diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
index 4c3b3c15..32fc3872 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ jobs:
           cp install.sh _site/install.sh
           cp install.ps1 _site/install.ps1
 
-      - name: Verify install scripts
+      - name: Verify deployment artifact
         run: |
           test -f _site/install.sh
           test -f _site/install.ps1
           sh -n _site/install.sh
           cmp install.sh _site/install.sh
           cmp install.ps1 _site/install.ps1
+          test -e _site/robots.txt
 
       - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5
         with:
diff --git a/pages/README.md b/pages/README.md
index d5a17a06..739c0b31 100644
--- a/pages/README.md
+++ b/pages/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pages/
 │   ├── utils/           # Shared helpers
 │   ├── assets/          # Imported icons and images
 │   └── index.tsx        # Frontend entry point
-├── public/              # Static files copied verbatim into dist/
+├── public/              # Static files copied verbatim into dist/ & crawling policies
 ├── dist/                # Production build artifacts (generated, gitignored)
 ├── index.html           # HTML template used by HtmlWebpackPlugin
 ├── webpack.config.cjs   # Bundling + dev server config
diff --git a/pages/public/robots.txt b/pages/public/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2a49f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/public/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /