seo/sitemap-in-robots · Sitemap referenced in robots.txt

robots.txt should point crawlers at your sitemap.

Severity: info

What it checks

When both robots.txt and a sitemap exist, the static static/robots.txt should contain a Sitemap: line. (A +server robots endpoint is not inspected statically.)

Why it matters

A Sitemap: line in robots.txt helps crawlers discover your sitemap; without it, discovery relies on manual submission.

How to fix

Add a Sitemap: line to static/robots.txt:

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

Mode differences

None. The check reads static/robots.txt and is the same everywhere it runs, including a --route run; a robots.txt served from a +server endpoint is not examined in either. The dashboard’s live layer does not re-evaluate site-wide rules; the static baseline’s result stands.

Disabling

If this is intentional, turn the rule off:

export default {
  rules: {
    'seo/sitemap-in-robots': 'off'
  }
};