diff --git a/public/robots.txt b/public/robots.txt
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+++ b/public/robots.txt
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+# bye-bye-server.com
+# All crawlers welcome, including AI assistants and answer engines — this is a
+# directory of alternatives, and being citable is the point.
+
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+
+Sitemap: https://bye-bye-server.com/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://bye-bye-server.com/</loc>
+  </url>
+</urlset>