diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 2752ff5264..0d62ccc8ec 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -123,5 +123,21 @@ rdi_current_version = "1.18.1"
 
 # Comment out if you don't want the "print entire section" link enabled.
 [outputs]
+home    = ["HTML", "RSS", "Markdown", "JSON"]
 section = ["HTML", "RSS", "Markdown", "JSON"]
-page = ["HTML", "Markdown", "JSON"]
\ No newline at end of file
+page    = ["HTML", "Markdown", "JSON"]
+
+# Content negotiation headers (hugo serve only).
+# For production nginx config see AI_AGENT_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md.
+# Must be at end of file — TOML [table] sections apply to all following keys.
+[server]
+  [[server.headers]]
+    for = "/**"
+    [server.headers.values]
+      Vary = "Accept"
+
+  [[server.headers]]
+    for = "**.html.md"
+    [server.headers.values]
+      Content-Type = "text/markdown; charset=utf-8"
+      Vary = "Accept"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/home.json b/layouts/home.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0740cc4607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/home.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{{- /* AI-friendly JSON output for the home page */ -}}
+
+{{- $content := partial "process-markdown-content.html" (dict "RawContent" .RawContent "Site" .Site "Page" .) -}}
+
+{{- $summary := (.Params.description | default .Description) | plainify | replaceRE "\\s+" " " | strings.TrimSpace -}}
+{{- $tags := .Params.categories | default (slice) -}}
+{{- $lastUpdated := .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" -}}
+
+{{- $children := slice -}}
+{{- range .Pages -}}
+  {{- $childId := "" -}}
+  {{- with .File -}}
+    {{- $baseName := .ContentBaseName -}}
+    {{- if or (not $baseName) (eq $baseName "_index") -}}
+      {{- $childId = $.Title | urlize -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- $childId = $baseName | urlize -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- $childId = .Title | urlize -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+  {{- $childSummary := (.Params.description | default .Description) | plainify | replaceRE "\\s+" " " | strings.TrimSpace -}}
+  {{- $child := dict "id" $childId "title" .Title "url" .Permalink "summary" $childSummary -}}
+  {{- $children = $children | append $child -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{
+  "id": "home",
+  "title": {{ .Title | jsonify }},
+  "url": {{ .Permalink | jsonify }},
+  "summary": {{ $summary | jsonify }},
+  "content": {{ $content | jsonify }},
+  "tags": {{ $tags | jsonify }},
+  "last_updated": {{ $lastUpdated | jsonify }},
+  "children": {{ $children | jsonify }}
+}
diff --git a/layouts/home.md b/layouts/home.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5522dc7098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/home.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# {{ .Title }}
+
+```json metadata
+{
+  "title": {{ .Title | jsonify }},
+  "description": {{ (.Params.description | default .Description) | plainify | replaceRE "\\s+" " " | strings.TrimSpace | jsonify }},
+  "categories": {{ .Params.categories | jsonify }},
+  "tableOfContents": {{ partial "toc-from-markdown.html" . }},
+  "codeExamples": {{ partial "code-examples-json.html" . }}
+}
+```
+
+{{- /* Process content with shared partial (shortcode expansion, HTML unescaping, etc.) */ -}}
+{{- $content := partial "process-markdown-content.html" (dict "RawContent" .RawContent "Site" .Site "Page" .) -}}
+
+{{ $content }}