Fix category metadata and homepage SEO

app/categories/[slug]/page.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { AgentCard } from "@/components/AgentCard";
 import { CategoryNav } from "@/components/CategoryNav";
 import { CatalogState } from "@/components/CatalogState";
 import { getAgents, getCategories, getCategory, getCategoryAgents } from "@/lib/data";
+import { getCategoryMetadata } from "@/lib/category-metadata";
 import { serializeJsonLd } from "@/lib/json-ld";
 import { createPublicPageMetadata } from "@/lib/seo";
 import { SITE_URL } from "@/lib/site";
@@ -20,13 +21,7 @@ export async function generateStaticParams(): Promise<{ slug: string }[]> {
 export async function generateMetadata({ params }: { params: Promise<{ slug: string }> }) {
   const { slug } = await params;
   const category = await getCategory(slug);
-  const title = category?.name
-    ? `Open-source ${category.name.toLowerCase()} AI agents: setup guides`
-    : "Open-source AI agent category";
-  const description = category?.description
-    ? `Find open-source ${category.name.toLowerCase()} AI agents. Review project sources, setup requirements, and documented access. ${category.description}`
-    : "Explore open-source AI agents by category, with source repositories, setup guidance, and documented system access.";
-  return createPublicPageMetadata({ title, description, path: `/categories/${slug}` });
+  return createPublicPageMetadata({ ...getCategoryMetadata(category), path: `/categories/${slug}` });
 }
 
 export default async function CategoryPage({ params }: { params: Promise<{ slug: string }> }) {

app/feedback/page.tsx

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ export default function FeedbackPage() {
   );
 }
 
-export const metadata = createPublicPageMetadata({
-  title: "Share feedback",
-  description: "Send feedback about using AgentNine. Public display requires your permission and team approval.",
-  path: "/feedback",
-});
+export const metadata = {
+  ...createPublicPageMetadata({
+    title: "Share feedback",
+    description: "Send feedback about using AgentNine. Public display requires your permission and team approval.",
+    path: "/feedback",
+  }),
+  robots: { index: false, follow: true },
+};

app/page.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import { serializeJsonLd } from "@/lib/json-ld";
 import { createPublicPageMetadata } from "@/lib/seo";
 import { SITE_URL } from "@/lib/site";
 
+const homepageDescription =
+  "Explore open-source AI agents. Compare setup requirements, source repositories, and documented access across coding, research, content, and automation projects.";
+
 export default function Home() {
   const jsonLd = {
     "@context": "https://schema.org",
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ export default function Home() {
         "@id": `${SITE_URL}/#website`,
         url: SITE_URL,
         name: "AgentNine",
-        description: "Find open-source AI agents in AgentNine's directory. Browse by category, compare listings, and review setup, source, and access details.",
+        description: homepageDescription,
         publisher: { "@id": `${SITE_URL}/#organization` },
       },
       {
@@ -28,6 +31,12 @@ export default function Home() {
         url: SITE_URL,
         name: "AgentNine",
         logo: { "@type": "ImageObject", url: `${SITE_URL}/icon.svg` },
+        sameAs: [
+          "https://github.com/Nilesh1735/AgentNine",
+          "https://www.linkedin.com/company/agentnine/",
+          "https://x.com/agentninepro",
+          "https://www.instagram.com/agentnine.pro",
+        ],
       },
     ],
   };
@@ -89,6 +98,6 @@ export default function Home() {
 
 export const metadata = createPublicPageMetadata({
   title: "Open-Source AI Agent Directory",
-  description: "Find open-source AI agents in AgentNine's directory. Browse by category, compare listings, and review setup guides, source links, and access details.",
+  description: homepageDescription,
   path: "/",
 });

app/sitemap.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { MetadataRoute } from "next";
 import { getAgents, getCategories } from "@/lib/data";
 import { getPublishedNewsPosts } from "@/lib/news";
 import {
-  FEEDBACK_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED,
   getLatestSitemapLastModified,
   getSitemapLastModified,
   STATIC_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED,
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
     newsPosts.map((post) => post.updated_at ?? post.published_at ?? post.created_at),
   );
   const legalLastModified = getSitemapLastModified(legalConfig.lastUpdated);
-  const feedbackPageLastModified = getSitemapLastModified(FEEDBACK_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED);
   const staticPageLastModified = {
     about: getSitemapLastModified(STATIC_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED.about),
     faq: getSitemapLastModified(STATIC_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED.faq),
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
     { url: `${base}/join`, ...(staticPageLastModified.join ? { lastModified: staticPageLastModified.join } : {}), changeFrequency: "monthly", priority: 0.4 },
     { url: `${base}/about`, ...(staticPageLastModified.about ? { lastModified: staticPageLastModified.about } : {}), changeFrequency: "monthly", priority: 0.5 },
     { url: `${base}/faq`, ...(staticPageLastModified.faq ? { lastModified: staticPageLastModified.faq } : {}), changeFrequency: "monthly", priority: 0.5 },
-    { url: `${base}/feedback`, ...(feedbackPageLastModified ? { lastModified: feedbackPageLastModified } : {}), changeFrequency: "monthly", priority: 0.7 },
     { url: `${base}/contact`, ...(staticPageLastModified.contact ? { lastModified: staticPageLastModified.contact } : {}), changeFrequency: "monthly", priority: 0.3 },
     { url: `${base}/privacy`, ...(legalLastModified ? { lastModified: legalLastModified } : {}), changeFrequency: "yearly", priority: 0.2 },
     { url: `${base}/cookies`, ...(legalLastModified ? { lastModified: legalLastModified } : {}), changeFrequency: "yearly", priority: 0.2 },

components/DirectoryPreview.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type PreviewCategory = Pick<Category, "id" | "name" | "slug">;
 
 export function DirectoryPreview({ agents, categories }: { agents: PreviewAgent[]; categories: PreviewCategory[] }) {
   const categoryById = new Map(categories.map((category) => [category.id, category]));
-  const collection = agents.slice(0, 40);
+  const collection = agents;
   const ringCollection = [...collection, ...collection];
   const loopDuration = Math.max(120, collection.length * 2);
   const controls = useAnimationControls();

components/FeyCards.tsx

@@ -241,12 +241,12 @@ export function FeyCards() {
 
   return (
     <div className="fey-hero">
-      <p className="eyebrow fey-hero-kicker">OPEN-SOURCE AI AGENT DIRECTORY</p>
-      <h1 className="fey-hero-title">
+      <h1 className="eyebrow fey-hero-kicker">OPEN-SOURCE AI AGENT DIRECTORY</h1>
+      <p className="fey-hero-title">
         <span>Find Your</span>
         {" "}
         <span>Next Agent</span>
-      </h1>
+      </p>
       <div
         className="fey-deck-scroll"
         role="region"

components/HomeCatalogSections.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getPublishedNewsPosts } from "@/lib/news";
 import { serializeJsonLd } from "@/lib/json-ld";
 import { SITE_URL } from "@/lib/site";
 import { getAgentTrustState } from "@/lib/trust";
+import { selectHomepagePreviewAgents } from "@/lib/homepage-preview";
 
 export async function HomeCatalogSections() {
   const [agents, categories, news] = await Promise.all([
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export async function HomeCatalogSections() {
   ]);
   const featured = agents.data.slice(0, 3);
   const latestNews = news.posts.slice(0, 3);
-  const previewAgents = agents.data.slice(0, 40).map((agent) => {
+  const previewAgents = selectHomepagePreviewAgents(agents.data, categories.data).map((agent) => {
     const trust = getAgentTrustState(agent);
     return {
       id: agent.id,

components/ProfileAvatars.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { MaskedAvatars } from "@/components/ui/masked-avatars";
 
-const emptyAvatar =
-  "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 160 160'%3E%3C/svg%3E";
-
 export function ProfileAvatars({
   size = 88,
   className,
@@ -13,11 +10,10 @@ export function ProfileAvatars({
   return (
     <MaskedAvatars
       avatars={[
-        { avatar: "/nilesh-profile.jpeg", name: "Nilesh", href: "/about" },
-        { avatar: "/ali-sibtain-profile.webp", name: "Ali", href: "/about" },
-        { avatar: "/armaan-profile.jpeg", name: "Armaan", href: "/about" },
-        { avatar: "/ronit-profile.jpeg", name: "Ronit", href: "/about" },
-        { avatar: emptyAvatar, name: "Join us", href: "/join" },
+        { avatar: "/nilesh-profile.jpeg", name: "Nilesh Raj", href: "/about" },
+        { avatar: "/ali-sibtain-profile.webp", name: "Ali Sibtain", href: "/about" },
+        { avatar: "/armaan-profile.jpeg", name: "Armaan Amba", href: "/about" },
+        { avatar: "/ronit-profile.jpeg", name: "Ronit Jaiswal", href: "/about" },
       ]}
       size={size}
       column={Math.round(size * 0.68)}

lib/category-metadata.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { Category } from "./types";
+
+const FALLBACK_TITLE = "Open-source AI agent category";
+const FALLBACK_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Explore open-source AI agents by category, with source repositories, setup guidance, and documented system access.";
+
+export function getCategoryMetadata(category: Pick<Category, "name" | "description"> | undefined) {
+  const name = category?.name.trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ");
+  if (!name) return { title: FALLBACK_TITLE, description: FALLBACK_DESCRIPTION };
+
+  const categoryType = name.replace(/\s+agents?$/i, "").trim() || name;
+  const subject = `${categoryType.toLowerCase().replace(/\bai\b/g, "AI")} agents`;
+  const description = category?.description?.trim();
+
+  return {
+    title: `Open-source ${subject}: setup guides`,
+    description: description
+      ? `Explore ${subject} by source, setup requirements, and documented access. ${description}`
+      : `Explore ${subject} by source, setup requirements, and documented access.`,
+  };
+}

lib/homepage-preview.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { Agent, Category } from "./types";
+
+export function selectHomepagePreviewAgents<T extends Pick<Agent, "category_id">>(
+  agents: readonly T[],
+  categories: readonly Pick<Category, "id">[],
+): T[] {
+  return categories.flatMap(({ id }) =>
+    agents.filter((agent) => agent.category_id === id).slice(0, 6),
+  );
+}

lib/sitemap.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-export const FEEDBACK_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED = "2026-10-19";
-
 export const STATIC_PAGE_LAST_MODIFIED = {
   about: "2026-10-19",
   faq: "2026-10-17",

tests/category-metadata.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { getCategoryMetadata } from "@/lib/category-metadata";
+
+describe("getCategoryMetadata", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["Automation agents", "automation agents"],
+    ["Coding agents", "coding agents"],
+    ["Content agents", "content agents"],
+    ["Research agents", "research agents"],
+  ])("normalizes the %s category without repeating agents", (name, subject) => {
+    expect(getCategoryMetadata({ name, description: `${name} description.` })).toEqual({
+      title: `Open-source ${subject}: setup guides`,
+      description: `Explore ${subject} by source, setup requirements, and documented access. ${name} description.`,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps agent in category labels singular or already included in a longer name", () => {
+    expect(getCategoryMetadata({ name: "AI research agents", description: "Research." }).title)
+      .toBe("Open-source AI research agents: setup guides");
+    expect(getCategoryMetadata({ name: "Research agent", description: "Research." }).title)
+      .toBe("Open-source research agents: setup guides");
+  });
+
+  it("uses the generic fallback when category data is unavailable", () => {
+    expect(getCategoryMetadata(undefined)).toEqual({
+      title: "Open-source AI agent category",
+      description: "Explore open-source AI agents by category, with source repositories, setup guidance, and documented system access.",
+    });
+  });
+});

tests/homepage-preview.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { selectHomepagePreviewAgents } from "@/lib/homepage-preview";
+
+describe("selectHomepagePreviewAgents", () => {
+  it("selects up to six agents from each category in category order", () => {
+    const categories = ["automation", "coding", "content", "research"].map((id) => ({ id }));
+    const agents = categories.flatMap(({ id }) =>
+      Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, index) => ({ category_id: id, name: `${id}-${index + 1}` })),
+    );
+
+    const selected = selectHomepagePreviewAgents(agents, categories);
+
+    expect(selected).toHaveLength(24);
+    expect(categories.map(({ id }) => selected.filter((agent) => agent.category_id === id))).toEqual(
+      categories.map(({ id }) => agents.filter((agent) => agent.category_id === id).slice(0, 6)),
+    );
+    expect(selected.map((agent) => agent.name)).not.toContain("automation-7");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a category below six agents without filling from another category", () => {
+    const categories = [{ id: "automation" }, { id: "coding" }];
+    const agents = [
+      { category_id: "automation", name: "agent-a" },
+      { category_id: "coding", name: "agent-b" },
+      { category_id: "coding", name: "agent-c" },
+    ];
+
+    expect(selectHomepagePreviewAgents(agents, categories)).toEqual(agents);
+  });
+});

tests/sitemap-generation.test.ts

@@ -46,13 +46,9 @@ describe("sitemap generation", () => {
     mocks.getLatestPublishedSiteFeedbackUpdate.mockResolvedValue(new Date("2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z"));
   });
 
-  it("sets the requested feedback priority", async () => {
+  it("does not include the noindex feedback form", async () => {
     const entries = await sitemap();
-    expect(entries.find((entry) => entry.url.endsWith("/feedback"))).toMatchObject({
-      changeFrequency: "monthly",
-      priority: 0.7,
-      lastModified: new Date("2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z"),
-    });
+    expect(entries.find((entry) => entry.url.endsWith("/feedback"))).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it("uses the newest underlying content date for collection pages", async () => {