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How do sitemap.ts and robots.ts work in Next.js?

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Programmatic SEO files via convention.

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Dynamic sitemap + robots
// app/sitemap.ts
import type { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
  const posts = await getAllPosts();
  return posts.map((p) => ({ url: `https://site.com/blog/${p.slug}`, lastModified: p.updatedAt }));
}

// app/robots.ts
export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
  return { rules: { userAgent: '*', allow: '/', disallow: '/admin' },
           sitemap: 'https://site.com/sitemap.xml' };
}
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