robots.txt virtual template should allow site override
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
Research direction
Inspect how the plugin registers the virtual templates and compare that behavior with the mentioned local files src/robots.txt and src/robots.txt.njk. Check the corresponding handling for robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap.njk, and feed.njk, then verify that a site-provided version takes precedence while the generated version remains available otherwise.
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Description
Problem
The robots.txt virtual template generates a reasonable robots.txt with AI crawler rules, but sites cannot override or extend it without conflicting with the virtual template.
The original dart_node site had an identical robots.txt to what the plugin generates, but other sites using the plugin may need custom rules (e.g., different disallow paths, custom crawl-delay settings, or site-specific comments).
Suggested Fix
If a site provides its own src/robots.txt or src/robots.txt.njk, the virtual template should not be registered. This follows the same pattern as layouts - local files take precedence over virtual templates.
This applies to all virtual template pages (robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap.njk, feed.njk) - sites should be able to override any of them by providing their own version.
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- JavaScript
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