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feat(docs): add social cards and llms.txt, fix zensical 0.0.72 privacy error - #9009
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…y error [skip buildkite] ## Short Summary (TL;DR) zensical 0.0.72 broke the docs build on every PR. This PR fixes the privacy plugin config, and adds social cards, `llms.txt`, and a "Copy as Markdown" button. ## The Issue - `zensical build` fails with `Error: privacy enabled must be a boolean`, because `!ENV [ READTHEDOCS, '' ]` gives an empty string when `READTHEDOCS` is unset. Earlier zensical versions ignored the `privacy` plugin, so docs.ddev.com has loaded Google Fonts from Google since the migration to zensical. - zensical 0.0.67 added native `social` and `llmstxt` plugins. Before, a shared docs link showed no preview image, and AI agents had to scrape HTML. ## How This PR Solves The Issue Privacy: - Use `false` as the fallback. Read the Docs sets `READTHEDOCS=True`, which zensical parses as a boolean. - Fetch only Google Fonts. The theme JS also references unused libraries on unpkg, and those pull in video and Google ad SDKs. That was 6.4 MB from 9 hosts, and one timeout failed a local `--strict` build. With the allow-list, the build fetches 31 font files (896 KB). - Require zensical 0.0.72, because older versions skip `privacy` without a warning. Social cards and `llms.txt`: - `social` makes a 1200x630 card for each page and adds Open Graph and Twitter tags. The card crops its logo to a square, and `logo.svg` is wider than tall. So `docs/social-logo.svg` is a copy of the logo with a square viewBox. - `llmstxt` writes [`llms.txt`](https://llmstxt.org/), `llms-full.txt`, and an `index.md` next to each page. It also adds `<link rel="describedby">` and `<link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown">` to each page. - The `content.action.copy` feature shows the button. It needs `llmstxt`, which only exports pages that its `sections` match. So the sections use one wildcard per docs directory, and a new page in an existing directory is covered without config changes. - A new FAQ entry tells users about these files, because most assistants don't look for `llms.txt` on their own. Its links are relative, so each docs version links to its own files. `.linkspector.yml` ignores them, because they don't exist in `docs/content`. The cards add about 4 seconds to an uncached build. The first build downloads the card font from Google Fonts into `.cache/plugin/social`. zensical writes `&` from the page text as `&` in the Markdown copies, and as `&amp;` in `llms.txt` titles. This bug is upstream, and it affects 10 pages. ## Manual Testing Instructions ```bash scripts/install-dev-tools.sh make zensical # Expect "No issues found" READTHEDOCS=True zensical build --clean --strict ls site/assets/external # Expect only fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com ls site/llms.txt site/llms-full.txt site/users/quickstart/index.md grep 'og:image' site/users/quickstart/index.html ``` In the Read the Docs preview, open https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/users/quickstart/ and click "Copy as Markdown" next to the edit button. Then open https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/assets/images/social/users/quickstart.png. In https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/users/usage/faq/#can-ai-assistants-read-the-ddev-docs, the `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` links must open the files for that version. ## Automated Testing Overview The docs-check workflow builds with `--strict` and no `READTHEDOCS`, which covers the boolean fix. A section path without a wildcard that names no page also fails that build. 🤖 Developed with assistance from [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Short Summary (TL;DR)
zensical 0.0.72 broke the docs build on every PR. This PR fixes the privacy plugin config, and adds social cards,
llms.txt, and a "Copy as Markdown" button.The Issue
zensical buildfails withError: privacy enabled must be a boolean, because!ENV [ READTHEDOCS, '' ]gives an empty string whenREADTHEDOCSis unset. Earlier zensical versions ignored theprivacyplugin, so docs.ddev.com has loaded Google Fonts from Google since the migration to zensical.socialandllmstxtplugins. Before, a shared docs link showed no preview image, and AI agents had to scrape HTML.How This PR Solves The Issue
Privacy:
falseas the fallback. Read the Docs setsREADTHEDOCS=True, which zensical parses as a boolean.--strictbuild. With the allow-list, the build fetches 31 font files (896 KB).privacywithout a warning.Social cards and
llms.txt:socialmakes a 1200x630 card for each page and adds Open Graph and Twitter tags. The card crops its logo to a square, andlogo.svgis wider than tall. Sodocs/social-logo.svgis a copy of the logo with a square viewBox.llmstxtwritesllms.txt,llms-full.txt, and anindex.mdnext to each page. It also adds<link rel="describedby">and<link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown">to each page.content.action.copyfeature shows the button. It needsllmstxt, which only exports pages that itssectionsmatch. So the sections use one wildcard per docs directory, and a new page in an existing directory is covered without config changes.llms.txton their own. Its links are relative, so each docs version links to its own files..linkspector.ymlignores them, because they don't exist indocs/content.The cards add about 4 seconds to an uncached build. The first build downloads the card font from Google Fonts into
.cache/plugin/social.zensical writes
&from the page text as&in the Markdown copies, and as&amp;inllms.txttitles. This bug is upstream, and it affects 10 pages. It also turns&in ourllms.txtsection headings into&. So the sections say "and" instead, for example "Debugging and Profiling" for the nav's "Debugging & Profiling".Manual Testing Instructions
In the Read the Docs preview, open https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/users/quickstart/ and click "Copy as Markdown" next to the edit button. Then open https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/assets/images/social/users/quickstart.png. In https://ddev--9009.org.readthedocs.build/en/9009/users/usage/faq/#can-ai-assistants-read-the-ddev-docs, the
llms.txtandllms-full.txtlinks must open the files for that version.Automated Testing Overview
The docs-check workflow builds with
--strictand noREADTHEDOCS, which covers the boolean fix. A section path without a wildcard that names no page also fails that build.🤖 Developed with assistance from Claude Code