SEO enhancement: full audit remediation

[NehanAhmed]

• Complete root layout metadata (viewport, title.template, OG, twitter, robots, alternates.canonical, verification, icons)
• generateMetadata for dynamic room pages with noindex
• Standardized entity naming to 'RoomDrop — Anonymous Chat Rooms'
• Fixed broken OG image + wrong canonical domain on /join page
• Normalized hardcoded URLs to NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL env var
• Structured data: WebApplication JSON-LD in root, BreadcrumbList on /new and /join
• New files: not-found.tsx (real 404), error.tsx (500 boundary), manifest.ts (PWA), llms.txt
• AI-crawler-specific robots.txt rules (OAI, Claude, Perplexity allowed)
• next.config.ts: poweredByHeader, trailingSlash, preview/staging noindex
• Declarative entity sentences + last-updated dates on all pages
• sharp dependency installed for image optimization readiness
• SEO_AUDIT.md report
• Removed tsc from lint-staged (next build handles type checking)
• Updated AGENTS.md + README.md with new env vars and SEO docs

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added clear recovery screens for unexpected errors and missing rooms.
  • Added installable web app metadata and improved sharing previews, canonical links, and search-engine discovery.
  • Added room-specific page metadata and structured navigation information.
  • Added informational content for AI-assisted discovery.

• Bug Fixes

  • Corrected sitemap links and made generated room URLs configurable.
  • Preview and development environments are now excluded from search indexing.

• Documentation

  • Updated setup instructions, configuration guidance, and SEO recommendations.

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📒 Files selected for processing (20)

• .lintstagedrc.json
• AGENTS.md
• README.md
• SEO_AUDIT.md
• app/error.tsx
• app/join/page.tsx
• app/layout.tsx
• app/manifest.ts
• app/new/page.tsx
• app/not-found.tsx
• app/page.tsx
• app/robots.ts
• app/room/[roomCode]/page.tsx
• app/sitemap.ts
• components/CreateRoomComponent.tsx
• components/Home/HomeModal.tsx
• components/JoinPageComponent.tsx
• next.config.ts
• package.json
• public/llms.txt

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The update centralizes environment-based URLs, expands Next.js metadata and structured data, adds robots, sitemap, manifest, error, and not-found routes, introduces SEO/AEO documentation, and updates setup instructions, linting, dependencies, and selected UI copy.

Changes

SEO and discoverability

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Site metadata and crawl foundation app/layout.tsx, app/page.tsx, next.config.ts, app/robots.ts, app/sitemap.ts, app/manifest.ts, package.json	Root metadata, canonical URLs, JSON-LD, preview indexing headers, crawler rules, sitemap URLs, manifest data, and image support were updated.
Route-specific metadata and structured data app/new/page.tsx, app/join/page.tsx, app/room/[roomCode]/page.tsx, components/CreateRoomComponent.tsx, public/llms.txt, components/*	Route metadata and BreadcrumbList JSON-LD now use the configured base URL; room metadata, QR links, AI-readable content, and selected page copy were updated.
Error and not-found route handling app/error.tsx, app/not-found.tsx	Error recovery and not-found pages were added with reset and home-navigation actions.
SEO audit and implementation reference SEO_AUDIT.md, README.md, AGENTS.md, .lintstagedrc.json	SEO findings, implementation templates, setup instructions, repository guidance, and staged-file commands were updated.

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

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