added plugin description from readme

Author: Sreeparna Deb

scripts/update_plugininfo.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 if GITHUB_TOKEN:
     HEADERS["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {GITHUB_TOKEN}"
 
+# ---------- Fetch base info ----------
 def fetch_plugin_info():
     url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{ORG}/{REPO}/master/PluginInfo.json"
     r = requests.get(url)
@@ -27,7 +28,34 @@ def fetch_contributors():
     r.raise_for_status()
     return [user["login"] for user in r.json()]
 
-def write_markdown(info, authors):
+
+# ---------- Fetch README content ----------
+def fetch_readme_excerpt(max_lines=5):
+    """
+    Fetch the README content and return the first few non-empty lines as a string.
+    Falls back gracefully if README not found.
+    """
+    url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{ORG}/{REPO}/master/README.md"
+    r = requests.get(url)
+    if r.status_code != 200:
+        print("⚠️  No README.md found or couldn't fetch it.")
+        return None
+
+    lines = r.text.splitlines()
+    excerpt = []
+    for line in lines:
+        clean = line.strip()
+        if clean:  # skip empty lines
+            excerpt.append(clean)
+        if len(excerpt) >= max_lines:
+            break
+
+    if not excerpt:
+        return None
+    return " ".join(excerpt)
+
+# ---------- Write output markdown ----------
+def write_markdown(info, authors, longdescription=None):
     metadata = {
         "layout": "plugin",
         "name": info["name"],
@@ -39,17 +67,23 @@ def write_markdown(info, authors):
         "organization": "ManiVault",
         "organization-link": "https://www.manivault.studio",
         "authors": authors,
-        "shortdescription": f"{info['type']} plugin with dependencies: {', '.join(info.get('dependencies', []))}"
+        "shortdescription": f"{info['type']} plugin with dependencies: {', '.join(info.get('dependencies', []))}",
     }
 
+    if longdescription:
+        metadata["longdescription"] = longdescription
+
     with open(OUTPUT_PATH, "w") as f:
         f.write("---\n")
         yaml.dump(metadata, f, sort_keys=False)
         f.write("---\n")
 
     print(f"✅ Updated {OUTPUT_PATH}")
+    if longdescription:
+        print("📝 Added longdescription from README.md")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     info = fetch_plugin_info()
     authors = fetch_contributors()
-    write_markdown(info, authors)
+    readme_excerpt = fetch_readme_excerpt(max_lines=5)
+    write_markdown(info, authors, longdescription=readme_excerpt)