I propose piloting Paperclip first for a self-managed mixed-runtime fleet, and LangSmith Fleet when built-in agent creation matters more. Test onboarding, delegation, access denial, cancellation, and recovery before adopting either for the whole fleet.

Proposed selection experiment

The first candidate is Paperclip's team-management model, qualified by its remote-environment maturity. The comparison candidate is LangSmith Fleet when agent creation and account connections should come in one product.

Start with a small dispatcher, researcher, and reviewer arrangement using test data and credentials. This is not a change to Smith Wiki's publication workflow. Avoid creating a large organization chart before demonstrating useful work.

Check whether a manager can propose a worker with the correct instructions, tools, limits, and approval state. Give that worker an acceptance task with one permitted and one prohibited operation. Verify task ownership, result delivery, and separation of credentials.

Then interrupt a run and restart the management service. Check recovery and ensure retrying does not repeat an already committed external action. Test whether pausing or terminating an agent actually cancels its selected runtime and revokes access, rather than only changing the visible record. Compare reported spending with provider-side records.

Add the OpenShell integration only when its enforcement boundary is a requirement. Do not add another execution layer merely because it is available.

This is a proposed experiment. No agents were installed, credentials connected, or recovery tests performed.