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awesome-copilot/eng/generate-marketplace.mjs
Tom Meschter d4dcc676e4 Support external plugins in marketplace.json generation (#876)
The marketplace currently only includes plugins that live as local
directories in plugins/. This makes it impossible to list plugins
hosted in external GitHub repos, npm packages, or other git URLs.

Add plugins/external.json as a hand-curated list of external plugin
entries following the Claude Code plugin marketplace spec. The
generate-marketplace script now reads this file and merges external
entries as-is into the generated marketplace.json, sorted by name.

Changes:
- Add plugins/external.json (empty array, ready for entries)
- Update eng/generate-marketplace.mjs to load, merge, and sort
  external plugins; warn on duplicate names; log counts
- Document the external plugin workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md and
  AGENTS.md

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-03-05 10:08:54 +11:00

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#!/usr/bin/env node
import fs from "fs";
import path from "path";
import { ROOT_FOLDER } from "./constants.mjs";
const PLUGINS_DIR = path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, "plugins");
const EXTERNAL_PLUGINS_FILE = path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, "plugins", "external.json");
const MARKETPLACE_FILE = path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, ".github/plugin", "marketplace.json");
/**
* Validate an external plugin entry has required fields and a non-local source
* @param {object} plugin - External plugin entry
* @param {number} index - Index in the array (for error messages)
* @returns {string[]} - Array of validation error messages
*/
function validateExternalPlugin(plugin, index) {
const errors = [];
const prefix = `external.json[${index}]`;
if (!plugin.name || typeof plugin.name !== "string") {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "name" is required and must be a string`);
}
if (!plugin.description || typeof plugin.description !== "string") {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "description" is required and must be a string`);
}
if (!plugin.version || typeof plugin.version !== "string") {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "version" is required and must be a string`);
}
if (!plugin.source) {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "source" is required`);
} else if (typeof plugin.source === "string") {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "source" must be an object (local file paths are not allowed for external plugins)`);
} else if (typeof plugin.source === "object") {
if (!plugin.source.source) {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "source.source" is required (e.g. "github", "url", "npm", "pip")`);
}
} else {
errors.push(`${prefix}: "source" must be an object`);
}
return errors;
}
/**
* Read external plugin entries from external.json
* @returns {Array} - Array of external plugin entries (merged as-is)
*/
function readExternalPlugins() {
if (!fs.existsSync(EXTERNAL_PLUGINS_FILE)) {
return [];
}
try {
const content = fs.readFileSync(EXTERNAL_PLUGINS_FILE, "utf8");
const plugins = JSON.parse(content);
if (!Array.isArray(plugins)) {
console.warn("Warning: external.json must contain an array");
return [];
}
// Validate each entry
let hasErrors = false;
for (let i = 0; i < plugins.length; i++) {
const errors = validateExternalPlugin(plugins[i], i);
if (errors.length > 0) {
errors.forEach(e => console.error(`Error: ${e}`));
hasErrors = true;
}
}
if (hasErrors) {
console.error("Error: external.json contains invalid entries");
process.exit(1);
}
return plugins;
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error reading external.json: ${error.message}`);
return [];
}
}
/**
* Read plugin metadata from plugin.json file
* @param {string} pluginDir - Path to plugin directory
* @returns {object|null} - Plugin metadata or null if not found
*/
function readPluginMetadata(pluginDir) {
const pluginJsonPath = path.join(pluginDir, ".github/plugin", "plugin.json");
if (!fs.existsSync(pluginJsonPath)) {
console.warn(`Warning: No plugin.json found for ${path.basename(pluginDir)}`);
return null;
}
try {
const content = fs.readFileSync(pluginJsonPath, "utf8");
return JSON.parse(content);
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error reading plugin.json for ${path.basename(pluginDir)}:`, error.message);
return null;
}
}
/**
* Generate marketplace.json from plugin directories
*/
function generateMarketplace() {
console.log("Generating marketplace.json...");
if (!fs.existsSync(PLUGINS_DIR)) {
console.error(`Error: Plugins directory not found at ${PLUGINS_DIR}`);
process.exit(1);
}
// Read all plugin directories
const pluginDirs = fs.readdirSync(PLUGINS_DIR, { withFileTypes: true })
.filter(entry => entry.isDirectory())
.map(entry => entry.name)
.sort();
console.log(`Found ${pluginDirs.length} plugin directories`);
// Read metadata for each plugin
const plugins = [];
for (const dirName of pluginDirs) {
const pluginPath = path.join(PLUGINS_DIR, dirName);
const metadata = readPluginMetadata(pluginPath);
if (metadata) {
plugins.push({
name: metadata.name,
source: dirName,
description: metadata.description,
version: metadata.version || "1.0.0"
});
console.log(`✓ Added plugin: ${metadata.name}`);
} else {
console.log(`✗ Skipped: ${dirName} (no valid plugin.json)`);
}
}
// Read external plugins and merge as-is
const externalPlugins = readExternalPlugins();
if (externalPlugins.length > 0) {
console.log(`\nFound ${externalPlugins.length} external plugins`);
// Warn on duplicate names
const localNames = new Set(plugins.map(p => p.name));
for (const ext of externalPlugins) {
if (localNames.has(ext.name)) {
console.warn(`Warning: external plugin "${ext.name}" has the same name as a local plugin`);
}
plugins.push(ext);
console.log(`✓ Added external plugin: ${ext.name}`);
}
}
// Sort all plugins by name (case-insensitive)
plugins.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, { sensitivity: "base" }));
// Create marketplace.json structure
const marketplace = {
name: "awesome-copilot",
metadata: {
description: "Community-driven collection of GitHub Copilot plugins, agents, prompts, and skills",
version: "1.0.0",
pluginRoot: "./plugins"
},
owner: {
name: "GitHub",
email: "copilot@github.com"
},
plugins: plugins
};
// Ensure directory exists
const marketplaceDir = path.dirname(MARKETPLACE_FILE);
if (!fs.existsSync(marketplaceDir)) {
fs.mkdirSync(marketplaceDir, { recursive: true });
}
// Write marketplace.json
fs.writeFileSync(MARKETPLACE_FILE, JSON.stringify(marketplace, null, 2) + "\n");
console.log(`\n✓ Successfully generated marketplace.json with ${plugins.length} plugins (${plugins.length - externalPlugins.length} local, ${externalPlugins.length} external)`);
console.log(` Location: ${MARKETPLACE_FILE}`);
}
// Run the script
generateMarketplace();