--- title: "Ticket: Sitemap Integration" canonical: https://www.mandalivia.com/ai-native-company/tickets/ticket-sitemap/ --- ## Goal Produce a sitemap for the Aphasia Games website that is automatically published when the site is deployed, improving SEO and search engine discoverability. ## Implementation - Installed `@astrojs/sitemap` package and configured it in `astro.config.mjs` - Updated `public/robots.txt` to reference the sitemap index - Added `` to the `` in `src/layouts/Layout.astro` - Documented the sitemap setup in: - `cline-docs/technical/architecture.md` - `cline-docs/marketing/seo.md` ## Results Upon building the Astro site, the following files are now automatically generated: - `sitemap-index.xml` - `sitemap-0.xml` Search engines can now discover all site content through both the robots.txt file and the HTML head reference. ## Questions Investigated - Does the astro-seo component have built-in sitemap functionality? No, requires separate integration. ## Notes for Future Reference - Sitemap generation happens automatically during build process - No manual maintenance required for the sitemap - Pages added to the site will automatically appear in the sitemap