refactor: migrate from UXP to CEP for After Effects 2026 compatibility#1
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- Replace UXP manifest.json with CSXS/manifest.xml (CEP panel)
- Create CEP bridge layer (src/cep/ae-bridge.ts) wrapping ExtendScript via CSInterface.evalScript()
- Convert all ae/ module files to use async bridge instead of direct AE globals
- Replace require('os') and require('uxp').storage with bridge file operations
- Add XMLHttpRequest fallback in ApiClient for CORS from file:// origins
- Add CEFCommandLine flags for CORS bypass in CEP Chromium
- Switch build from tsc to esbuild (IIFE bundle for script tag loading)
- Add automated setup.sh for one-command install via CEP extensions
- Add simplified hello-world CEP example (simple-hello-plugin/)
- Update index.html for CEP script loading (non-module)
- Replace UXP manifest.json with CSXS/manifest.xml (CEP panel)
- Create CEP bridge layer (src/cep/ae-bridge.ts) wrapping ExtendScript via CSInterface.evalScript()
- Convert all ae/ module files to use async bridge instead of direct AE globals
- Replace require('os') and require('uxp').storage with bridge file operations
- Add XMLHttpRequest fallback in ApiClient for CORS from file:// origins
- Add CEFCommandLine flags for CORS bypass in CEP Chromium
- Switch build from tsc to esbuild (IIFE bundle for script tag loading)
- Add automated setup.sh for one-command install via CEP extensions
- Add simplified hello-world CEP example (simple-hello-plugin/)
- Update index.html for CEP script loading (non-module)
- Fix middleware priority in Laravel backend (AuthenticateApiKey before Sanctum) - Update default API URL to local test instance - Fix api-client: remove Content-Type on GET, add safe error parsing - Fix testConnection/listProjects to handle Laravel paginated responses - Add generation/export endpoints (image, video, voice, sfx, export) - Fix ae-bridge: use CEP fs for binary I/O, remove broken ExtendScript eval - Remove invalid ScriptPath from CEP manifest.xml - Add generation/export TypeScript interfaces
- Make CEP fs API check lenient (try both BASE64/Base64 encoding constants) - Add ExtendScript hex-encoding fallback for binary writes when CEP fs unavailable - Add 512KB size guard for ExtendScript fallback path - Detect HTTP→HTTPS redirects in both fetch and XHR paths - Add HTML response detection in downloadFile, doFetch, and doXHR - Add diagnostic logging (URL, key prefix, content-type) to request flow - Add per-frame download/import logging in sync-engine - Show base URL and key prefix in sync error messages
- Add install.sh for macOS/Linux (auto-detects OS, enables PlayerDebugMode, symlinks to CEP extensions directory, copies CSInterface.js from AE) - Add install.ps1 for Windows (same steps via PowerShell, with --SkipBuild and --SkipDebugMode flags for advanced use) - Add uninstall.sh and uninstall.ps1 for clean removal - Add npm scripts: npm run install-plugin / npm run uninstall-plugin (auto-detect platform and run the correct script) - Remove old setup.sh (replaced by install.sh) - Update README with simplified one-command install instructions - Add .sisyphus/ to .gitignore
…prefsd restart - Remove Linux path since Adobe CC/CEP doesn't run on Linux - Add 'killall cfprefsd' after setting PlayerDebugMode on macOS to ensure preference change takes effect immediately
- Add scripts/install.ts: cross-platform installer in TypeScript (auto-detects macOS/Windows, enables PlayerDebugMode, finds CSInterface.js, installs to CEP extensions directory, verifies installation) - Add scripts/uninstall.ts: cross-platform uninstaller - Add scripts/build-bin.ts: builds standalone executables for darwin-arm64, darwin-x64, and windows-x64 via Bun compile - Add npm scripts: build-bin, install-bin, uninstall-bin - Add @types/bun devDependency for type support - Update README with standalone executable install option - Add dist-bin/ to .gitignore Users can now download a single executable (no Node.js required) to install the plugin, or build from source with shell/PowerShell scripts.
Builds plugin package and standalone executables on release:
- Plugin zip (mstudio-ae-plugin-{version}.zip)
- macOS ARM64 installer (install-darwin-arm64-{version}.tar.gz)
- macOS x64 installer (install-darwin-x64-{version}.tar.gz)
- Windows x64 installer (install-windows-x64-{version}.zip)
- Plus uninstallers for each platform
Triggered on release publish, uploads all assets to the GitHub release.
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