SOE Extension v1.0.13 Release Notes

Date: 2026-06-18

New Features

GIF/Video Export for Diagrams

• "Download GIF" button on all SVG diagram results (handwritten + structured templates)
• Animated GIF reproduces the live flowing-dot animation frame-by-frame
• gifenc library bundled inline (no CDN dependency)
• Dash-mode exporter: detects SMIL #flow-dots overlay and steps stroke-dashoffset per frame for exact preview parity

Cycle/Process Infographic Template (pure SVG)

• New cycle-radial renderer: center donut ring + L/R cards with animated curved connectors
• Replaced the former HTML/CSS iframe approach (which couldn't export to PNG/GIF)
• Scheme-driven hue ramp (4–8 items, recolors with any scheme)
• Category: flywheel (triggers on "cycle", "loop", "flywheel" signal words)

Horizontal Timeline Template

• New timeline-horizontal renderer: landscape pastel cards with hand-drawn wavy borders
• Handwriting fonts (Permanent Marker + Patrick Hand), emoji icons, numbered badges
• Thick dashed arc arrows with flowing-dot animation between cards
• Intelligent date extraction: falls through to LLM when deterministic parser can't find dates
• Category: timeline (triggers on "timeline", "journey", "roadmap", year patterns)

UX: Generate Button on Template Chooser

• Small ⚡ FAB appears on the selected template thumbnail's corner
• Same validation + action as the textarea ⚡ button (single source via triggerGenerate)

UX: Refresh Button as Re-generate on Post Tab

• The ↻ header button (formerly disabled on Post tab) now triggers re-generation
• Appears blue/active when Post tab is selected; resets to scan mode on Feed/Reply tabs
• "↺ Re-generate" inline button removed from result views (saves vertical space)

UX: Template Chooser Improvements

• "Coming soon" placeholder card in the grid (replaces the old banner paragraph)
• Hint note text removed (template names are self-descriptive)
• HTML template registry emptied (cycle migrated to SVG); chooser degrades cleanly

Bug Fixes

• HTML→SVG template switch crash: reset inline styles when reusing .template-final container
• Extension bg/api.js: added profile: 'utility' to GENERATE_DIAGRAM and STRUCTURE_CONTENT calls so the LLM gateway resolves the admin-configured utility model
• Animator edge-path selector: generalized to .edgePaths path, .edgePath path, .connector so template connector paths are detected for GIF export
• Exporter: strips #flow-dots SMIL overlay before rasterization (SMIL doesn't advance under <img>) and drives dash-offset per frame instead
• Double watermark fixed: renderer no longer emits its own watermark (popup's showFinalDiagram handles it universally)

SOE Extension v1.0.11 Release Notes

Date: 2026-06-17

New Features

Onboarding Dialog

• First-run onboarding modal collects professional role and preferred tone before use
• Platform-aware placeholder text (LinkedIn vs Twitter examples)
• Expandable tone descriptions with "more..." links and emojis
• "Re-run Setup" button in Me tab to update role/tone anytime
• Feeds directly into LLM prompt assembly (ROLE CONTEXT + TONE OVERRIDE structural rules)

Me Tab Redesign

• Three styled sections: "🎯 I am a...", "⚙️ Fine-Tuning", "🔧 Advanced"
• Removed per-mode flavor selector (tone is now global via onboarding + header dropdown)
• Preview button moved into Fine-Tuning section
• Hidden "Auto-open on supported platforms" (Chrome Web Store limitation)
• Identity Tagline and Closing Line labeled "(Connect only, max 50 chars)"

UX Improvements

• Filter section styled as blue-bordered card matching Me tab
• Rescan button moved to tab bar header (always accessible)
• Rescan button disabled on Post/Me tabs (irrelevant there)
• Filter controls restored when switching back to Feed tab
• Filters auto-reset on every scan (prevents stale filters blocking posts)
• Generic "This page isn't supported yet" banner (no hardcoded page names)
• Suppress feed error messages when Reply tab is active (messaging pages)
• Post deduplication on post-detail pages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Comment button not working after failed generation (expandedPostKey cleared on error)
• Fixed: Connect/Comment buttons hidden on other people's activity pages (wrong isOwnPost check removed)
• Fixed: Posts not showing on profile/activity pages due to stale filters (degree vs degreeFilter mismatch)
• Fixed: "Unable to load flavors" crash in Me tab (platform config not loaded timing issue)
• Fixed: Rate limiting bypass in debug/local mode (canGenerate() checks __soeLocalEnv)
• Fixed: Buttons never disabled at render time (rate limit checked at click time only)

Hidden/Deferred

• "Hot only" and "Sort by score" toggles hidden (caused confusion on profile pages)
• Nested reply targeting deferred (documented in TECH_DEBT_NESTED_REPLY_TARGETING.md)

SOE Extension v1.0.11 Release Notes

Date: 2026-06-17

New Features

Onboarding Dialog

• First-run onboarding modal collects professional role and preferred tone before use
• Platform-aware placeholder text (LinkedIn vs Twitter examples)
• Expandable tone descriptions with "more..." links and emojis
• "Re-run Setup" button in Me tab to update role/tone anytime
• Feeds directly into LLM prompt assembly (ROLE CONTEXT + TONE OVERRIDE structural rules)

Me Tab Redesign

• Three styled sections: "🎯 I am a...", "⚙️ Fine-Tuning", "🔧 Advanced"
• Removed per-mode flavor selector (tone is now global via onboarding + header dropdown)
• Preview button moved into Fine-Tuning section
• Hidden "Auto-open on supported platforms" (Chrome Web Store limitation)
• Identity Tagline and Closing Line labeled "(Connect only, max 50 chars)"

UX Improvements

• Filter section styled as blue-bordered card matching Me tab
• Rescan button moved to tab bar header (always accessible)
• Rescan button disabled on Post/Me tabs (irrelevant there)
• Filter controls restored when switching back to Feed tab
• Filters auto-reset on every scan (prevents stale filters blocking posts)
• Generic "This page isn't supported yet" banner (no hardcoded page names)
• Suppress feed error messages when Reply tab is active (messaging pages)
• Post deduplication on post-detail pages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Comment button not working after failed generation (expandedPostKey cleared on error)
• Fixed: Connect/Comment buttons hidden on other people's activity pages (wrong isOwnPost check removed)
• Fixed: Posts not showing on profile/activity pages due to stale filters (degree vs degreeFilter mismatch)
• Fixed: "Unable to load flavors" crash in Me tab (platform config not loaded timing issue)
• Fixed: Rate limiting bypass in debug/local mode (canGenerate() checks __soeLocalEnv)
• Fixed: Buttons never disabled at render time (rate limit checked at click time only)

This release introduces the Post Creation Wizard with integrated diagram generation — a major new capability that lets users generate LinkedIn post text AND handwritten-style visual diagrams from a single rough idea, all within the extension's Post tab.



New Features

1. Diagram Generation in Create Post Tab

• Generate handwritten-style SVG diagrams from text input via LLM
• 5 visual styles: 📝 Napkin Notes, 🤍 Whiteboard Notes, 📓 Notebook Notes, 🗒️ Sticky Notes, 🧑‍🏫 Chalkboard Notes
• Client-side rendering via a tree-shaken diagram-engine IIFE bundle (42KB, no Mermaid)
• Copy Image to clipboard, Download PNG (1200×1200 for LinkedIn), Re-generate
• Spec: .kiro/specs/soe-post-diagram-generation/

2. Create Post Wizard UI (3-Mode Radio Selector)

• Replaced the old two-button layout ("Generate Post" + "Generate Diagram") with a unified wizard
• Three modes: 📝 Post only, 🎨 Diagram only, 📦 Post + Diagram
• "Post + Diagram" mode chains both LLM calls: generates post text first, then auto-generates a matching diagram from the first variant's text
• Each variant card gets a "🎨 Diagram from this" mini-button to re-generate the diagram from a different variant
• Mode selection persists between sessions (chrome.storage.local)
• Style dropdown (✍️ Handwriting Style) only visible when diagram modes are active
• "← Start over" resets to the input view
• Spec: .kiro/specs/create-post-wizard-refactor/

3. Code Architecture — Modular Create Post

• Refactored monolithic create-post.js (~900 lines) into 4 focused modules:
• wizard-ui.js — Radio mode selector, Generate button, style dropdown, state management
• post-generator.js — Post generation messaging and variant card rendering
• diagram-generator.js — Diagram generation, SVG rendering, PNG export/clipboard
• create-post.js — Thin orchestrator wiring the above modules
• Each module exposes a clean global API (window.WizardUI, window.PostGenerator, window.DiagramGenerator)
• No bundler — plain JS loaded via <script> tags in dependency order

4. Auto Post (Disabled — In Development)

• "🚀 Post to LinkedIn" button infrastructure created but disabled pending LinkedIn DOM debugging
• Content script for opening post modal and pasting text is scaffolded
• Will be enabled once content script caching and modal detection are resolved
• Spec: .kiro/specs/soe-auto-post/

Improvements

5. Shared fetchWithTimeout HTTP Helper

• Extracted the repeated fetch+timeout+error pattern from 4 background handlers into a single reusable function
• All handlers (handleGenerate, handleGenerateComment, handleGenerateCommentCompare, handleGeneratePost, handleGenerateDiagram) now share this helper
• Reduces code duplication per RULE 1

Profile Page Support — Auto-load & Comment

• Profile post auto-loading: When visiting a LinkedIn profile page (/in/), the extension now auto-scrolls the Activity section to extract all of the profile owner's posts. No more "scroll to Activity and try again" — posts load automatically.
• Profile comment locator: Auto Paste on a profile post now scrolls to the matching post in the carousel, highlights it with a blue border (4s), and tells the user to click the comment icon and paste. The comment is pre-copied to clipboard.

Messaging Thread Sync

• Conversation switch detection: When you select a different conversation in LinkedIn messaging, the Reply tab automatically syncs to the new thread without needing to click refresh.
• Eliminated "bad layout" flash: Fixed a long-standing issue where switching conversations briefly showed malformed message layout before correcting. Now uses a single, consistent extraction path for both initial load and conversation switches.

Smart Page Context Detection

• "Coming soon" messaging: When on LinkedIn pages not yet supported (Notifications, Jobs, My Network, Search, etc.), the extension shows a positive "🚀 {PageName} support is coming soon!" message instead of confusing error text.
• LinkedIn SPA navigation watcher: Detects LinkedIn's client-side navigation (which Chrome's tabs.onUpdated misses) so the panel stays in sync as you navigate between LinkedIn sections.
• No more stale posts on non-feed pages: Notifications/Jobs/My Network pages no longer accidentally show cached feed posts with broken Comment buttons.

Connect Flow on Profile Pages

• Automated Connect + Note: The Connect button on profile pages now automates the full flow: finds the Connect button → clicks "Add a note" → pastes your personalized connection message into the note field. Falls back gracefully if any step fails (message stays in clipboard).

Side Panel Improvements

• Icon click always works: Fixed an issue where clicking the extension icon did nothing on certain pages. The panel is now reliably accessible via the toolbar icon on all pages.
• Panel stays open across LinkedIn: Added a catch-all LinkedIn URL pattern so the side panel remains active on all LinkedIn pages (previously it would deactivate on non-feed pages).

Bug Fixes

| Bug | Fix |
|-----|-----|
| /? URL detection bug | Notifications/My Network pages were incorrectly detected as "feed" (because URLs contain /?). Fixed with proper regex matching. |
| Comment locator syntax error | A brace mismatch in comment-locator.js prevented the entire file from loading on some pages. Fixed. |
| Messaging double-extraction race | Two incompatible extractors were racing — one produced { senderName, text, timestamp }, the other { sender, text }. Unified on a single rich extraction path.

Release Notes (v1.0.7):

New: Twitter/X platform support
- Scan and engage with tweets directly from the Twitter/X feed
- Generate AI-powered reply comments for tweets
- Auto Paste into Twitter's reply modal
- Platform-aware scoring and filtering for tweets

Improvements:
- "Open Feed" button now navigates to the correct platform (Twitter or LinkedIn) based on active tab
- Fixed Auto Paste success detection on LinkedIn (comment pasted but extension showed error)
- Fixed scroll watcher error on LinkedIn (TypeError: extractPosts().then is not a function)
- Platform-aware content script re-injection (no longer injects LinkedIn scripts on Twitter pages)
- Posts now render correctly without being hidden behind the error section
- Improved inline expansion reliability for Comment/Connect actions

Build & stability:
- Build script handles locked zip files gracefully (EPERM on Windows)
- Firefox sidebar_action properly configured for MV3

Release Notes (v1.0.6):

New: Twitter/X platform support
- Scan and engage with tweets directly from the Twitter/X feed
- Generate AI-powered reply comments for tweets
- Auto Paste into Twitter's reply modal
- Platform-aware scoring and filtering for tweets

Improvements:
- "Open Feed" button now navigates to the correct platform (Twitter or LinkedIn) based on active tab
- Fixed Auto Paste success detection on LinkedIn (comment pasted but extension showed error)
- Fixed scroll watcher error on LinkedIn (TypeError: extractPosts().then is not a function)
- Platform-aware content script re-injection (no longer injects LinkedIn scripts on Twitter pages)
- Posts now render correctly without being hidden behind the error section
- Improved inline expansion reliability for Comment/Connect actions

Build & stability:
- Build script handles locked zip files gracefully (EPERM on Windows)
- Firefox sidebar_action properly configured for MV3

Version 1.0.5

Multi-platform architecture: added X (Twitter) support alongside LinkedIn using a contract-based adapter system
Profile page scanning: posts can now be scanned directly from profile pages, not just the feed
Smarter Connect flow: if you're already on a person's profile, clicking Connect stays on the page instead of opening a duplicate tab
Improved post extraction resilience with selector caching, health monitoring, and text-pattern fallback
Cross-browser compatibility layer for consistent behavior across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge
Context-aware UI messages that adapt based on whether you're on a feed or profile page
Bug fixes: resolved post extraction failure and duplicate variable declaration