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feat: add agent-friendly 404 page and llms.txt - #3500

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Replaces #3496, which was stuck in a broken stack state after #3494 was declined. This branch is exactly landing-trust-pages + one commit; merge #3499 first, then this.

  • Custom 404.astro in the site's design with recovery links (docs, pricing, blog, llms.txt, sitemap, contact). The Vercel build output already routes unmatched paths to it with a real HTTP 404 status.
  • llms.txt with an explicit 'When to use Shepherd' section naming best-fit jobs (onboarding walkthroughs, feature announcements, complex-form guidance, in-app training), install/API guidance, what Shepherd is not for, and links to docs and trust pages.

Test plan: e2e tests assert nonexistent paths return HTTP 404 with recovery links and that /llms.txt serves the when-to-use guidance; build-output tests assert 404.html and llms.txt are emitted — 31 tests passing on this branch.

After everything lands, live verification:

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://www.shepherdjs.dev/some-path-that-does-not-exist
curl -sI -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ | grep -iE "content-type|vary"

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  • New Features
    • Added About, Contact, and Privacy pages with project information, contact options, and details about data handling.
    • Added a machine-readable llms.txt resource with a library overview, usage guidance, installation instructions, and project links.
    • Added a shared layout for informational pages and updated footer navigation to link to them.
    • Added a custom 404 page with helpful links to recover from a missing page.
  • Privacy
    • Analytics now respects the browser’s Do Not Track setting.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for informational pages, 404 recovery, sitemap entries, and llms.txt availability and content.

RobbieTheWagner and others added 2 commits August 24, 2026 23:05
Trust anchor pages that crawlers and AI agents check before
recommending a site, each with substantive content in the existing
site design (new shared ContentPage layout), linked from the footer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Custom 404 page (real HTTP 404 status via the Vercel build output)
  with recovery links: docs, pricing, blog, llms.txt, sitemap, contact
- llms.txt with an explicit 'When to use Shepherd' section, install
  and API guidance, and links to docs and trust pages

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The landing site adds a reusable content layout, About, Contact, and Privacy pages, footer navigation, a 404 page, and llms.txt. PostHog initialization now respects Do Not Track. Tests cover page content, links, sitemap entries, and generated output.

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Landing site content

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared content pages and trust content
landing/src/layouts/ContentPage.astro, landing/src/pages/about.astro, landing/src/pages/contact.astro, landing/src/pages/privacy.astro, landing/src/components/Footer.astro, landing/src/components/Posthog.astro, landing/test/trust-pages.e2e.test.ts
Adds the shared ContentPage layout and pages for site information, contact channels, and privacy details. The footer links to these pages. PostHog initialization enables respect_dnt. End-to-end tests validate page responses, content, headings, and footer links.
Recovery and machine-readable content
landing/src/pages/404.astro, landing/public/llms.txt, landing/test/agent-recovery.e2e.test.ts, landing/test/dist.test.ts
Adds 404 recovery links and a machine-readable Shepherd.js description. Tests validate recovery responses, llms.txt, sitemap entries, and static build output.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0b866

Users following the stylesheet-link option may get a tour without its styles unless their application serves the referenced path. A bundler import or browser-accessible URL is the workaround, so the risk is limited to that setup path.

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In `@landing/public/llms.txt`:
- Around line 21-25: Update the browser usage text around the Shepherd.Tour
example to state that loading shepherd.mjs requires a module import of its
default export before constructing the tour, while retaining the stylesheet link
and existing tour setup instructions.

In `@landing/src/pages/privacy.astro`:
- Around line 21-25: Update the PostHog initialization in the Posthog component
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shepherd.mjs is an ES module with a default export and defines no global
Shepherd, so the script-tag example loaded nothing and `new Shepherd.Tour`
would throw a ReferenceError. Document the `import Shepherd from 'shepherd.js'` path instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The privacy page promises that Do Not Track is respected, but posthog-js
defaults respect_dnt to false. Set respect_dnt: true in the init options.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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🟡 Minor · Use a browser URL for the stylesheet link. · llms.txt:21-28

landing/public/llms.txt:21-28
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Use a browser URL for the stylesheet link.

When users choose the stylesheet-tag option, the browser treats shepherd.js/dist/css/shepherd.css as a relative URL. It does not resolve that path through the npm package exports. Installing the package alone does not serve the URL, so the stylesheet request can fail unless the application serves that path. Keep the package subpath for bundler imports and use a browser-accessible URL in the stylesheet tag.

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-`shepherd.js/dist/css/shepherd.css` (import it, or link it from a stylesheet
-tag). Create a `new Shepherd.Tour({ ... })`, add steps with
+`shepherd.js/dist/css/shepherd.css` with a bundler import. For a stylesheet
+tag, use a browser-accessible URL. Create a `new Shepherd.Tour({ ... })`, add steps with
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Review comment at @landing/public/llms.txt around lines 21 - 28:
Update the stylesheet guidance in the llms.txt usage section: keep the package
subpath for bundler imports, but direct users to a browser-accessible URL when
using a stylesheet tag, rather than implying the npm package path is served by
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- Around line 21-28: Update the stylesheet guidance in the llms.txt usage
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browser-accessible URL when using a stylesheet tag, rather than implying the npm
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