The sitemap plugin generates a standard sitemap.xml file during the build process. This ensures your content is indexed correctly by Google and other crawlers.

Enabling the Plugin

// docmd.config.js
module.exports = {
  siteUrl: 'https://mydocs.com',   // Required for absolute URLs
  plugins: {
    sitemap: {
      defaultChangefreq: 'weekly', // Default: weekly
      defaultPriority: 0.8         // Default: 0.8
    }
  }
};

Frontmatter Overrides

You can control sitemap behavior on a per-page basis.

  • Exclude Page: sitemap: false
  • Custom Settings:
    ---
sitemap:
  changefreq: 'daily'
  priority: 1.0
---

How It Works

  1. Scanning: The plugin scans every HTML file generated during the build.
  2. Absolute Mapping: It uses your siteUrl to generate the final URLs. Ensure this is defined without a trailing slash.
  3. Generation: It writes sitemap.xml to the root of your output directory.
AI Discoverability 🤖

While traditional search engines use sitemaps, AI Agents and Knowledge Crawlers use them to prioritize which pages to ingest into their training or RAG sets first. A well-configured sitemap ensures your most important sections (like “Guides”) are processed before minor utility pages.

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