Summary

The site is the tool surface, not just files on disk.

Most generators leave an agent to infer conventions from your directory tree. Here the config, content inventory, themes and the generator's docs come back as MCP resources, and building, searching and theming are calls rather than shell guesses. The telemetry default is the one thing to decide before you install: on unless you turn it off, and there is a documented switch for every way you might want to.

What it is

A static site generator that ships an MCP server as a first-class surface. `seite mcp` runs over stdio, and `seite init` writes the `.claude/settings.json` that starts it automatically, so an assistant does not just read your `content/` folder — it can build the site, search it, apply a theme and look up the generator's own documentation through typed calls. Everything is Markdown plus YAML frontmatter; one binary, no JavaScript runtime.

What you get

A build triggered and a page created from the conversation — `seite_build`, `seite_create_content`
The site searched, and a theme applied, without leaving the client — `seite_search`, `seite_apply_theme`
The generator's own documentation queried, so the agent stops guessing at frontmatter and config keys — `seite_lookup_docs`
Five resources exposing the site as structured context: `seite://docs`, `seite://config`, `seite://content`, `seite://themes`, `seite://trust`
Output built for machine readers as well as browsers: every build writes `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt` and a `.md` twin of each page, alongside Open Graph, Twitter Cards and JSON-LD

Requirements

No account and no key. Install the binary with `curl -fsSL https://seite.sh/install.sh | sh` on macOS or Linux, `irm https://seite.sh/install.ps1 | iex` on Windows, or `cargo install seite` from source. Six themes and six collection presets are compiled in — nothing is fetched from a CDN at build time. Usage telemetry is on by default and opt-out: `seite telemetry off` persists the choice, `SEITE_TELEMETRY=0` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` does it by environment, and it is disabled automatically when `CI` is set.

Setup effort

One command — curl -fsSL https://seite.sh/install.sh | sh