Fix optional sphinx dependency (#44)

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e ".[dev]"
+        pip install -e . --group dev
 
     # - name: Run mypy
     #   run: |

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.5.3
+-----
+
+- Make sphinx a required dependency since there are imports from Sphinx
+  `#44 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/44>`_
+
+0.5.2
+-----
+
+- Remove support for singlehtml
+  `#40 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/40>`_
+
+0.5.1
+-----
+
+- Only allow builders that have _sources directory
+  `#38 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/38>`_
+
+0.5.0
+-----
+
+- Add :ref:`block_level_ignore` and :ref:`page_level_ignore`
+  `#33 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/33>`_
+- Add :confval:`llms_txt_full_size_policy` configuration option to control behavior when :confval:`llms_txt_full_max_size` is exceeded.
+  `#35 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/35>`_
+
+0.4.1
+-----
+
+- Fix include paths and spacing
+  `#31 <https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/pull/31>`_
+
 0.4.0
 -----
 

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ A Sphinx extension that generates a summary `llms.txt` file and a single combine
 
 See [sphinx-llms-txt documentation](https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) for installation and configuration instructions.
 
+## Contributing
+
+Pull Requests welcome! See [Contributing](https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) for instructions on how best to contribute.
+
 ## License
 
 MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

docs/source/advanced-configuration.rst

@@ -76,15 +76,26 @@ Handling Large Documentation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 For very large documentation sets, generating the full documentation file might exceed reasonable size limits.
-You can set a maximum line count:
+You can set a maximum line count and control what happens when that limit is exceeded:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
    llms_txt_full_max_size = 10000  # Maximum 10,000 lines
+   llms_txt_full_size_policy = "warn_skip"  # Default behavior
 
-If the generated file would exceed this limit, the extension will skip its generation and show a warning, allowing the build to complete.
+The ``llms_txt_full_size_policy`` setting controls both the log level and action taken when the size limit is exceeded.
+It uses the format ``"<loglevel>_<action>"``:
 
-.. tip:: Use :ref:`excluding_content` to remove less relevant pages.
+**Log levels:**
+- ``warn``: Log as a warning (default)
+- ``info``: Log as informational message
+
+**Actions:**
+- ``skip``: Don't create the file (default)
+- ``keep``: Create the file anyway, ignoring the size limit
+- ``note``: Create a placeholder file explaining why the full file wasn't generated
+
+.. tip:: Use :ref:`excluding_content` to remove less relevant pages and reduce the file size.
 
 .. _custom_directive_handling:
 
@@ -113,6 +124,13 @@ This ensures that paths in your custom directives are properly resolved in the g
 Excluding Content
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+There are several ways to exclude content from the generated ``llms-full.txt`` file:
+
+.. _global_exclusion:
+
+Global Page Exclusion
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 You can exclude specific pages from being included in the generated files:
 
 .. code-block:: python
@@ -124,6 +142,67 @@ You can exclude specific pages from being included in the generated files:
    ]
 
 This is useful for excluding auto-generated pages, indexes, or content that isn't relevant for LLM consumption.
+It can also be used to reduce the size of llms-full.txt.
+
+.. _page_level_ignore:
+
+Page-Level Ignore Metadata
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can exclude individual pages by adding metadata at the top of any reStructuredText file:
+
+.. code-block:: restructuredtext
+
+   :llms-txt-ignore: true
+
+   Page Title
+   ==========
+
+   This entire page will be excluded from llms-full.txt
+
+When this metadata is present, the entire page is skipped during processing.
+
+.. _block_level_ignore:
+
+Block-Level Ignore Directives
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can exclude specific sections within a page using ignore directives:
+
+.. code-block:: restructuredtext
+
+   Page Title
+   ==========
+
+   This content will be included in llms-full.txt.
+
+   .. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+   This content will be excluded from llms-full.txt.
+
+   Section To Ignore
+   -----------------
+
+   This entire section and any nested content will be ignored.
+
+   .. code-block:: python
+
+      # This code block will also be ignored
+      def ignored_function():
+          pass
+
+   .. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+   This content will be included again.
+
+Block-level ignores can be useful for:
+
+- Removing internal notes or TODOs
+- Hiding implementation details while keeping user-facing documentation
+
+.. note::
+   - Multiple ignore blocks can be used within the same file
+   - Ignore directives work with any indentation level
 
 .. _including_code_files:
 
@@ -198,6 +277,7 @@ Here's a complete example showing multiple :doc:`configuration-values`:
    llms_txt_filename = "ai-summary.txt"
    llms_txt_full_filename = "ai-full-docs.txt"
    llms_txt_full_max_size = 50000
+   llms_txt_full_size_policy = "warn_note"
 
    # Content customization
    llms_txt_title = "Project Documentation for AI Assistants"

docs/source/configuration-values.rst

@@ -24,11 +24,22 @@ Project Configuration Values
    - **Type**: integer or ``None``
    - **Default**: ``None`` (no limit)
    - **Description**: Sets a maximum line count for ``llms_txt_full_filename``.
-     If exceeded, the file is skipped and a warning is shown, but the build still completes.
+     Behavior when exceeded is controlled by :confval:`llms_txt_full_size_policy`.
      See :ref:`handling_large_documentation`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 0.2.0
 
+.. confval:: llms_txt_full_size_policy
+
+   - **Type**: string
+   - **Default**: ``'warn_skip'``
+   - **Description**: Controls what happens when :confval:`llms_txt_full_max_size` is exceeded.
+     Format is ``<loglevel>_<action>``. Log levels: ``warn``, ``info``.
+     Actions: ``skip``, ``keep``, ``note``.
+     See :ref:`handling_large_documentation`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 0.5.0
+
 .. confval:: llms_txt_file
 
    - **Type**: boolean
@@ -78,7 +89,7 @@ Project Configuration Values
 
    - **Type**: list of strings
    - **Default**: ``[]``
-   - **Description**: A list of pages to ignore.
+   - **Description**: A list of pages to ignore using glob patterns.
      See :ref:`excluding_content`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 0.2.1

docs/source/contributing.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Local development
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      pip install -e ".[dev]"
+      pip install -e . --group dev
 
 #. Install pre-commit Git hook scripts:
 

docs/source/getting-started.rst

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 Getting Started
 ===============
 
-Demo
-----
-
-You can see this Sphinx project's `llms.txt`_ and `llms-full.txt`_ files as a simple example.
-
 Installation
 ------------
 
@@ -15,6 +10,12 @@ Directly install via ``pip`` by using:
 
     pip install sphinx-llms-txt
 
+Or with ``conda`` via ``conda-forge``:
+
+.. code::
+
+   conda install -c conda-forge sphinx-llms-txt
+
 Usage
 -----
 
@@ -26,25 +27,12 @@ Add the extension to your Sphinx configuration (``conf.py``):
         'sphinx_llms_txt',
     ]
 
-Once added, the extension will automatically generate the LLMs.txt files during the build process.
+After the HTML finishes building, **sphinx-llms-txt** will output the location of the output files::
+
+    sphinx-llms-txt: Created /path/to/_build/html/llms-full.txt with 45 sources and 6879 lines
+    sphinx-llms-txt: created /path/to/_build/html/llms.txt
+
+
+.. tip:: Make sure to confirm the accuracy of the output files after installs and upgrades.
 
 See :doc:`advanced-configuration` for more information about how to use **sphinx-llms-txt**.
-
-How It Works
-------------
-
-During the Sphinx build process:
-
-1. **Content Collection**: Scans all of your documentation's ``_source`` pages and collects their content
-2. **Directive Processing**: Resolves ``include`` directives by automatically incorporating their content
-3. **Path Resolution**: Transforms relative paths in directives to full paths
-4. **Output Generation**: Creates two optional files:
-
-   - ``llms.txt``: A concise summary of your documentation, in Markdown
-   - ``llms-full.txt``: A comprehensive version with all documentation content, in reStructuredText
-
-5. **Content Filtering**: Allows you to exclude specific pages from the generated files
-
-
-.. _llms.txt: https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/llms.txt
-.. _llms-full.txt: https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/llms-full.txt

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ A `Sphinx`_ extension that generates a summary ``llms.txt`` file, written in Mar
 
 |PyPI version| |Conda Version| |Downloads| |Parallel Safe| |GitHub Stars|
 
+Demo
+----
+
+You can see this Sphinx project's `llms.txt`_ and `llms-full.txt`_ files as a simple example.
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+1. **Content Collection**: Quickly gathers content from _sources, without needing a separate build
+2. **Directive Processing**: Resolves ``include`` directives by automatically incorporating their content
+3. **Path Resolution**: Transforms relative paths in directives to full paths
+4. **Output Generation**: Creates two optional files:
+
+   - ``llms.txt``: A concise summary of your documentation, in Markdown
+   - ``llms-full.txt``: A comprehensive version with all documentation content, in reStructuredText
+
+5. **Content Filtering**: Allows you to exclude specific pages or sections
+6. **Source Code**: Allows you to include specific source code files
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
@@ -15,6 +34,8 @@ A `Sphinx`_ extension that generates a summary ``llms.txt`` file, written in Mar
    changelog
 
 
+.. _llms.txt: https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/llms.txt
+.. _llms-full.txt: https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/llms-full.txt
 .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/
 
 .. |PyPI version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/sphinx-llms-txt.svg

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ classifiers = [
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 readme = "README.md"
 dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+    "sphinx",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 download = "https://pypi.org/project/sphinx-llms-txt/"
 source = "https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt"
 changelog = "https://github.com/jdillard/sphinx-llms-txt/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
+[dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=7.0.0",
     "black",
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ dev = [
     "mypy",
     "isort",
     "pre-commit",
-    "sphinx",
 ]
 test = [
     "pytest>=7.0.0",

sphinx_llms_txt/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 """
-Sphinx extension to create a combined sources file (llms-full.txt)
+Sphinx extension that generates llms.txt and llms-full.txt files for LLM consumption.
+
+This extension collects documentation content from Sphinx projects and generates
+two output files:
+- llms.txt: A concise Markdown summary with project overview and page links
+- llms-full.txt: A comprehensive reStructuredText file containing all documentation
+  content with resolved includes and path references
+
+The extension processes content during the build phase, handles page-level and
+block-level ignore directives, and can optionally include source code files.
 """
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
@@ -12,7 +21,7 @@ from .manager import LLMSFullManager
 from .processor import DocumentProcessor
 from .writer import FileWriter
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
 
 # Export classes needed by tests
 __all__ = [
@@ -33,6 +42,13 @@ def doctree_resolved(app: Sphinx, doctree, docname: str):
     """Called when a docname has been resolved to a document."""
     global _root_first_paragraph
 
+    # Check for llms-txt-ignore metadata at the page level
+    if hasattr(app.env, "metadata") and docname in app.env.metadata:
+        metadata = app.env.metadata[docname]
+        if metadata.get("llms-txt-ignore", "").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
+            _manager.mark_page_ignored(docname)
+            return
+
     # Extract title from the document
     title = None
     # findall() returns a generator, convert to list to check if it has elements
@@ -74,6 +90,7 @@ def build_finished(app: Sphinx, exception):
             "llms_txt_full_file": app.config.llms_txt_full_file,
             "llms_txt_full_filename": app.config.llms_txt_full_filename,
             "llms_txt_full_max_size": app.config.llms_txt_full_max_size,
+            "llms_txt_full_size_policy": app.config.llms_txt_full_size_policy,
             "llms_txt_directives": app.config.llms_txt_directives,
             "llms_txt_exclude": app.config.llms_txt_exclude,
             "llms_txt_code_files": app.config.llms_txt_code_files,
@@ -96,12 +113,12 @@ def build_finished(app: Sphinx, exception):
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Set up the Sphinx extension."""
 
-    # Add configuration options
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_file", True, "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_filename", "llms.txt", "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_full_file", True, "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_full_filename", "llms-full.txt", "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_full_max_size", None, "env")
+    app.add_config_value("llms_txt_full_size_policy", "warn_skip", "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_directives", [], "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_title", None, "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_summary", None, "env")
@@ -109,15 +126,21 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_code_files", [], "env")
     app.add_config_value("llms_txt_code_base_path", None, "env")
 
-    # Connect to Sphinx events
+    def builder_inited(app):
-    app.connect("doctree-resolved", doctree_resolved)
+        """Used to limit what builders are allowed to run the extension."""
-    app.connect("build-finished", build_finished)
 
+        allowed_builders = ["html", "dirhtml"]
+        if hasattr(app, "builder") and app.builder.name in allowed_builders:
             # Reset manager and root paragraph for each build
             global _manager, _root_first_paragraph
             _manager = LLMSFullManager()
             _root_first_paragraph = ""
 
+            app.connect("doctree-resolved", doctree_resolved)
+            app.connect("build-finished", build_finished)
+
+    app.connect("builder-inited", builder_inited)
+
     return {
         "version": __version__,
         "parallel_read_safe": True,

sphinx_llms_txt/manager.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Main manager module for sphinx-llms-txt.
 import glob
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
         self.srcdir: Optional[str] = None
         self.outdir: Optional[str] = None
         self.app: Optional[Sphinx] = None
+        self.ignored_pages: set = set()
 
     def set_master_doc(self, master_doc: str):
         """Set the master document name."""
@@ -144,6 +145,27 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
         """Update the title for a page."""
         self.collector.update_page_title(docname, title)
 
+    def mark_page_ignored(self, docname: str):
+        """Mark a page as ignored due to llms-txt-ignore metadata."""
+        self.ignored_pages.add(docname)
+
+    def _filter_ignored_pages(
+        self, page_order: Union[List[str], List[Tuple[str, str]]]
+    ) -> Union[List[str], List[Tuple[str, str]]]:
+        """Filter out ignored pages from page_order."""
+        filtered_pages = []
+        for item in page_order:
+            # Handle both old format (str) and new format (tuple)
+            if isinstance(item, tuple):
+                docname, _ = item
+            else:
+                docname = item
+
+            if docname not in self.ignored_pages:
+                filtered_pages.append(item)
+
+        return filtered_pages
+
     def set_config(self, config: Dict[str, Any]):
         """Set configuration options."""
         self.config = config
@@ -175,7 +197,6 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
         possible_sources = [
             Path(outdir) / "_sources",
             Path(outdir) / "html" / "_sources",
-            Path(outdir) / "singlehtml" / "_sources",
         ]
 
         for path in possible_sources:
@@ -273,16 +294,39 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
         added_files = set()
         total_line_count = code_files_line_count
         max_lines = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_max_size")
-        abort_due_to_max_lines = False
+
+        # Parse size_policy configuration early to determine collection strategy
+        size_policy_action = None
+        aborted_due_to_size = False
+        if max_lines is not None:
+            size_policy = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_size_policy", "warn_skip")
+            _, size_policy_action = self._parse_size_policy_config(size_policy)
+
+        # Only collect all files if action is "keep"
+        # For "skip" and "note", we can abort early when size limit is exceeded
+        should_abort_early = size_policy_action in ["skip", "note"]
 
         for docname, _ in page_order:
+            # Skip pages marked as ignored
+            if docname in self.ignored_pages:
+                logger.debug(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Skipping ignored page: {docname}")
+                continue
+
             if docname in docname_to_file:
                 file_path = docname_to_file[docname]
                 content, line_count = self._read_source_file(file_path, docname)
 
-                # Check if adding this file would exceed the maximum line count
+                # Abort early for skip/note actions
-                if max_lines is not None and total_line_count + line_count > max_lines:
+                if (
-                    abort_due_to_max_lines = True
+                    max_lines is not None
+                    and total_line_count + line_count > max_lines
+                    and should_abort_early
+                ):
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"sphinx-llms-txt: Stopping collection due to size limit. "
+                        f"File {docname} would exceed limit."
+                    )
+                    aborted_due_to_size = True
                     break
 
                 # Double-check this file should be included (not in excluded patterns)
@@ -315,7 +359,9 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
                 )
 
         # Add any remaining files (in alphabetical order) that aren't in the page order
-        if not abort_due_to_max_lines:
+        # Only skip this if we aborted early due to size limits for skip/note actions
+        size_limit_exceeded = max_lines is not None and total_line_count > max_lines
+        if not (size_limit_exceeded and should_abort_early):
             # Get all source files in the _sources directory using configured suffixes
             source_suffixes = self._get_source_suffixes()
             all_source_files = []
@@ -363,6 +409,13 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
                 if docname is None:
                     continue
 
+                # Skip pages marked as ignored
+                if docname in self.ignored_pages:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"sphinx-llms-txt: Skipping ignored remaining file: {docname}"
+                    )
+                    continue
+
                 # Skip excluded docnames
                 if exclude_patterns and any(
                     self.collector._match_exclude_pattern(docname, pattern)
@@ -374,8 +427,13 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
                 # Read and process the file
                 content, line_count = self._read_source_file(file_path, docname)
 
-                # Check if adding this file would exceed the maximum line count
+                # Abort early for skip/note actions
-                if max_lines is not None and total_line_count + line_count > max_lines:
+                if (
+                    max_lines is not None
+                    and total_line_count + line_count > max_lines
+                    and should_abort_early
+                ):
+                    aborted_due_to_size = True
                     break
 
                 if content:
@@ -384,23 +442,26 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
                     total_line_count += line_count
 
         # Process code files at the end if configured
-        if not abort_due_to_max_lines:
+        # Only skip this if we aborted early due to size limits for skip/note actions
+        if not (size_limit_exceeded and should_abort_early):
             code_file_parts, processed_file_paths = self._process_code_files()
             code_files_line_count = sum(
                 part.count("\n") + 1 for part in code_file_parts
             )
 
             # Check if adding code files would exceed the maximum line count
-            max_lines = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_max_size")
+            # For "keep" action, we include code files regardless of size
             if (
                 max_lines is not None
                 and total_line_count + code_files_line_count > max_lines
+                and should_abort_early
             ):
                 logger.warning(
                     f"sphinx-llms-txt: Adding code files would exceed max line limit "
                     f"({max_lines}). Current: {total_line_count}, "
                     f"Code files: {code_files_line_count}. Skipping code files."
                 )
+                aborted_due_to_size = True
             else:
                 # Add source code files section if there are any code files
                 if code_file_parts:
@@ -413,35 +474,70 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
                     total_line_count += (
                         code_files_line_count + section_header.count("\n") + 1
                     )
+        else:
+            # If we aborted early for skip/note actions, set empty code file parts
+            code_file_parts = []
 
-        # Check if line limit was exceeded before creating the file
+        # Handle size limit exceeded cases
-        max_lines = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_max_size")
+        if max_lines is not None and (
-        if abort_due_to_max_lines or (
+            total_line_count > max_lines or aborted_due_to_size
-            max_lines is not None and total_line_count > max_lines
         ):
-            logger.warning(
+            # Parse the size_policy configuration (reuse what we parsed earlier)
-                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Max line limit ({max_lines}) exceeded:"
+            size_policy = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_size_policy", "warn_skip")
-                f" {total_line_count} > {max_lines}. "
+            log_level, action = self._parse_size_policy_config(size_policy)
-                f"Not creating llms-full.txt file."
+
+            # Log with the specified level
+            filename = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_filename", "llms-full.txt")
+            message = f"sphinx-llms-txt: Max lines ({max_lines}) exceeded for {filename}"  # noqa: E501
+
+            if log_level == "info":
+                logger.info(message)
+            else:
+                logger.warning(message)
+
+            # Handle different actions
+            if action == "skip":
+                filename = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_filename", "llms-full.txt")
+                logger.info(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Skipping {filename} generation")
+                # Log summary information if requested
+                if self.config.get("llms_txt_file"):
+                    filtered_page_order = self._filter_ignored_pages(page_order)
+                    self.writer.write_verbose_info_to_file(
+                        filtered_page_order,
+                        self.collector.page_titles,
+                        total_line_count,
                     )
+                return
+            elif action == "note":
+                logger.info(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Creating placeholder {output_path}")
+                self._write_placeholder_file(output_path, max_lines)
 
                 # Log summary information if requested
                 if self.config.get("llms_txt_file"):
+                    filtered_page_order = self._filter_ignored_pages(page_order)
                     self.writer.write_verbose_info_to_file(
-                    page_order, self.collector.page_titles, total_line_count
+                        filtered_page_order,
+                        self.collector.page_titles,
+                        total_line_count,
                     )
-
                 return
+            elif action == "keep":
+                filename = self.config.get("llms_txt_full_filename", "llms-full.txt")
+                # Fall through to write the file
 
-        # Write combined file if limit wasn't exceeded
+        # Write combined file only if we have content to write
+        if content_parts:
             success = self.writer.write_combined_file(
                 content_parts, output_path, total_line_count
             )
+        else:
+            success = False
 
         # Log summary information if requested
         if success and self.config.get("llms_txt_file"):
+            filtered_page_order = self._filter_ignored_pages(page_order)
             self.writer.write_verbose_info_to_file(
-                page_order, self.collector.page_titles, total_line_count
+                filtered_page_order, self.collector.page_titles, total_line_count
             )
 
     def _read_source_file(self, file_path: Path, docname: str) -> Tuple[str, int]:
@@ -813,3 +909,72 @@ class LLMSFullManager:
             # Recursively handle subdirectories
             if subtree is not None:  # It's a directory
                 self._format_tree_node(subtree, lines, next_prefix, False)
+
+    def _parse_size_policy_config(self, size_policy: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Parse the llms_txt_full_size_policy configuration value.
+
+        Args:
+            size_policy: Configuration string in format "loglevel_action"
+
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of (log_level, action) where:
+            - log_level is "warn" or "info"
+            - action is "keep", "skip", or "note"
+        """
+        if not size_policy or "_" not in size_policy:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Invalid llms_txt_full_size_policy "
+                f"format: '{size_policy}'. "
+                f"Using default 'warn_skip'."
+            )
+            return "warn", "skip"
+
+        parts = size_policy.split("_", 1)  # Split on first underscore only
+        log_level, action = parts[0], parts[1]
+
+        # Validate log level
+        if log_level not in ["warn", "info"]:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Invalid log level '{log_level}' in "
+                f"llms_txt_full_size_policy. "
+                f"Valid options: warn, info. Using 'warn'."
+            )
+            log_level = "warn"
+
+        # Validate action
+        if action not in ["keep", "skip", "note"]:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Invalid action '{action}' in "
+                f"llms_txt_full_size_policy. "
+                f"Valid options: keep, skip, note. Using 'skip'."
+            )
+            action = "skip"
+
+        return log_level, action
+
+    def _write_placeholder_file(self, output_path: Path, max_lines: int):
+        """Write a placeholder llms-full.txt file with a note about size limit.
+
+        Args:
+            output_path: Path where the placeholder file should be written
+            max_lines: The configured maximum line limit
+        """
+        # Create the placeholder note content
+        placeholder_content = (
+            f".. This file was not generated because it exceeded the configured size limit.\n"  # noqa: E501
+            "   See the conf.py ``llms_txt_full_max_size`` and ``llms_txt_full_size_policy``\n"  # noqa: E501
+            "   for configuration options.\n"
+            "\n"
+            f"   Configured max size: {max_lines} lines\n"
+            "\n"
+            "   For more information, see: https://sphinx-llms-txt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration-values.html#llms-txt-full-max-size\n"  # noqa: E501
+        )
+
+        try:
+            with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(placeholder_content)
+            logger.debug(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Wrote placeholder file: {output_path}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(
+                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Error writing placeholder file {output_path}: {e}"
+            )

sphinx_llms_txt/processor.py

@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ class DocumentProcessor:
         Returns:
             Processed content with directives properly resolved
         """
-        # First process include directives
+        # First process llms-txt-ignore blocks
+        content = self._process_ignore_blocks(content)
+
+        # Then process include directives
         content = self._process_includes(content, source_path)
 
         # Then process path directives (image, figure, etc.)
@@ -243,9 +246,12 @@ class DocumentProcessor:
         """
         possible_paths = []
 
-        # If it's an absolute path, use it directly
+        # If it's an absolute path, treat it as relative to srcdir
         if os.path.isabs(include_path):
-            possible_paths.append(Path(include_path))
+            # Remove the leading slash and treat as relative to srcdir
+            relative_path = include_path.lstrip("/")
+            if self.srcdir:
+                possible_paths.append((Path(self.srcdir) / relative_path).resolve())
         else:
             # Relative to the source file (in _sources directory)
             possible_paths.append((source_path.parent / include_path).resolve())
@@ -286,6 +292,9 @@ class DocumentProcessor:
         # Function to replace each include with content
         def replace_include(match):
             include_path = match.group(3)
+            directive_part = match.group(
+                1
+            )  # The ".. include:: " part with leading whitespace
 
             # Get all possible paths to try
             possible_paths = self._resolve_include_paths(include_path, source_path)
@@ -296,7 +305,18 @@ class DocumentProcessor:
                     if path_to_try.exists():
                         with open(path_to_try, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                             included_content = f.read()
+
+                        # Find where the actual directive starts, after any whitespace
+                        directive_start = directive_part.find("..")
+                        if directive_start > 0:
+                            # There's leading whitespace/newlines before the directive
+                            leading_part = directive_part[:directive_start]
+                            # Replace directive with content, preserving the structure
+                            return leading_part + included_content
+                        else:
+                            # No leading whitespace, just return the content
                             return included_content
+
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error(
                         f"sphinx-llms-txt: Error reading include file {path_to_try}:"
@@ -308,8 +328,48 @@ class DocumentProcessor:
             paths_tried = ", ".join(str(p) for p in possible_paths)
             logger.warning(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Include file not found: {include_path}")
             logger.debug(f"sphinx-llms-txt: Tried paths: {paths_tried}")
+
+            # Preserve spacing structure for error message too
+            directive_start = match.group(1).find("..")
+            if directive_start > 0:
+                leading_part = match.group(1)[:directive_start]
+                return leading_part + f"[Include file not found: {include_path}]"
+            else:
                 return f"[Include file not found: {include_path}]"
 
         # Replace all includes with their content
         processed_content = include_pattern.sub(replace_include, content)
         return processed_content
+
+    def _process_ignore_blocks(self, content: str) -> str:
+        """Process llms-txt-ignore-start/end blocks by removing their content.
+
+        Args:
+            content: The source content to process
+
+        Returns:
+            Processed content with ignore blocks removed
+        """
+        # Process ignore blocks iteratively to handle nested cases correctly
+        while True:
+            # Pattern to match ignore blocks - handles whitespace and indentation
+            ignore_pattern = re.compile(
+                r"^\s*\.\.\s+llms-txt-ignore-start\s*\n"  # Start directive line
+                r"(.*?)"  # Content to ignore (non-greedy)
+                r"^\s*\.\.\s+llms-txt-ignore-end\s*$",  # End directive line
+                re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
+            )
+
+            # Find and remove one ignore block at a time
+            match = ignore_pattern.search(content)
+            if not match:
+                break
+
+            # Remove the matched block
+            content = content[: match.start()] + content[match.end() :]
+
+        # Clean up any extra blank lines that might be left
+        # Replace multiple consecutive newlines with at most 2 newlines
+        processed_content = re.sub(r"\n\n\n+", "\n\n", content)
+
+        return processed_content

sphinx_llms_txt/writer.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class FileWriter:
                 f.write("\n".join(content_parts))
 
             logger.info(
-                f"sphinx-llms-txt: created {output_path} with {len(content_parts)}"
+                f"sphinx-llms-txt: Created {output_path} with {len(content_parts)}"
                 f" sources and {total_line_count} lines"
             )
             return True

tests/roots/basic/index.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Welcome to Test Project's documentation!
    page1
    page2
    page_with_include
+   page_ignored_metadata
+   page_with_ignore_blocks
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================

tests/roots/basic/page_ignored_metadata.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+:llms-txt-ignore: true
+
+Page Ignored by Metadata
+========================
+
+This page should not appear in llms-full.txt because of the metadata directive.
+
+Section 1
+---------
+
+This content should be completely ignored.
+
+Section 2
+---------
+
+This content should also be ignored.

tests/roots/basic/page_with_ignore_blocks.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Page With Ignore Blocks
+=======================
+
+This content should appear in llms-full.txt.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+This content should be ignored and not appear in llms-full.txt.
+
+Section Ignored
+---------------
+
+This section should also be ignored.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+This content after the ignore block should appear in llms-full.txt.
+
+Another Section
+---------------
+
+This content should definitely appear.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+Another ignored block with multiple lines.
+
+- Item 1 (ignored)
+- Item 2 (ignored)
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   # This code should be ignored
+   def ignored_function():
+       pass
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+Final content that should appear.

tests/test_ignore_features.py

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+"""Tests for llms-txt ignore features."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sphinx_llms_txt import DocumentProcessor
+
+
+def test_process_ignore_blocks():
+    """Test that ignore blocks are properly removed from content."""
+    processor = DocumentProcessor({}, None)
+
+    content = """This content should remain.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+This content should be removed.
+
+Section Ignored
+---------------
+
+This section should also be removed.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+This content should remain after the ignore block.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+Another ignored block.
+Multiple lines here.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+Final content that should remain."""
+
+    processed = processor._process_ignore_blocks(content)
+
+    # Check that ignored content is removed
+    assert "This content should be removed." not in processed
+    assert "Section Ignored" not in processed
+    assert "Another ignored block." not in processed
+    assert "Multiple lines here." not in processed
+
+    # Check that non-ignored content remains
+    assert "This content should remain." in processed
+    assert "This content should remain after the ignore block." in processed
+    assert "Final content that should remain." in processed
+
+
+def test_process_ignore_blocks_with_indentation():
+    """Test that ignore blocks work with different indentation levels."""
+    processor = DocumentProcessor({}, None)
+
+    content = """Section Title
+=============
+
+Normal content.
+
+   .. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+   Indented ignored content.
+   More indented content.
+
+   .. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+Back to normal content."""
+
+    processed = processor._process_ignore_blocks(content)
+
+    # Check that ignored content is removed
+    assert "Indented ignored content." not in processed
+    assert "More indented content." not in processed
+
+    # Check that non-ignored content remains
+    assert "Section Title" in processed
+    assert "Normal content." in processed
+    assert "Back to normal content." in processed
+
+
+def test_process_ignore_blocks_multiple():
+    """Test that multiple ignore blocks are handled correctly."""
+    processor = DocumentProcessor({}, None)
+
+    content = """Start content.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+First ignore block.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+Middle content that should remain.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+Second ignore block.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+End content."""
+
+    processed = processor._process_ignore_blocks(content)
+
+    # Check that ignored content is removed
+    assert "First ignore block." not in processed
+    assert "Second ignore block." not in processed
+
+    # Check that non-ignored content remains
+    assert "Start content." in processed
+    assert "Middle content that should remain." in processed
+    assert "End content." in processed
+
+
+def test_build_with_ignore_features(basic_sphinx_app):
+    """Test building HTML documentation with ignore features."""
+    app = basic_sphinx_app
+    app.build()
+
+    # Check if the output file was created
+    output_file = Path(app.outdir) / "test-llms-full.txt"
+    assert output_file.exists(), f"Output file {output_file} does not exist"
+
+    # Read the content of the output file
+    content = output_file.read_text()
+
+    # Check that page with metadata ignore is completely excluded
+    assert "Page Ignored by Metadata" not in content
+    assert "This page should not appear in llms-full.txt" not in content
+
+    # Check that page with ignore blocks has the right content
+    assert "Page With Ignore Blocks" in content
+    assert "This content should appear in llms-full.txt." in content
+    assert "This content after the ignore block should appear" in content
+    assert "Another Section" in content
+    assert "Final content that should appear." in content
+
+    # Check that ignored block content is not present
+    assert "This content should be ignored and not appear" not in content
+    assert "Section Ignored" not in content
+    assert "Another ignored block with multiple lines." not in content
+    assert "Item 1 (ignored)" not in content
+    assert "def ignored_function():" not in content
+
+
+def test_manager_mark_page_ignored():
+    """Test that manager can mark pages as ignored."""
+    from sphinx_llms_txt import LLMSFullManager
+
+    manager = LLMSFullManager()
+
+    # Initially no pages are ignored
+    assert len(manager.ignored_pages) == 0
+
+    # Mark a page as ignored
+    manager.mark_page_ignored("test_page")
+
+    # Check that page is in ignored set
+    assert "test_page" in manager.ignored_pages
+    assert len(manager.ignored_pages) == 1
+
+    # Mark another page as ignored
+    manager.mark_page_ignored("another_page")
+
+    # Check both pages are ignored
+    assert "test_page" in manager.ignored_pages
+    assert "another_page" in manager.ignored_pages
+    assert len(manager.ignored_pages) == 2
+
+
+def test_process_ignore_blocks_empty_blocks():
+    """Test that empty ignore blocks are handled correctly."""
+    processor = DocumentProcessor({}, None)
+
+    content = """Content before.
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-start
+
+.. llms-txt-ignore-end
+
+Content after."""
+
+    processed = processor._process_ignore_blocks(content)
+
+    # Check that content remains
+    assert "Content before." in processed
+    assert "Content after." in processed
+
+    # Check that we don't have excessive newlines
+    lines = processed.strip().split("\n")
+    non_empty_lines = [line for line in lines if line.strip()]
+    assert len(non_empty_lines) == 2
+
+
+def test_ignore_metadata_affects_both_files(basic_sphinx_app):
+    """Test that :llms-txt-ignore: true affects both files."""
+    app = basic_sphinx_app
+    # Enable both llms.txt and llms-full.txt file generation
+    app.config.llms_txt_file = True
+    app.config.llms_txt_filename = "test-llms.txt"
+    app.build()
+
+    # Check if both output files were created
+    llms_full_file = Path(app.outdir) / "test-llms-full.txt"
+    llms_summary_file = Path(app.outdir) / "test-llms.txt"
+
+    assert llms_full_file.exists(), f"Output file {llms_full_file} does not exist"
+    assert llms_summary_file.exists(), f"Output file {llms_summary_file} does not exist"
+
+    # Read the content of both files
+    llms_full_content = llms_full_file.read_text()
+    llms_summary_content = llms_summary_file.read_text()
+
+    # Check that page with metadata ignore is excluded from llms-full.txt
+    assert "Page Ignored by Metadata" not in llms_full_content
+    assert "This page should not appear in llms-full.txt" not in llms_full_content
+
+    # Check that page with metadata ignore is also excluded from llms.txt
+    # This should NOT contain a link to the ignored page
+    assert "Page Ignored by Metadata" not in llms_summary_content
+    assert "page_ignored_metadata.html" not in llms_summary_content

tests/test_integration.py

@@ -117,6 +117,152 @@ def test_max_lines_limit(temp_dir, rootdir):
         app.docutils_conf_path.unlink()
 
 
+def test_on_exceed_skip(temp_dir, rootdir):
+    """Test that skip action works when size limit is exceeded."""
+    from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp
+
+    src_dir = rootdir / "basic"
+
+    app = SphinxTestApp(
+        srcdir=src_dir,
+        builddir=temp_dir,
+        buildername="html",
+        freshenv=True,
+        confoverrides={
+            "llms_txt_full_filename": "skip-test.txt",
+            "llms_txt_full_max_size": 20,
+            "llms_txt_full_size_policy": "warn_skip",
+        },
+    )
+
+    app.build()
+
+    # Check that the output file was NOT created
+    output_file = Path(app.outdir) / "skip-test.txt"
+    assert (
+        not output_file.exists()
+    ), f"Output file {output_file} should not exist with skip action"
+
+    # Cleanup
+    sys.path[:] = app._saved_path
+    _clean_up_global_state()
+    if hasattr(app, "docutils_conf_path") and app.docutils_conf_path.exists():
+        app.docutils_conf_path.unlink()
+
+
+def test_on_exceed_keep(temp_dir, rootdir):
+    """Test that keep action works when size limit is exceeded."""
+    from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp
+
+    src_dir = rootdir / "basic"
+
+    app = SphinxTestApp(
+        srcdir=src_dir,
+        builddir=temp_dir,
+        buildername="html",
+        freshenv=True,
+        confoverrides={
+            "llms_txt_full_filename": "keep-test.txt",
+            "llms_txt_full_max_size": 20,
+            "llms_txt_full_size_policy": "info_keep",
+        },
+    )
+
+    app.build()
+
+    # Check that the output file WAS created despite exceeding limit
+    output_file = Path(app.outdir) / "keep-test.txt"
+    assert (
+        output_file.exists()
+    ), f"Output file {output_file} should exist with keep action"
+
+    # Verify it has content
+    content = output_file.read_text()
+    assert len(content) > 0, "Output file should have content with keep action"
+
+    # Cleanup
+    sys.path[:] = app._saved_path
+    _clean_up_global_state()
+    if hasattr(app, "docutils_conf_path") and app.docutils_conf_path.exists():
+        app.docutils_conf_path.unlink()
+
+
+def test_on_exceed_note(temp_dir, rootdir):
+    """Test that note action works when size limit is exceeded."""
+    from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp
+
+    src_dir = rootdir / "basic"
+
+    app = SphinxTestApp(
+        srcdir=src_dir,
+        builddir=temp_dir,
+        buildername="html",
+        freshenv=True,
+        confoverrides={
+            "llms_txt_full_filename": "note-test.txt",
+            "llms_txt_full_max_size": 20,
+            "llms_txt_full_size_policy": "warn_note",
+        },
+    )
+
+    app.build()
+
+    # Check that the output file WAS created with placeholder content
+    output_file = Path(app.outdir) / "note-test.txt"
+    assert (
+        output_file.exists()
+    ), f"Output file {output_file} should exist with note action"
+
+    # Verify it has the placeholder content
+    content = output_file.read_text()
+    assert (
+        "This file was not generated because it exceeded the configured size limit."
+        in content
+    )
+    assert "llms_txt_full_max_size" in content
+    assert "llms_txt_full_size_policy" in content
+    assert "Configured max size: 20 lines" in content
+
+    # Cleanup
+    sys.path[:] = app._saved_path
+    _clean_up_global_state()
+    if hasattr(app, "docutils_conf_path") and app.docutils_conf_path.exists():
+        app.docutils_conf_path.unlink()
+
+
+def test_on_exceed_invalid_config(temp_dir, rootdir):
+    """Test behavior with invalid configuration values."""
+    from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp
+
+    src_dir = rootdir / "basic"
+
+    app = SphinxTestApp(
+        srcdir=src_dir,
+        builddir=temp_dir,
+        buildername="html",
+        freshenv=True,
+        confoverrides={
+            "llms_txt_full_filename": "invalid-test.txt",
+            "llms_txt_full_max_size": 20,
+            "llms_txt_full_size_policy": "invalid_format",  # Invalid config
+        },
+    )
+
+    app.build()
+
+    # Should fall back to default behavior (warn_skip)
+    output_file = Path(app.outdir) / "invalid-test.txt"
+    assert (
+        not output_file.exists()
+    ), f"Output file {output_file} should not exist with invalid config fallback"
+
+    # Cleanup
+    sys.path[:] = app._saved_path
+    _clean_up_global_state()
+    if hasattr(app, "docutils_conf_path") and app.docutils_conf_path.exists():
+        app.docutils_conf_path.unlink()
+
+
 def test_title_override(temp_dir, rootdir):
     """Test that the title override works correctly."""
     from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp

tests/test_llms_txt.py

@@ -41,6 +41,42 @@ def test_setup_returns_valid_dict():
     assert "parallel_write_safe" in result
 
 
+def test_builder_inited_with_disallowed_builder():
+    """Test that disallowed builders do not trigger extension setup."""
+    import sphinx_llms_txt
+
+    # Reset global state
+    sphinx_llms_txt._manager = sphinx_llms_txt.LLMSFullManager()
+    sphinx_llms_txt._root_first_paragraph = ""
+
+    # Mock a Sphinx app with a disallowed builder
+    class MockBuilder:
+        name = "text"  # Not in allowed list
+
+    class MockApp:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.config_values = {}
+            self.connections = {}
+            self.builder = MockBuilder()
+
+        def add_config_value(self, name, default, rebuild):
+            self.config_values[name] = (default, rebuild)
+
+        def connect(self, event, handler):
+            self.connections[event] = handler
+
+    app = MockApp()
+    setup(app)
+
+    # Trigger builder-inited
+    builder_inited_handler = app.connections["builder-inited"]
+    builder_inited_handler(app)
+
+    # With disallowed builder, other events should NOT be connected
+    assert "doctree-resolved" not in app.connections
+    assert "build-finished" not in app.connections
+
+
 def test_document_collector_initialization():
     """Test initialization of DocumentCollector."""
     collector = DocumentCollector()
@@ -762,6 +798,7 @@ def test_summary_default_uses_first_paragraph():
             llms_txt_full_file = True
             llms_txt_full_filename = "llms-full.txt"
             llms_txt_full_max_size = None
+            llms_txt_full_size_policy = "warn_skip"
             llms_txt_directives = []
             llms_txt_exclude = []
             llms_txt_code_files = []