Simplifies the content authoring workflow for AEM Sites by providing in-context preview, publish, and editing capabilities without leaving the published page

Author browses an AEM-managed website → extension detects the site matches a configured project → sidekick panel appears → author signs in via Google/Microsoft/Adobe to the AEM Admin service → author can preview unpublished changes, publish content to live, switch environments, or jump to the content editor — all from the sidekick panel overlaid on the page

Target users: AEM site content authors / AEM site administrators / Adobe Experience Manager users

The largest files (index.js at 1MB, views/login/login.js at 584KB, views/json/json.js at 819KB) are minified/bundled and were not fully inspected; core logic in auth.js, actions.js, background.js, content.js, tab.js was fully reviewed
Cannot confirm whether basic sidekick display works without authentication or if sign-in is strictly required for all functionality
The extension relies heavily on external AEM Admin APIs (admin.hlx.page, api.aem.live, tools.aem.live) whose server-side behavior and pricing are not inspectable from extension code alone

Monetization

No paid features detected

No payment, billing, subscription, pricing, premium, or license-gating code found anywhere in the extension source. All 'upgrade' references are apiUpgrade (API version migration, not paid upgrade). All 'pro' keyword hits are substrings of 'project' in German locale files. All 'subscription' references are MobX/Observable code patterns. All 'license' references are Apache License 2.0 headers. The extension is open-source (Apache 2.0). While AEM itself is a commercial Adobe product, the extension does not gate any features behind payment or contain any billing logic.

Confidence: 90
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: Yes
Reason: The extension implements a full login flow against the AEM Admin service (admin.hlx.page / admin.aem.live) using OAuth IDPs (Google, Microsoft, Adobe). The login view (views/login/login.html + login.js) is a dedicated UI, and auth tokens (authToken, siteToken) are stored per-project in session storage and injected as x-auth-token/authorization headers. Locale messages explicitly state: 'You need to sign in before you can use Sidekick' and 'You need to sign in to generate the preview of more than 100 files' / 'You need to sign in to publish more than 100 files.' The core workflow (preview/publish) requires authentication with the AEM Admin destination service.

Permission risk

High-risk permissions

This estimate uses declared permissions and host permissions to assess access scope and sensitivity.

扩展能力较强：activeTab、scripting、storage
主机权限覆盖范围较宽

Publisher

Adobe Inc.

Adobe, Inc.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +14085366000
Address: 345 Park Ave San Jose, CA 95110 US

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