---
title: "Install Nuxt Robots"
description: "Get started with Nuxt Robots by installing the dependency to your project."
canonical_url: "https://nuxtseo.com/docs/robots/getting-started/installation"
last_updated: "2026-07-21T04:10:10.079Z"
---

## Setup Module

Want to know why you need this module? Check out the [introduction](/docs/robots/getting-started/introduction).

To get started with Nuxt Robots, you need to install the dependency and add it to your Nuxt config.

<module-install included-in="@nuxtjs/seo" name="robots">



</module-install>

## Verifying Installation

To ensure the module is behaving as expected, you should first check [`/robots.txt`](http://localhost:3000/robots.txt) is being generated.

It should show that the site is disallowed from indexing. This is good, as development
environments should not be indexed by search engines.

However, we want to see what a production environment would look like.

For this, it's recommended to use the Nuxt DevTools Robots tab to see the current configuration and how it's being applied.

The DevTools will show you that in production we're just serving a minimal robots.txt file.

```robots-txt [robots.txt]
User-agent: *
Disallow:
```

This allows all search engines to index the site.

## Configuration

Every site is different and will require its own unique configuration, to give you a head start
you may consider the following areas to configure.

- [Disabling Site Indexing](/docs/robots/guides/disable-indexing) - If you have non-production environments you should disable indexing for these environments,
while this works out-of-the-box for most providers, it's good to verify this is working as expected.
- [Disable Page Indexing](/docs/robots/guides/disable-page-indexing) - You should consider excluding pages that are not useful to search engines, for example
any routes which require authentication should be ignored.

Make sure you understand the differences between robots.txt vs robots meta tag with the [Controlling Web Crawlers](/learn-seo/nuxt/controlling-crawlers) guide.

<learn-label icon="i-ph-robot-duotone" label="Controlling Web Crawlers" to="/learn-seo/nuxt/controlling-crawlers">



</learn-label>

## Next Steps

You've successfully installed Nuxt Robots. Here's the recommended reading path:

1. **Disabling Site Indexing** - If you have non-production environments you should disable indexing for these environments.
2. **Disable Page Indexing** - Consider excluding pages that are not useful to search engines, for example any routes which require authentication.
3. **Robots.txt Recipes** - Common patterns for blocking bad bots, AI crawlers, and search results.

**Using other Nuxt modules?**

- [Nuxt I18n](/docs/robots/advanced/i18n) - Disallows are automatically expanded to your configured locales.
- [Nuxt Content](/docs/robots/advanced/content) - Configure robots from your markdown files.