp - GitHubpaperclipai/paperclipgithub.com/paperclipai/paperclip
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip - DiscordPaperclip communitydiscord.gg/m4HZY7xNG3
https://discord.gg/m4HZY7xNG3
These are Paperclip’s only official accounts. On LinkedIn, type @Paperclip and pick the company page above. Anywhere else, link paperclip.ing.
02
Get the assets
Thumbnails
1280 × 720, one for each story. Add your photo and title in any editor, or start from the blank version. The SVGs use Inter Tight and JetBrains Mono, both free on Google Fonts.
Founder interviewFounder interview
Delegate real workReal business workflow
Keep the bottom-right corner clear: YouTube shows the video length there.
Logos and motion
Use the supplied files as they are. Full guidelines live at paperclip.ing/brand.
Logo animationIntros and outros
Transparent WebM plays in Chrome and OBS; some video editors need it converted first.
Characters
In Paperclip, the capsule is the agent. There are 18 characters, each with its own palette. Click a color to copy it.
- #01
Bubblegum sky - #02
Pink lemonade - #03
Orchid peach - #04
Coral mint - #05
Lime lagoon - #06
Arctic blue - #07
Solar flare - #08
Violet ember - #09
Deep tide - #10
Coral current - #11
Muted dream - #12
Golden hour - #13
Tangerine cobalt - #14
Electric grove - #15
Flamingo jade - #16
Cherry pop - #17
Turquoise cherry - #18
Ultraviolet tide
- Use characters for agents only, never for people, logos or buttons.
- Give each agent one palette and keep it for the whole video.
Character animation
Milo, Pip and Lumi come with ready-made loops on transparent backgrounds to drop over your screen recording.
Milo · Idle
All 12 loops are in the kit as transparent WebM files. They play in Chrome and OBS; some video editors need them converted first.
Brand essentials
The essentials for creators. The full specification lives at paperclip.ing/brand.
The namePaperclipPaperClipPaper ClippaperclipPAPERCLIP
One word, capital P, lowercase c.
Logo usage
Keep clear space equal to the icon’s width around the lockup. Below 16px, use the icon only.
Paperclip
Color
Status colors
Type
- Inter TightTitles · Semibold, tightGoogle Fonts ↗
A team of agents for every person.
- InterEverything you readGoogle Fonts ↗
Hire a team, set a goal and a budget, and approve what ships.
- JetBrains MonoAnything a machine wroteGoogle Fonts ↗
ceo → assigned "launch plan" to cmo