AEM Editorial Toolbar

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AEM Editorial Toolbar
The missing navigation layer for Adobe Experience Manager. Flexible, customisable, solo or team-ready. Entirely managed by your configuration which can be distributed to your entire team.

What it does:
The toolbar automatically detects when you're on an AEM page and shows relevant quick links based on your context - whether you're editing content, browsing the live site, or working in the DAM. One click to jump between Edit, Preview, Live, Properties, or related assets.

Built for configurability:
Everything is driven by simple configuration that you can control - define your environments, customise quick links, set up contextual messages, and tailor the experience to match your organisation's workflow. Developers can build a complete configuration package and distribute it to editors with a single URL. Team members simply open the config link and click Install - no manual setup required. 

Key Features:
- Context-aware quick links that adapt to where you are in AEM
- Visual environment indicators (Author, Publish, Local, etc.)
- DAM asset overlays showing linked images on any page
- Smart assertions that analyse your page and surface helpful tips
- Fully configurable via YAML - tailor it to your team's workflow
- Personal customisations on top of shared configs including shareable functionality
- Remote config support for easy team-wide deployment
- Works with AEM 6.5, Cloud Service, and local SDK

Built for privacy:
Everything runs locally in your browser. No tracking, no analytics, no external servers.

About permissions:
This extension requests access to all URLs because AEM can run on any domain. You control exactly which domains activate the toolbar through your configuration - it stays dormant everywhere else.
- Storage: To save your settings and configuration locally.
- Tabs: To communicate between the extension components and update the toolbar.
- Alarms: To schedule periodic fetching of remote configuration packages (if configured).
- Cookies: To include your AEM authentication when making API requests to your AEM author instance for DAM asset lookups.
- Host Permissions: To operate on your configured AEM sites, which can be on any domain.

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--- Changelog ---
v1.2.6
Options interface: 
- New "Customise with AI" feature for generating custom links and messages
- Generate with AI buttons added to Quick Links and Messages tabs
- Active Listen documentation added for message rules
- Fixed duplicate item bug when editing link labels

v1.2.5
Options interface: 
- Fixed modal scrolling issue on smaller screens
- Fixed deep link navigation to AI customisation
- Corrected URL placeholder documentation
- Fixed options page path resolution
Toolbar:
- Fixed tooltip positioning for right-aligned toolbar
- Fixed toggle arrow direction for right-aligned toolbar

v1.2.4
Options interface: 
- Improved first-time setup experience with guided onboarding
- Package name and version now shown in customisation badges
- More prominent Import button

v1.2.3
- Added package branding to Environments page
- Faster config refresh (4 hours default instead of 24)
- Cleaner date formatting throughout

v1.2.2
- Duplicate button for links and messages
- Reorganised action buttons for clarity

v1.2.1
- Share and Import individual links/messages as JSON
- Placeholder reference guide in editors