Inspect & transcode SAIP

Take an existing profile package, validate it, transcode it between JSON and DER, optionally edit it in the TUI, and leave behind canonical sidecars that downstream flows can consume.

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Prerequisites

the profile file (DER, UPP, or hex-encoded DER in .txt / .hex)
Tools/ProfilePackage installed via the editable install
optional external saip-tool binary for RAW passthrough operations

Steps

Open the shell and select the input.

[ProfilePackage] > USE path/to/profile.der
[ProfilePackage] > STATUS

Confirm it parses and lint it.

[ProfilePackage] > INFO
[ProfilePackage] > TREE
[ProfilePackage] > LINT --strict

Launch the transcode TUI.
```
[ProfilePackage] > TUI
```
Edit the JSON side; the DER side re-encodes live. The lint overlay highlights issues as you type. Pane layout is persisted.
Write canonical sidecars.

On exit the TUI (or explicit transcode commands) produces:
- *.transcode.json
- *.transcode.der
- *.transcode.txt
These land in the transcode output directory chosen via TRANSCODE-DIR.

Optional: split the package or extract applets.

[ProfilePackage] > SPLIT
[ProfilePackage] > EXTRACT-APPS --cap

One-shot form

python -m Tools.ProfilePackage --cmd "USE profile.der; LINT --strict; ENCODE-JSON --out profile.transcode.der; EXIT"

Validation

LINT --strict exits clean
the produced *.transcode.der is the same size class as the source and round-trips through DUMP without mismatch
downstream LOAD-PROFILE accepts the transcoded DER

Common failures

Symptom	Likely cause
`hex parse failed`	the input `.txt` / `.hex` has whitespace, commas, or `0x` prefixes. Strip them.
Lint errors on PE ordering	the profile has out-of-order PEs. Reorder in the TUI.
Metadata lint complains about missing fields	the profile lacks required metadata tags. Populate them in the JSON side.
`RAW` not found	the external `saip-tool` binary is missing. Use `TOOL <path>`.