RSS

The RSS feature provides an automatically generated RSS 2.0 feed for your documentation. This allows users to subscribe to updates and stay informed when new content is published or existing pages are modified.

How It Works

Geistdocs automatically generates an RSS feed that includes:

• All published documentation pages
• Page titles and descriptions
• Direct links to each page
• Last modified dates
• Author information

The feed is regenerated on each request, ensuring subscribers always receive the most current information about your documentation.

Accessing the Feed

The RSS feed is available at:

https://your-domain.com/rss.xml

Users can subscribe to this URL using:

• RSS readers (Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur)
• Email services (Blogtrottr, Kill the Newsletter)
• Browser extensions
• News aggregators

RSS Button

A convenient RSS button appears in the navigation bar, making it easy for users to discover and subscribe to your feed. Clicking the button opens the RSS XML in a new tab.

Feed Format

The RSS feed follows the RSS 2.0 specification and includes:

Channel Metadata

<channel>
  <title>Your Documentation Title</title>
  <link>https://your-domain.com</link>
  <language>en</language>
  <image>https://your-domain.com/banner.png</image>
  <copyright>All rights reserved [Year], [Your Organization]</copyright>
</channel>

Item Format

Each documentation page appears as an item:

<item>
  <guid>page-url</guid>
  <title>Page Title</title>
  <description>Page description</description>
  <link>https://your-domain.com/docs/page-url</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <author>
    <name>Your Organization</name>
  </author>
</item>

Configuration

The RSS feed requires the NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL environment variable to be set, which you can read more about in the Environment Variables section.

It also requires a title exported from the Geistdocs configuration file, which you can read more about in the Configuration section.

Features

Automatic Updates

The feed automatically includes:

• Newly created pages
• Updated page content (using last modified dates)
• Changed titles or descriptions
• All pages from your documentation source

Last Modified Dates

Pages use their lastModified frontmatter field or fall back to the current date:

---
title: Example Page
description: An example documentation page
lastModified: 2025-11-12
---