Keep external sync as script-managed automation

Constraint: The maintainer wants periodic upstream sync handled by script logic rather than Gitea workflow automation.

Rejected: Repository-owned Gitea Actions schedule | The remote Gitea runner setup is unnecessary for the current direction.

Confidence: high

Scope-risk: narrow

Directive: Treat scripts/sync_external_plugins.ps1 as the synchronization entry point unless a new scheduler is explicitly requested.

Tested: python scripts\\validate_marketplace.py; rg found no remaining Gitea Actions sync references.

Not-tested: External scheduler/container execution.

.gitea/workflows/sync-external-skills.yml

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync external skill plugins
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "17 3 * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  sync:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout marketplace
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Sync external plugins
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: ./scripts/sync_external_plugins.ps1
-
-      - name: Validate marketplace
-        run: python scripts/validate_marketplace.py
-
-      - name: Commit synced changes
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if git diff --quiet; then
-            echo "No external plugin updates."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          git config user.name "EAPIL Skill Sync"
-          git config user.email "skill-sync@users.noreply.git.playones.com"
-          git add .agents plugins/codex/plugins plugins/codex/.agents config/external-sources.lock.json
-          git commit -m "Sync external skill plugins" \
-            -m "Constraint: Scheduled sync vendors configured third-party skill sources into Codex plugin layout." \
-            -m "Rejected: Git submodules | Codex marketplace installs do not reliably recurse external submodules." \
-            -m "Confidence: medium" \
-            -m "Scope-risk: moderate" \
-            -m "Directive: Review upstream license or structure changes before expanding adapters." \
-            -m "Tested: scripts/sync_external_plugins.ps1; scripts/validate_marketplace.py." \
-            -m "Not-tested: Manual plugin install in Codex UI."
-          git push

README.md

@@ -97,15 +97,7 @@ After sync, validate the marketplace:
 python scripts\validate_marketplace.py
 ```
 
-`.gitea/workflows/sync-external-skills.yml` is a scheduled workflow prototype for Git-side periodic sync.
+Periodic sync should call the script directly from a maintenance process, cron job, or service container. Keep the scheduling layer outside this repository; the repository only defines source config, generated plugin output, and validation.
-
-For a Docker-hosted Gitea instance, the workflow file alone is not enough. Gitea must have Actions enabled and an `act_runner` container registered before scheduled jobs will run. The runner that handles this repository should provide:
-
-- A label matching `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, or adjust the workflow to your runner label.
-- `git`, `python`, and `pwsh` in the job environment.
-- Network access from the job container to GitHub for upstream skill repos and to the Gitea instance for checkout/push.
-
-If the Gitea server does not have Actions enabled, run the same sync command from a host cron job or a small maintenance container that checks out this repository, runs the sync script, validates, commits, and pushes changes.
 
 ## Layout
 

scripts/validate_marketplace.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """Validate this repository's Codex marketplace layout.
 
 This is intentionally narrower than Codex's internal plugin validator. It checks
-the structure this repo generates so scheduled sync jobs can fail before
+the structure this repo generates so sync automation can fail before
 committing malformed marketplace data.
 """