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+<?php
+/**
+ * Idempotent patch — "catalog" view for the Tools tab.
+ *
+ * Any tool that belongs to a guarded integration batch (WPBakery, WooCommerce,
+ * Yoast, Wordfence, LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, WPML, Elementor, ...) whose plugin is
+ * NOT installed/active on this site is normally inert and absent from the Tools
+ * tab. This patch makes those tools visible anyway — rendered LOCKED, grouped by
+ * the plugin that provides them, with an "install & activate it" note — so the
+ * admin can see the full catalog and knows exactly what to install.
+ *
+ * The catalog is derived at runtime from the Batch*.php sources (guard symbol +
+ * $def('name','desc') pairs), so it stays correct automatically as new guarded
+ * families are added. Nothing here touches the live enable/disable logic or the
+ * "X of Y tools enabled" counts — locked tools aren't real tools on this site.
+ *
+ * Usage:  php patch-tool-catalog.php [ABS_PATH_TO/includes]
+ * Safe to run repeatedly.
+ */
+
+$base = $argv[1] ?? '/var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/advanced-mcp-plugin/includes';
+$admin = $base . '/Core/AdminMenu.php';
+$css   = dirname($base) . '/assets/css/admin.css';
+
+$changed = [];
+
+/* ── 1. AdminMenu.php ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+$src = file_get_contents($admin);
+if ($src === false) { fwrite(STDERR, "cannot read $admin\n"); exit(1); }
+
+if (strpos($src, 'getUnavailableGrouped') === false) {
+
+    $methods = <<<'PHP'
+    /* amp-tool-catalog: guarded tools whose plugin isn't active here, shown locked */
+    public function getUnavailableGrouped(): array {
+        $dir = defined('ASKTAM_MCP_DIR') ? ASKTAM_MCP_DIR . 'includes/Extensions/' : __DIR__ . '/../Extensions/';
+        $files = glob($dir . 'Batch*.php') ?: [];
+        $live = [];
+        foreach ((new \AskTamMCP\MCP\Registry())->getAllToolsRaw() as $t) { if (!empty($t['name'])) $live[$t['name']] = true; }
+        $labels = $this->ampPluginLabels();
+        $groups = [];
+        foreach ($files as $f) {
+            $code = @file_get_contents($f);
+            if ($code === false || $code === '') continue;
+            if (!preg_match('/if\s*\(\s*!\s*(?:defined|class_exists)\s*\(\s*[\'"]\\\\?([A-Za-z0-9_\\\\]+)[\'"]\s*\)[^;\n]*\breturn\b/', $code, $gm)) continue;
+            $guard = ltrim($gm[1], '\\');
+            if (!preg_match_all('/\$def\(\s*\'([a-z0-9_]+)\'\s*,\s*\'((?:\\\\.|[^\'\\\\])*)\'/', $code, $mm, PREG_SET_ORDER)) continue;
+            foreach ($mm as $m) {
+                $name = $m[1];
+                if (isset($live[$name])) continue; // plugin active → already a real tool
+                $desc = str_replace(["\\'", "\\\\"], ["'", "\\"], $m[2]);
+                $info = $labels[$guard] ?? [$this->ampHumanizeGuard($guard), ''];
+                $gid = 'unavail_' . strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]+/', '_', $guard));
+                if (!isset($groups[$gid])) $groups[$gid] = ['label' => $info[0], 'plugin' => $info[0], 'tools' => []];
+                $groups[$gid]['tools'][$name] = ['label' => $this->prettyLabel($name), 'description' => $desc];
+            }
+        }
+        foreach ($groups as $gid => $g) { if (empty($g['tools'])) { unset($groups[$gid]); continue; } ksort($groups[$gid]['tools']); }
+        uasort($groups, fn($a, $b) => strcmp($a['label'], $b['label']));
+        return $groups;
+    }
+
+    private function ampPluginLabels(): array {
+        return [
+            'WPB_VC_VERSION'        => ['WPBakery Page Builder', 'js_composer'],
+            'ELEMENTOR_VERSION'     => ['Elementor', 'elementor'],
+            'WooCommerce'           => ['WooCommerce', 'woocommerce'],
+            'WOOCOMMERCE_VERSION'   => ['WooCommerce', 'woocommerce'],
+            'ICL_SITEPRESS_VERSION' => ['WPML', 'wpml'],
+            'WPSEO_VERSION'         => ['Yoast SEO', 'wordpress-seo'],
+            'WORDFENCE_VERSION'     => ['Wordfence Security', 'wordfence'],
+            'LSCWP_V'               => ['LiteSpeed Cache', 'litespeed-cache'],
+            'LSCWP_CUR_V'           => ['LiteSpeed Cache', 'litespeed-cache'],
+            'WP_ROCKET_VERSION'     => ['WP Rocket', 'wp-rocket'],
+            'RANK_MATH_VERSION'     => ['Rank Math SEO', 'seo-by-rank-math'],
+            'AIOSEO_VERSION'        => ['All in One SEO', 'all-in-one-seo-pack'],
+            'SEOPRESS_VERSION'      => ['SEOPress', 'wp-seopress'],
+            'GFCommon'              => ['Gravity Forms', 'gravityforms'],
+            'FLUENTFORM_VERSION'    => ['Fluent Forms', 'fluentform'],
+            'ACF'                   => ['Advanced Custom Fields', 'advanced-custom-fields'],
+            'TRP_PLUGIN_VERSION'    => ['TranslatePress', 'translatepress-multilingual'],
+            'POLYLANG_VERSION'      => ['Polylang', 'polylang'],
+            'ET_CORE_VERSION'       => ['Divi', 'divi'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private function ampHumanizeGuard(string $g): string {
+        $g = preg_replace('/_(VERSION|VER|PLUGIN|CORE)$/i', '', $g);
+        $g = trim(str_replace(['_', '\\'], ' ', $g));
+        return $g !== '' ? ucwords(strtolower($g)) : 'Add-on';
+    }
+
+
+PHP;
+
+    $anchor = "    private function prettyLabel(string \$n): string {";
+    $n = substr_count($src, $anchor);
+    if ($n !== 1) { fwrite(STDERR, "prettyLabel anchor count=$n; aborting\n"); exit(2); }
+    $src = str_replace($anchor, $methods . $anchor, $src);
+
+    $renderAnchor = "            <?php endforeach; ?>\n            <?php submit_button('Save Changes'); ?>";
+    $n = substr_count($src, $renderAnchor);
+    if ($n !== 1) { fwrite(STDERR, "render anchor count=$n; aborting\n"); exit(3); }
+
+    $renderBlock = <<<'HTML'
+            <?php endforeach; ?>
+            <?php $amp_unavail = $this->getUnavailableGrouped(); if (!empty($amp_unavail)): ?>
+            <div class="asktam-mcp-unavail-intro">
+                <h2 class="asktam-mcp-unavail-title">Available with other plugins</h2>
+                <p class="description">These tools stay off because the plugin that drives them isn&rsquo;t active on this site. Install &amp; activate it and they switch on automatically &mdash; listed here so you can see the full catalog.</p>
+            </div>
+            <?php foreach ($amp_unavail as $amp_cid => $amp_cat): $amp_total = count($amp_cat['tools']); ?>
+            <div class="asktam-mcp-category asktam-mcp-category--locked" data-category="<?php echo esc_attr($amp_cid); ?>">
+                <h2 class="asktam-mcp-category-header">
+                    <?php echo esc_html($amp_cat['label']); ?>
+                    <span class="asktam-mcp-category-count asktam-mcp-count-locked"><?php echo esc_html($amp_total); ?> locked</span>
+                    <span class="asktam-mcp-locked-flag">Not installed</span>
+                </h2>
+                <p class="asktam-mcp-install-note">Requires <strong><?php echo esc_html($amp_cat['plugin']); ?></strong> &mdash; install &amp; activate it to enable these tools.</p>
+                <div class="asktam-mcp-tools-grid">
+                <?php foreach ($amp_cat['tools'] as $amp_slug => $amp_tool): ?>
+                    <div class="asktam-mcp-locked-card">
+                        <span class="asktam-mcp-lock" aria-hidden="true">&#128274;</span>
+                        <span class="asktam-mcp-tool-info">
+                            <span class="asktam-mcp-tool-name"><?php echo esc_html($amp_tool['label']); ?></span>
+                            <span class="asktam-mcp-tool-desc"><?php echo esc_html($amp_tool['description']); ?></span>
+                            <code class="asktam-mcp-tool-slug"><?php echo esc_html($amp_slug); ?></code>
+                        </span>
+                    </div>
+                <?php endforeach; ?>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <?php endforeach; ?>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            <?php submit_button('Save Changes'); ?>
+HTML;
+
+    $src = str_replace($renderAnchor, $renderBlock, $src);
+
+    if (file_put_contents($admin, $src) === false) { fwrite(STDERR, "write failed $admin\n"); exit(4); }
+    $changed[] = 'AdminMenu.php (methods + render block)';
+} else {
+    $changed[] = 'AdminMenu.php already patched (skipped)';
+}
+
+/* ── 2. admin.css ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+$cssSrc = @file_get_contents($css);
+if ($cssSrc === false) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, "warning: cannot read $css\n");
+} elseif (strpos($cssSrc, 'amp-tool-catalog') === false) {
+    $cssAdd = <<<'CSS'
+
+
+/* amp-tool-catalog: locked / not-installed families */
+.asktam-mcp-unavail-intro{margin:30px 0 8px;padding-top:18px;border-top:1px solid #e2e4e7}
+.asktam-mcp-unavail-title{font-size:15px;margin:0 0 4px}
+.asktam-mcp-category--locked{opacity:.95}
+.asktam-mcp-category--locked .asktam-mcp-category-header{color:#50575e}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-flag{display:inline-block;margin-left:8px;padding:1px 8px;border-radius:10px;background:#f0f0f1;color:#646970;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.02em;vertical-align:middle}
+.asktam-mcp-count-locked{background:#f6f7f7;color:#646970}
+.asktam-mcp-install-note{margin:2px 0 12px;padding:9px 12px;background:#fcf9e8;border:1px solid #f0e6a6;border-radius:6px;color:#674f00;font-size:12.5px}
+.asktam-mcp-install-note strong{color:#674f00}
+.asktam-mcp-category.is-collapsed .asktam-mcp-install-note{display:none}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:10px;padding:12px 14px;border:1px dashed #d5d8dc;border-radius:8px;background:#fafbfc;cursor:not-allowed}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-lock{font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;filter:grayscale(1);opacity:.7}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-tool-info{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:3px;min-width:0}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-tool-name{font-weight:600;color:#50575e}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-tool-desc{color:#787c82;font-size:12px}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-tool-slug{color:#8c8f94;font-size:11px}
+@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){
+.asktam-mcp-unavail-intro{border-top-color:#3c434a}
+.asktam-mcp-install-note{background:#2b2718;border-color:#5a4e1f;color:#e8d98a}
+.asktam-mcp-install-note strong{color:#f3e7a0}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card{background:#1f2327;border-color:#3c434a}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-card .asktam-mcp-tool-name{color:#c3c4c7}
+.asktam-mcp-locked-flag,.asktam-mcp-count-locked{background:#2c3338;color:#a7aaad}
+}
+CSS;
+    file_put_contents($css, $cssAdd, FILE_APPEND);
+    $changed[] = 'admin.css (locked styles appended)';
+} else {
+    $changed[] = 'admin.css already patched (skipped)';
+}
+
+echo "patch-tool-catalog: " . implode('; ', $changed) . "\n";