Changelog

v1.5.0 — 2026-08-11

AI Creative Engine — generate platform-adapted images, videos, carousels, and stories from a website URL. Generation is included — nothing to configure. Docs →
YouTube → Shorts — paste any YouTube URL, AI finds the most viral moments, face-tracks the speaker (OpenCV), and cuts 9:16 MP4s ready for TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels & YouTube Shorts. Docs →
Channel Automation — connect a YouTube channel, pepe watches 24/7 and auto-clips every new upload. Business+ plan. Docs →
Clip Rewards — earn $1+ per 1,000 verified views by clipping YouTube videos. DMCA-safe (perjury attestation + creator blocklist + auto-processed takedowns). Payouts via Stripe Connect. Docs →
Face tracking — OpenCV Haar cascade keeps the speaker's face centered in vertical clips.
Reels publishing — Instagram and Facebook now support video publishing (auto-detected from URL extension).

Plan enforcement added to 18 API routes (posts, videos, ads, creatives, clip-rewards, etc.)
Rate limiting added to the takedown endpoint (IP-based, prevents anonymous abuse)
Dockerfile now installs yt-dlp + ffmpeg + python3+opencv for the YouTube → Shorts pipeline
9 new email templates (Clip Rewards payout, takedown filed/counter-notice, channel automation error, video render complete, quota limit, billing failure, OAuth token expired)
Admin panel: 4 new pages (Clip Rewards, Takedowns, Video Jobs, Channel Automations) + 4 new stat cards on the overview

Fixed dashboard sidebar "Auto-Pilot" link not switching to the autopilot tab
Fixed account.connected webhook being logged as delivered without actually being sent