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docs: stop inviting outside plugin submissions in the README - #82
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The Contributing section told visitors to fork the repo and send a PR with their plugin, which drove a stream of third-party plugin PRs this repository does not take. It now states that outside PRs and plugin submissions are not accepted, points plugin authors at publishing their own marketplace with links to the plugin docs, and sends bug reports to issues. The duplicated plugin-structure tree goes too; the docs own that format. Co-authored-by: factory-droid[bot] <138933559+factory-droid[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: factory-ain3sh <ainesh@factory.ai>
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Description
What
The README no longer tells visitors to fork the repo and send their plugin as a PR. Its Contributing section now says outside PRs and plugin submissions are not accepted, points plugin authors at publishing their own marketplace (with links to the plugin docs), and sends bug reports to issues.
Why
The old four-step "fork, add under
plugins/, editmarketplace.json, submit a PR" recipe reads as an open invitation. 30 of the 32 open PRs here come from outside Factory, all of them new plugin submissions, and none has a review.How
The README states the policy and redirects authors to the docs, which already own the plugin format. The hand-maintained plugin-structure tree is gone; it duplicated Build a plugin. Two stale lines got fixed along the way: the intro no longer claims the marketplace ships droids, and
coreno longer claims to hold skills (#66 removed them).Architecture
Where the README sends each visitor:
plugins/, open a PR heredroid plugin marketplace add your-org/your-plugins. Outside PRs are not accepted.#build-a-plugin,#marketplacesRelated Issue
None. Requested by @factory-ain3sh in Slack.
Reviewer Guide
Review depth: Skim. One file, copy only.
Read order:
README.md, the Contributing section at the bottom.Risk & Impact
Low. This changes docs only. No plugin, manifest, or marketplace entry changes.
Verification
Behavior verified @
b5bcd48: The#build-a-pluginand#marketplacesanchors exist on the live docs page. The issues link resolves because issues are enabled on this repo.Not tested: N/A. There is no code path to exercise.
Standard validators: CI on this PR.