fix: improve CI resilience and remove invalid plugin entry

- Add retry logic with exponential backoff to generate_plugins_json.py
- Increase timeout from 45s to 60s for network requests
- Add better error messages for debugging
- Remove Toprank from README (uses .claude-plugin not .codex-plugin)

Author: internet-dot

README.md

@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ Third-party plugins built by the community. [PRs welcome](#contributing)!
 - [Synta MCP](https://github.com/Synta-ai/n8n-mcp-codex-plugin-synta) - Build, edit, validate, and self-heal n8n workflows with Synta MCP tools and Codex-ready workflow guidance.
 - [Task Scheduler](https://github.com/6Delta9/task-scheduler-codex-plugin) - OpenAI Codex plugin and local MCP server for turning task lists into realistic schedules with blocked dates, capacity overrides, overflow tracking, and markdown planning output.
 - [TokRepo Search](https://github.com/henu-wang/tokrepo-codex-plugin) - Search and install AI assets from TokRepo with a bundled skill and MCP server for Codex.
-- [Toprank](https://github.com/nowork-studio/toprank) - Open-source MIT Claude Code plugin with 9 SEO and Google Ads skills that connects Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, and the Google Ads API, and can ship fixes such as meta tag rewrites, JSON-LD schema generation, keyword bid adjustments, and CMS content pushes.
 - [Upwork Autopilot](https://github.com/klajdikkolaj/upwork-autopilot) - Controlled Upwork job search, qualification, and proposal submission sessions through a dedicated Chrome profile.
 - [Yandex Direct](https://github.com/nebelov/yandex-direct-for-all) - GitHub-ready Codex plugin bundle for Yandex Direct, Wordstat, Metrika, and Roistat.
 

scripts/generate_plugins_json.py

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 OUTPUT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "plugins.json"
 MARKETPLACE_OUTPUT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / ".agents" / "plugins" / "marketplace.json"
 PLUGINS_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "plugins"
-REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 45
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60
+MAX_RETRIES = 3
 USER_AGENT = "awesome-codex-plugins-generator"
 OPTIONAL_PLUGIN_FILES = (
     "README.md",
@@ -103,12 +104,21 @@ def parse_plugins(readme_path: Path) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
 
 
 def fetch_repo_archive(owner: str, repo: str) -> zipfile.ZipFile:
-    request = urllib.request.Request(
-        f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/archive/HEAD.zip",
-        headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT},
-    )
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) as response:
-        return zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.read()))
+    last_error = None
+    for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES):
+        try:
+            request = urllib.request.Request(
+                f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/archive/HEAD.zip",
+                headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT},
+            )
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) as response:
+                return zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.read()))
+        except Exception as e:
+            last_error = e
+            if attempt < MAX_RETRIES - 1:
+                import time
+                time.sleep(2 ** attempt)  # exponential backoff
+    raise last_error
 
 
 def resolve_plugin_root(names: set[str]) -> PurePosixPath:
@@ -175,9 +185,16 @@ def collect_selected_paths(
 
 
 def mirror_plugin_bundle(plugin: dict[str, str]) -> tuple[dict[str, object], str]:
-    archive = fetch_repo_archive(plugin["owner"], plugin["repo"])
+    owner_repo = f"{plugin['owner']}/{plugin['repo']}"
+    try:
+        archive = fetch_repo_archive(plugin["owner"], plugin["repo"])
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise ValueError(f"Failed to fetch {owner_repo}: {e}") from e
     names = {name for name in archive.namelist() if not name.endswith("/")}
-    plugin_root = resolve_plugin_root(names)
+    try:
+        plugin_root = resolve_plugin_root(names)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise ValueError(f"Archive for {owner_repo} does not contain .codex-plugin/plugin.json") from None
     manifest = load_manifest(archive, plugin_root)
     selected_paths = collect_selected_paths(manifest, names, plugin_root)