diff --git a/src/strands/strands_node.js b/src/strands/strands_node.js
index 1528a0fc3c..f7638855bc 100644
--- a/src/strands/strands_node.js
+++ b/src/strands/strands_node.js
@@ -166,18 +166,15 @@ export class StrandsNode {
   }
 
   get(index) {
-    // Validate baseType is 'storage'
     const nodeData = getNodeDataFromID(this.strandsContext.dag, this.id);
-    if (nodeData.baseType !== 'storage') {
-      throw new Error('get() can only be used on storage buffers');
-    }
 
-    // For struct storage, return a proxy with per-field getters/setters
-    if (this._schema) {
+    // Validate baseType is 'storage'
+    // For struct storage buffers, return a proxy with per-field getters/setters
+    if (nodeData.baseType === 'storage' && this._schema) {
       return createStructArrayElementProxy(this.strandsContext, this, index, this._schema);
     }
 
-    // Create array access node: buffer.get(index) -> buffer[index]
+    // Create array access node for storage and non-storage (vector) access
     const { id, dimension } = arrayAccessNode(
       this.strandsContext,
       this,
diff --git a/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js b/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
index bf33907338..8cc0f1e76a 100644
--- a/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
+++ b/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
@@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ const ASTCallbacks = {
     if (ancestors.some(a => nodeIsUniform(a) || nodeIsUniformCallbackFn(a, state.uniformCallbackNames))) {
       return;
     }
+
+    if (node.elements.length < 2 || node.elements.length > 4) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Array literals in shader functions are transpiled to vectors and must have 2-4 elements (got ${node.elements.length}).`
+      );
+    }
+
     const original = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(node));
     node.type = 'CallExpression';
     node.callee = {
@@ -1240,8 +1247,8 @@ const ASTCallbacks = {
     delete node.update;
   },
 
-  
-  
+
+
 }
 
 // Helper function to check if a function body contains return statements in control flow
diff --git a/src/webgl/strands_glslBackend.js b/src/webgl/strands_glslBackend.js
index 9ec04b4fae..0876547a89 100644
--- a/src/webgl/strands_glslBackend.js
+++ b/src/webgl/strands_glslBackend.js
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ export const glslBackend = {
         const parentExpr = this.generateExpression(generationContext, dag, parentID);
         return `${parentExpr}.${node.swizzle}`;
       }
+      if (node.opCode === OpCode.Binary.ARRAY_ACCESS) {
+        const [bufferID, indexID] = node.dependsOn;
+        const bufferExpr = this.generateExpression(generationContext, dag, bufferID);
+        const indexExpr = this.generateExpression(generationContext, dag, indexID);
+        return `${bufferExpr}[${indexExpr}]`;
+      }
       if (node.dependsOn.length === 2) {
         const [lID, rID] = node.dependsOn;
         const left  = this.generateExpression(generationContext, dag, lID);
diff --git a/test/unit/webgpu/p5.Shader.js b/test/unit/webgpu/p5.Shader.js
index 6571d92edb..eb9bb79990 100644
--- a/test/unit/webgpu/p5.Shader.js
+++ b/test/unit/webgpu/p5.Shader.js
@@ -1269,5 +1269,98 @@ suite('WebGPU p5.Shader', function() {
         }).not.toThrow();
       });
     });
+
+    suite('array indexing on non-storage vectors (#8756)', () => {
+      test('indexing into array returned from helper function does not throw', async () => {
+        await myp5.createCanvas(5, 5, myp5.WEBGPU);
+        const storage = myp5.createStorage(new Float32Array(4));
+
+        const computeShader = myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+          const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+          function getArray() {
+            return [1, 2];
+          }
+          const arr = getArray();
+          data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0] + arr[1] + myp5.index.x;
+        }, { myp5 });
+
+        computeShader.setUniform('data', storage);
+
+        expect(() => {
+          myp5.compute(computeShader, 4);
+        }).not.toThrow();
+      });
+
+      test('inline literal indexing [1, 2][0] works end-to-end', async () => {
+        await myp5.createCanvas(5, 5, myp5.WEBGPU);
+        const storage = myp5.createStorage(new Float32Array(4));
+
+        const computeShader = myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+          const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+          data[myp5.index.x] = [1, 2][0];
+        }, { myp5 });
+
+        computeShader.setUniform('data', storage);
+
+        expect(() => {
+          myp5.compute(computeShader, 4);
+        }).not.toThrow();
+      });
+
+      test('array literal with 1 element throws descriptive error', async () => {
+        await myp5.createCanvas(5, 5, myp5.WEBGPU);
+
+        expect(() => {
+          myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+            const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+            const arr = [1];
+            data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0];
+          }, { myp5 });
+        }).toThrow('and must have 2-4 elements (got 1)');
+      });
+
+      test('array literal with 5 elements throws descriptive error', async () => {
+        await myp5.createCanvas(5, 5, myp5.WEBGPU);
+
+        expect(() => {
+          myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+            const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+            const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+            data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0];
+          }, { myp5 });
+        }).toThrow('and must have 2-4 elements (got 5)');
+      });
+
+      test('valid array lengths 2, 3, 4 do not throw', async () => {
+        await myp5.createCanvas(5, 5, myp5.WEBGPU);
+        const storage = myp5.createStorage(new Float32Array(4));
+
+        expect(() => {
+          const s2 = myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+            const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+            const arr = [1, 2];
+            data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0];
+          }, { myp5 });
+          s2.setUniform('data', storage);
+          myp5.compute(s2, 4);
+
+          const s3 = myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+            const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+            const arr = [1, 2, 3];
+            data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0];
+          }, { myp5 });
+          s3.setUniform('data', storage);
+          myp5.compute(s3, 4);
+
+          const s4 = myp5.buildComputeShader(() => {
+            const data = myp5.uniformStorage();
+            const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+            data[myp5.index.x] = arr[0];
+          }, { myp5 });
+          s4.setUniform('data', storage);
+          myp5.compute(s4, 4);
+        }).not.toThrow();
+      });
+    });
   });
 });