chore: streamline Python dependency management and plugin verification in workflows

Author: dataGriff

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -50,20 +50,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python dependencies via Task
         run: task setup
 
-      - name: Verify and reinstall plugins
+      - name: Verify critical plugins
         run: |
-          pip install --force-reinstall mkdocs-minify-plugin
-          pip install --force-reinstall mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin
-          pip install --force-reinstall mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
           python -c "import mkdocs_minify_plugin; print('✅ mkdocs-minify-plugin installed')"
-          echo "✅ All MkDocs plugins verified and reinstalled"
-
-      - name: Verify plugin installation
-        run: |
-          python -c "import mkdocs_minify_plugin; print('✅ mkdocs-minify-plugin installed')"
-          python -c "import mermaid; print('✅ mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin installed')"
-          python -c "import mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin; print('✅ git-revision-date-localized-plugin installed')"
-          echo "All MkDocs plugins verified"
+          echo "✅ All MkDocs plugins verified"
 
       - name: Setup Node.js (for Lighthouse)
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4

Taskfile.yml

@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ tasks:
     desc: Set up the development environment
     cmds:
       - pip install --upgrade pip
-      - pip install mkdocs-material>=9.0.0
-      - pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
-      - pip install mkdocs-multirepo-plugin
-      - pip install mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin
-      - pip install mkdocs-minify-plugin
-      - pip install pymdown-extensions
-      - echo "✅ Python dependencies installed"
+      - pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - echo "✅ Python dependencies installed from requirements.txt"
       - echo "Note - For linting install markdownlint-cli globally"
       - python -c "import mkdocs_minify_plugin; print('✅ Minify plugin verified')" || echo "⚠️ Minify plugin not found"
       - echo "Setup complete!"

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Python dependencies for Codebase Interface landing page
+# Install with: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+mkdocs-material>=9.0.0
+mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
+mkdocs-multirepo-plugin
+mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin
+mkdocs-minify-plugin
+pymdown-extensions