docs: Sprint 8 ✅ — port 16620 restored, build clean

Sprint 8: prefer port 16620 for first instance, fall back to any port if taken

docs: Sprint 7 ✅ fully verified — Pro-Q 4 GUI updates via MCP confirmed

docs: Sprint 7 ✅ — build clean, flag port regression for Sprint 8

Sprint 7: wire param callbacks in loadInProcessPlugin, clear in unloadInProcessPlugin

docs: bump CLAUDE.md to v0.6.0, add Sprint 4-6 features + Sprint 7 warning

Sprint 7: McpServer.cpp — use param callbacks with Helper IPC fallback

Sprint 7: Route MCP param ops through in-process plugin (fix EQ invisible in GUI)

docs: Sprint 7 task + update paths after folder move to AI MUSIC PRODUCTION

fix: first instance always binds port 16620, fallback to auto-port

release: v0.6.0 — multi-instance + channel selector

feat: channel name dropdown in Editor (Sprint 6 Part 5)

Sprint 6: wire channelName, registry, and auto-port into Processor.cpp

Sprint 6: add channelName + setChannelName to Processor header

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Sprint 6: Channel name dropdown + multi-instance registry + list_instances MCP tool

task: Sprint 6 — channel dropdown + multi-instance registry + list_instances

release: v0.5.3 — live plugin spectrum working

build: Sprint 5 clean — pending Ableton reload test

Sprint 5: route audio through in-process plugin for SAFE plugins

answer: prepareToPlay question for Sprint 5 — Option B verified safe

Sprint 5: ML Intern question — need prepareToPlay verification before implementing

task: Sprint 5 — route audio through in-process plugin for SAFE plugins

docs: make SYNC.md lean — move sprint history to SPRINT-LOG.md

docs: add two-way message queue to SYNC.md — ML Intern ↔ Claude Code bridge

docs: rewrite SYNC.md as live handoff protocol between ML Intern and Claude Code

fix: restore v0.5.2 architecture + wire AudioAnalyser correctly

wire AudioAnalyser: prepareToPlay + processBlock + MCP callback (3 additions)

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integrate AudioAnalyser into Processor + wire get_analysis in McpServer

Sprint 4: Add AudioAnalyser — LUFS, FFT bands, stereo width, centroid, true peak

update SYNC.md — Sprint 3 COMPLETE, MCP verified working end-to-end

docs: update all context files for v0.5.2 session (2026-05-17)

update MACHINE-CONTEXT.md — add ERROR REPORT section so Claude Code gives full diagnostic to ML Intern

add MACHINE-CONTEXT.md — template for Claude Code to fill before I write code

fix: replace CARemoteLayerServer with CAContext+CALayerHost for cross-process GUI

update SYNC.md — grant full debug/fix permission for GUI issue

fix: wire onGuiCreated callback in HelperIPC constructor to send gui_ready notification

fix: call onGuiCreated callback after CARemoteLayerServer setup completes in showGui()

fix: send gui_ready notification after showGui — use callback from HelperPluginHost to IPC

fix: use setLayerPortName() instead of direct member access

fix: add setLayerPortName() public method (layerPortName is private)

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remove old files replaced by .mm versions + Blocklist (now in PluginBridgeProcessor.h)

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