SEO-003
sitemap.xml is missing
LowDefault severity · SEO / Quality · SEO, quality and performance
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What it checks
Sitemap URLs listed in robots.txt, then /sitemap.xml and /sitemap_index.xml.
Why it matters
Search engines discover new pages more slowly without a sitemap.
Recommended fix
Generate a sitemap.xml that lists every public page and reference it from robots.txt.
How to verify
Open /sitemap.xml and confirm it is valid XML listing the public pages.
Example fix prompt
Generic prompt (your report adds the evidence)
Please fix this production issue in my app.
Issue SEO-003: sitemap.xml is missing
Site: https://your-app.example
First confirm the issue in the code or live config. If it is not present, say so and change nothing.
Task: Generate a sitemap.xml at /sitemap.xml that lists every public, indexable page with absolute URLs (use the framework’s sitemap support if available), and reference it from robots.txt.
Constraints: make the smallest change that fixes this, keep the current design and behaviour, never paste secret values into code or chat, and tell me which files you changed.
Done when: Open /sitemap.xml and confirm it is valid XML listing the public pages.