# Public Docs

Public docs let readers access published workspace content without signing in. A workspace serves anonymous readers only when its access mode is **Public** (set in **Admin > Settings > Publishing**); the **Internal** and **Private** modes are covered in Workspaces.

## Platform subdomain

Each organization gets a ContextOwl docs host. Use it when you do not need a custom domain yet.

```text
https://{assigned-subdomain}.contextowl.co
```

The ContextOwl product docs live at:

```text
https://docs.contextowl.co
```

Developer docs live at:

```text
https://developer.contextowl.co
```

## Custom domains

Open **Admin > Settings > Organization** to add a domain like `docs.example.com`. ContextOwl gives you a DNS TXT value. After verification, the domain can serve your public docs.

## Sitemap and robots.txt

Public docs include crawler surfaces:

- `/sitemap.xml`
- `/robots.txt`

Private, locked, encrypted, archived, and unpublished pages are excluded.

## Search

Press Ctrl/Cmd + K to open search. It covers the articles visible to the current visitor, so public readers only search public content. Results show a snippet with matched terms highlighted and a **% match** score. Use the **TEXT** / **SEMANTIC** toggle (or press Alt+R) to rank results by exact text or by meaning; semantic ranking needs an embeddings provider and otherwise falls back to text.

## Reader tools

Every published page gives readers a few ways to take the content with them:

- **COPY** copies the page as Markdown.
- **View as Markdown** and **View llms.txt** open the machine-readable versions.
- On public pages, **Open in Claude** and **Open in ChatGPT** hand the assistant the page URL so a reader can ask questions about it.
- **PREVIOUS** and **NEXT** move through the sidebar order, and the breadcrumb shows where the page sits.