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Closes #139

Summary

  • Generate scoped nested llms.txt files from canonical published HTML paths.
  • Select the most-specific generated index in each page's discovery metadata, with root fallback.
  • Reuse canonical emitted Markdown targets while preserving exclusions, ordering, root overrides, and root-only llms-full.txt behavior.
  • Add llms_txt_nested_enabled (default True) for root-only generation and discovery when disabled.
  • Label nested page sections as subsections and link every nested index back to the top-level llms.txt.

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  • Combined nested/sitemap/suffix/config-override matrix — 120 passed.
  • uv run pytest src/sphinx_llm/tests/ -q — 340 passed.
  • Combined matrix with Sphinx 7 — 120 passed.
  • Combined matrix with Python 3.12 and Sphinx 5 — 120 passed.
  • uv run --with pre-commit pre-commit run --all-files — passed.
  • uv run --dev sphinx-build -E docs/source <clean-output> — passed.

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  • New Features

    • Generated scoped llms.txt indexes for nested documentation directories.
    • Added canonical Markdown targets, HTTP-based links, and most-specific discovery metadata.
    • Added configurable nested-index generation and improved navigation between nested and root indexes.
  • Changes

    • llms-full.txt generation is disabled by default and can be enabled when needed.
    • Improved link formatting, path handling, collision safeguards, and output configuration.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance and examples covering nested indexes and discovery metadata.

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The PR adds scoped nested llms.txt indexes, most-specific HTML discovery links, configurable HTTP-base URLs, optional full-file output handling, documentation, and expanded build coverage.

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Scoped nested llms.txt indexes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Index contracts and resolution
src/sphinx_llm/txt.py
The implementation validates paths and exclusions, derives nested scopes, selects the most-specific covering index, updates discovery metadata, and adds configuration.
Index generation flow
src/sphinx_llm/txt.py
The build computes sitemap ordering once and writes root and nested indexes with relative or configured HTTP-base URLs. Nested indexes link to the root index.
Acceptance coverage and documentation
src/sphinx_llm/tests/test_txt.py, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, docs/source/...
Tests cover nested scopes, ordering, discovery metadata, URL modes, exclusions, overrides, stale artifacts, and build controls. Documentation and examples describe nested index behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 82229

Nested llms.txt generation changes documentation discovery and build output, but unresolved correctness, documentation, and large-project build-performance risks remain. These should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Suggested reviewers: jacobtomlinson

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SphinxBuild
  participant MarkdownGenerator
  participant RootIndex
  participant NestedIndexes
  SphinxBuild->>MarkdownGenerator: combine Markdown output
  MarkdownGenerator->>RootIndex: write root llms.txt
  MarkdownGenerator->>NestedIndexes: create_nested_sitemaps()
  NestedIndexes-->>SphinxBuild: write scoped nested llms.txt files
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #139. The code, documentation, changelog, examples, and tests support nested llms.txt generation and its discovery behavior. No unrelated code changes are identified.
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src/sphinx_llm/txt.py (2)

872-887: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Precompute each page's published directory once.

The list comprehension calls _published_html_path for every (index, Markdown file) pair, and each call performs two Path.resolve() operations. The cost grows as scopes × pages. Build the directory map once before the loop.

♻️ Proposed refactor
         generated_files = {}
+        page_directories = {
+            md_file: _published_html_path(
+                self.app, self._docname_by_output_file[md_file]
+            ).parent
+            for md_file in self.generated_markdown_files
+        }
         for relative_path in sorted(relative_paths, key=lambda path: path.parts):
             scope = relative_path.parent
             scoped_files = [
                 md_file
                 for md_file in self.generated_markdown_files
-                if (
-                    (
-                        page_directory := _published_html_path(
-                            self.app, self._docname_by_output_file[md_file]
-                        ).parent
-                    )
-                    == scope
-                    or scope in page_directory.parents
-                )
+                if page_directories[md_file] == scope
+                or scope in page_directories[md_file].parents
             ]
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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 872 - 887, Precompute a mapping from each
generated Markdown file to its published page directory using
_published_html_path before iterating over relative_paths, then reuse that
mapping in the scoped_files comprehension. Keep the existing scope and
parent-directory matching behavior unchanged.

682-696: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Compute the toctree order once per build.

_sorted_sitemap_files calls self.app.env.collect_relations() on every invocation. _write_sitemap calls it once per index, so a project with many nested scopes repeats a full relation traversal for each generated index. Cache the mapping on the generator and reuse it.

♻️ Proposed refactor
+    def _toctree_order(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        if self._cached_toctree_order is None:
+            self._cached_toctree_order = {
+                docname: index
+                for index, docname in enumerate(self.app.env.collect_relations())
+            }
+        return self._cached_toctree_order
+
     def _sorted_sitemap_files(self, files: Iterable[Path]) -> list[Path]:
         """Sort a sitemap subset by the global toctree and orphan order."""
-        toctree_order = {
-            docname: index
-            for index, docname in enumerate(self.app.env.collect_relations())
-        }
+        toctree_order = self._toctree_order()
         return sorted(

Initialize self._cached_toctree_order: dict[str, int] | None = None in __init__.

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 682 - 696, Cache the mapping produced by
collect_relations in the generator, initializing a nullable
_cached_toctree_order field in __init__. Update _sorted_sitemap_files to compute
and store the mapping only when the cache is unset, then reuse it for all
subsequent sorting calls during the build.
src/sphinx_llm/tests/test_nested_indexes.py (1)

124-126: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Read the index files with an explicit encoding.

read_text() uses the platform default encoding. The rest of the suite and the extension always pass encoding="utf-8". A non-UTF-8 locale would decode generated indexes differently.

♻️ Proposed change
-    entries = re.findall(r"^- \[([^]]+)]\(([^)]+)\):", index_path.read_text(), re.M)
+    entries = re.findall(
+        r"^- \[([^]]+)]\(([^)]+)\):",
+        index_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
+        re.M,
+    )
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In `@src/sphinx_llm/tests/test_nested_indexes.py` around lines 124 - 126, Update
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Inline comments:
In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 754-755: The nested-index ownership manifest currently depends on
doctreedir while tracking files in outdir, causing stale generated files to be
treated as user-authored after doctree changes. Update
_nested_index_manifest_path and the related manifest load/validation flow to
store or recover the manifest based on self.outdir, preserving safe ownership
validation and allowing existing generated indexes to be regenerated.
- Around line 774-794: The manifest validation in the nested index
manifest-loading block must handle non-object JSON values before calling
manifest.get. Validate that manifest is a mapping/object and treat lists,
strings, numbers, and null like other malformed manifests, preserving the
existing warning and empty-dictionary fallback.

---

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/tests/test_nested_indexes.py`:
- Around line 124-126: Update _entry_urls to read the index file with an
explicit UTF-8 encoding, matching the extension and the rest of the test suite.

In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 872-887: Precompute a mapping from each generated Markdown file to
its published page directory using _published_html_path before iterating over
relative_paths, then reuse that mapping in the scoped_files comprehension. Keep
the existing scope and parent-directory matching behavior unchanged.
- Around line 682-696: Cache the mapping produced by collect_relations in the
generator, initializing a nullable _cached_toctree_order field in __init__.
Update _sorted_sitemap_files to compute and store the mapping only when the
cache is unset, then reuse it for all subsequent sorting calls during the build.
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  • Needs updating in line with conflicts on main
  • Let's make use of the existing docs/nested/ directory in our tests
  • The nested index manifest json is not part of the spec. Why are we adding this?
  • The README updated should be minimal and just cover that this feature exists. Implementation details are out of scope.
  • There should be a config option to disable nested index files

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Addressed all five requests from the maintainer review:

  1. Rebased onto current main, including the merged Add llms.txt v2 discovery metadata to HTML pages #136 discovery and Make llms-full.txt generation opt-in #138 opt-in llms-full.txt behavior. The branch is one signed-off commit atop 0aab0c26da0115d4b573e2490037b7a68836226d.
  2. Reworked coverage into the shared test_txt.py fixtures using the existing docs/source/nested/example.rst; only minimal deeper/index/orphan fixture pages were added for scope-specific cases.
  3. Removed the non-spec manifest, digest ownership, collision/symlink machinery, and stale-deletion behavior. Existing stale files are not guessed at or deleted; discovery uses only current-build scopes and configuration.
  4. Reduced README changes to one short behavior paragraph, one configuration row, and a concise clean-output note.
  5. Added llms_txt_nested_enabled, a boolean configuration option defaulting to True. When false, no nested indexes are generated and all describedby links select the root index without affecting root, Markdown, custom override, or full-build behavior.

Fresh local verification at 3056299e1bdb1d266086bd2c39cebc33c46610f0: 28 focused tests, 260 full-suite tests, Sphinx 7 and Python 3.12/Sphinx 5 focused coverage, all pre-commit hooks, and the documentation build passed. The independent tester returned APPROVED_FOR_PR for this exact tip.

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README.md (1)

124-129: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Describe the default describedby behavior correctly.

Line 125 says that describedby currently uses the root llms.txt. The default at Line 139 enables nested indexes, so the normal behavior is selection of the most-specific covering index. State that the root index is used when nested indexes are disabled or no nested scope applies.

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In `@README.md` around lines 124 - 129, Update the README description of default
describedby behavior to state that nested indexes enabled by default select the
most-specific generated index covering the page, while the root llms.txt is used
when nested indexes are disabled or no nested scope applies.
src/sphinx_llm/txt.py (1)

311-321: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the override and nested-index interaction. When llms_txt_override_source is set, build_custom_llms_txt() replaces only the root llms.txt; create_nested_sitemaps() still generates nested indexes, and discovery links can target them. The README documents these behaviors separately but not their interaction.

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documentation for llms_txt_override_source and llms_txt_nested_enabled to
explicitly state that a custom override replaces only the root llms.txt, while
create_nested_sitemaps() still generates nested indexes that discovery links may
target.
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722-736: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Compute the toctree order once per build, not once per index.

_sorted_sitemap_files calls self.app.env.collect_relations() on every sitemap write. create_nested_sitemaps calls _write_sitemap once per generated index. With the dirhtml builder, one index is generated for nearly every document directory, so collect_relations() runs about once per document and each run walks the whole toctree. The scope filter in create_nested_sitemaps also rescans self.generated_markdown_files for every index. Both effects are quadratic in the number of documents.

Cache the relation order and group files by scope once.

♻️ Proposed refactor
+    def _toctree_order(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        """Return the cached global toctree and orphan order."""
+        if self._cached_toctree_order is None:
+            self._cached_toctree_order = {
+                docname: index
+                for index, docname in enumerate(self.app.env.collect_relations())
+            }
+        return self._cached_toctree_order
+
     def _sorted_sitemap_files(self, files: Iterable[Path]) -> list[Path]:
         """Sort a sitemap subset by the global toctree and orphan order."""
-        toctree_order = {
-            docname: index
-            for index, docname in enumerate(self.app.env.collect_relations())
-        }
+        toctree_order = self._toctree_order()
         return sorted(

Then build a scope → files mapping once in create_nested_sitemaps:

        files_by_scope: dict[PurePosixPath, list[Path]] = {}
        for md_file, directory in page_directories.items():
            for scope in (directory, *directory.parents):
                files_by_scope.setdefault(scope, []).append(md_file)

        for relative_path in sorted(relative_paths, key=lambda path: path.parts):
            scoped_files = files_by_scope.get(relative_path.parent, [])

Reset self._cached_toctree_order = None in __init__ and at the start of combine_builds.

Also applies to: 804-813

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 722 - 736, Cache the relation order used
by _sorted_sitemap_files so app.env.collect_relations() runs once per build,
resetting _cached_toctree_order in __init__ and at the start of combine_builds.
In create_nested_sitemaps, build a files-by-scope mapping once from
page_directories and reuse it for each relative_path instead of rescanning
generated files.

121-137: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the generated index set instead of recomputing it for every page.

add_discovery_metadata runs for each HTML page and calls get_llms_txt_index_path. Each call re-reads app.env.found_docs, re-applies every exclude pattern, and calls _published_html_path for every document. _published_html_path calls Path.resolve() twice, which touches the filesystem. The total cost is quadratic in the number of documents and adds filesystem calls to the HTML write phase.

Compute _nested_index_paths once per build and reuse it. A module-level cache keyed by id(app) or an attribute on the builder keeps get_llms_txt_index_path a public function while removing the repeated work.

Also applies to: 207-210

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 121 - 137, The get_llms_txt_index_path
flow currently rebuilds nested index paths for every page; cache the result once
per Sphinx build and reuse it on subsequent calls. Store the cache using the
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instances do not share results, and preserve the existing disabled-nesting
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 124-129: Update the README description of default describedby
behavior to state that nested indexes enabled by default select the
most-specific generated index covering the page, while the root llms.txt is used
when nested indexes are disabled or no nested scope applies.

In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 311-321: Update the README documentation for
llms_txt_override_source and llms_txt_nested_enabled to explicitly state that a
custom override replaces only the root llms.txt, while create_nested_sitemaps()
still generates nested indexes that discovery links may target.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 722-736: Cache the relation order used by _sorted_sitemap_files so
app.env.collect_relations() runs once per build, resetting _cached_toctree_order
in __init__ and at the start of combine_builds. In create_nested_sitemaps, build
a files-by-scope mapping once from page_directories and reuse it for each
relative_path instead of rescanning generated files.
- Around line 121-137: The get_llms_txt_index_path flow currently rebuilds
nested index paths for every page; cache the result once per Sphinx build and
reuse it on subsequent calls. Store the cache using the builder or an
id(app)-keyed module-level structure, ensure separate app instances do not share
results, and preserve the existing disabled-nesting fallback and
_most_specific_index_path behavior.

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It seems a little odd to me that nested llms.txt files don't reference the top-level one. I'm also surprised that the pages heading don't mention anything about this being a subsection.

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Addressed review 5051830193 in c3731dd. Generated non-root indexes now use the Pages in this subsection heading and include exactly one Optional entry linking to the top-level llms.txt; relative links are derived from each nested index depth, while markdown_http_base produces the configured absolute root URL. Root index structure, custom overrides, scoped membership/order, discovery selection, canonical Markdown targets, and root-only llms-full.txt behavior remain unchanged. The redundant README paragraph was removed. Independent tester verdict: APPROVED_FOR_PR for exact signed tip c3731dd.

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63-72: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Skip scopes that cover only their own page.

_nested_index_paths adds an index for every ancestor directory of a published page, including the page's own output directory. Under dirhtml, each page owns its directory, so every page receives a private index that lists only that page. get_llms_txt_index_path then selects that single-entry index, so describedby on a dirhtml page points to an index without sibling pages. The html builder does not show this, because pages share a directory.

Restrict generation to directories that cover more than the page itself.

♻️ Proposed scope filter
 def _nested_index_paths(app: Sphinx, docnames: Iterable[str]) -> set[PurePosixPath]:
     """Return all generated indexes implied by published document paths."""
     indexes = {PurePosixPath("llms.txt")}
-    for docname in docnames:
-        output_directory = _published_html_path(app, docname).parent
-        for directory in (output_directory, *output_directory.parents):
+    output_directories = [_published_html_path(app, docname).parent for docname in docnames]
+    for output_directory in output_directories:
+        covers_other_pages = any(
+            other != output_directory
+            and (other == output_directory or output_directory in other.parents)
+            for other in output_directories
+        )
+        start = output_directory if covers_other_pages else output_directory.parent
+        for directory in (start, *start.parents):
             if directory == PurePosixPath("."):
                 break
             indexes.add(directory / "llms.txt")
     return indexes

Update the dirhtml expectations in src/sphinx_llm/tests/test_txt.py accordingly.

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 63 - 72, Update _nested_index_paths so it
excludes each page’s own published output directory and generates indexes only
for ancestor scopes containing more than that page; preserve the root llms.txt
and applicable parent-directory indexes. Adjust the dirhtml expectations in
test_txt.py to reflect the removed per-page indexes.
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127-137: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the nested index set per build.

add_discovery_metadata calls get_llms_txt_index_path for every page. Each call re-scans app.env.found_docs, re-applies the exclude patterns, and calls _published_html_path for every document, which performs two Path.resolve() calls. The cost is quadratic in document count, and the result is identical for all pages in one build.

Compute the index set once and reuse it.

♻️ Proposed caching
+def _nested_index_paths_for_build(app: Sphinx) -> set[PurePosixPath]:
+    """Return the build's generated index paths, computed once per build."""
+    cached = getattr(app, "_llms_txt_nested_index_paths", None)
+    if cached is not None:
+        return cached
+    exclude_patterns = _validated_exclude_patterns(app)
+    included_docnames = (
+        candidate
+        for candidate in app.env.found_docs
+        if not any(patmatch(candidate, pattern) for pattern in exclude_patterns)
+    )
+    index_paths = _nested_index_paths(app, included_docnames)
+    app._llms_txt_nested_index_paths = index_paths
+    return index_paths
+
+
 def get_llms_txt_index_path(app: Sphinx, docname: str) -> PurePosixPath:
@@
     if not getattr(app.config, "llms_txt_nested_enabled", True):
         return PurePosixPath("llms.txt")
 
-    exclude_patterns = _validated_exclude_patterns(app)
-    included_docnames = (
-        candidate
-        for candidate in app.env.found_docs
-        if not any(patmatch(candidate, pattern) for pattern in exclude_patterns)
-    )
-    index_paths = _nested_index_paths(app, included_docnames)
+    index_paths = _nested_index_paths_for_build(app)
     return _most_specific_index_path(_published_html_path(app, docname), index_paths)
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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 127 - 137, Cache the nested index paths
computed by _nested_index_paths for reuse during a single build, instead of
rebuilding them on every get_llms_txt_index_path call. Store the per-build
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have subsequent calls reuse it while preserving the existing non-nested return
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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 63-72: Update _nested_index_paths so it excludes each page’s own
published output directory and generates indexes only for ancestor scopes
containing more than that page; preserve the root llms.txt and applicable
parent-directory indexes. Adjust the dirhtml expectations in test_txt.py to
reflect the removed per-page indexes.

---

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 127-137: Cache the nested index paths computed by
_nested_index_paths for reuse during a single build, instead of rebuilding them
on every get_llms_txt_index_path call. Store the per-build result after applying
_validated_exclude_patterns and _published_html_path, then have subsequent calls
reuse it while preserving the existing non-nested return behavior.

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Resolved the conflicts requested in review 5141694921. The branch is rebased directly onto current upstream/main 911cc4c63ea83d12a166128221b8882d62251a8e at DCO-signed tip ba858c687db0a212bb441f4a3ddbc01b31b3dad9 and GitHub reports it mergeable. The resolution preserves #147 command-line override forwarding and #144 canonical suffix resolution while retaining the scoped-index behavior. Independent issue #139 tester verdict for this exact tip: APPROVED_FOR_PR (339 full tests; 119 focused tests in each default, Sphinx 7, and Python 3.12/Sphinx 5 environment; hooks and clean docs build passed).

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130-137: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the nested index paths for the current build.

build_llms_txt connects add_discovery_metadata to html-page-context, so it runs for each rendered document page. Each call scans app.env.found_docs, then performs two Path.resolve() calls for every included document. This creates O(pages × documents) repeated filesystem work and can materially increase build time for large documentation projects.

Cache the result in build-scoped state. Reset it when a build starts or when found_docs or llms_txt_exclude changes.

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py` around lines 130 - 137, Cache the index paths computed
by _nested_index_paths within the current build so build_llms_txt reuses them
across html-page-context calls instead of rescanning app.env.found_docs and
resolving paths per page. Store the cache in build-scoped state, and invalidate
or recreate it when a build starts or when app.env.found_docs or
llms_txt_exclude changes.
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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Line 165: Update the describedby paragraph to reflect that nested indexes are
generated and the most-specific index is discovered by default when
llms_txt_nested_enabled is True; document that setting it to False restores
root-only generation and discovery.

In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 63-72: Update _nested_index_paths to derive dirhtml subsection
indexes from canonical document directories rather than the published index.html
parent, so nested/example resolves to the shared nested/llms.txt and discovery
metadata links to the index containing sibling documents. Preserve the root
llms.txt and ancestor-index behavior for other document paths.
- Around line 722-736: The sitemap generation flow should precompute a shared
file ordering and scope-to-files mapping once before writing root and nested
indexes, then reuse those results in create_nested_sitemaps() and
_sorted_sitemap_files() instead of rescanning generated files or calling
collect_relations() per index. Keep this optimization independent of discovery
metadata caching while preserving each index’s existing scope and ordering.
- Around line 774-794: Update copy_markdown_files() to validate the decoded
.sphinx-llm-link-targets.json payload before passing it to _materialize_links();
use an empty mapping when the payload is not a mapping, preserving normal
mappings and allowing unresolved links to follow the existing empty-manifest
behavior.

---

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In `@src/sphinx_llm/txt.py`:
- Around line 130-137: Cache the index paths computed by _nested_index_paths
within the current build so build_llms_txt reuses them across html-page-context
calls instead of rescanning app.env.found_docs and resolving paths per page.
Store the cache in build-scoped state, and invalidate or recreate it when a
build starts or when app.env.found_docs or llms_txt_exclude changes.

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