The latest articles on DEV Community by Bhagvat Meena (@bhagvat_meena_9f123a2f2d5). https://dev.to/bhagvat_meena_9f123a2f2d5 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4014704%2Fbbdddaf1-1368-42ef-b35e-1c05204854f0.jpg https://dev.to/bhagvat_meena_9f123a2f2d5 en Bhagvat Meena Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:13:14 +0000 https://dev.to/bhagvat_meena_9f123a2f2d5/i-built-a-static-ai-tools-directory-with-1638-auto-generated-pages-heres-the-full-technical-25m2 https://dev.to/bhagvat_meena_9f123a2f2d5/i-built-a-static-ai-tools-directory-with-1638-auto-generated-pages-heres-the-full-technical-25m2 <p>I've been building AsmiAI (asmiai.xyz) for the past 6 months — a fully static AI tools directory with 236 reviewed tools, 1,638 side-by-side comparison pages, and a free AI chat advisor. Zero database, zero framework, free hosting.</p> <p>Here's exactly how it works technically.</p> <h2> The build system </h2> <p>Everything is generated from JSON data files at build time using Node.js and Python. One <code>./build-asmiai.sh</code> command generates 2,373 pages in under 2 minutes and deploys to Cloudflare Pages.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="c"># Each tool is a JSON file in data/tools/</span> <span class="o">{</span> <span class="s2">"name"</span>: <span class="s2">"ChatGPT"</span>, <span class="s2">"slug"</span>: <span class="s2">"chatgpt"</span>, <span class="s2">"category"</span>: <span class="o">[</span><span class="s2">"ai-chatbots"</span><span class="o">]</span>, <span class="s2">"pricing"</span>: <span class="s2">"Free / </span><span class="nv">$20</span><span class="s2">/mo"</span>, <span class="s2">"free_plan"</span>: <span class="nb">true</span>, <span class="s2">"rating"</span>: 4.9 <span class="o">}</span> </code></pre> </div> <h2> Auto-generated comparison pages </h2> <p>The most interesting part — 1,638 comparison pages like <code>/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude/</code> are generated automatically from the tool data. Every tool is compared against every other tool in the same category.</p> <p>The generator computes all valid pairs, skips reverse duplicates, and generates enriched HTML with:</p> <ul> <li>Pricing comparison table</li> <li>Feature breakdown</li> <li>Who should choose which</li> <li>Quick verdict</li> </ul> <h2> AI chat advisor </h2> <p>A floating chat widget on every page powered by Groq (Llama 3.1). The system prompt is grounded in all 236 tools — the AI can only recommend tools that actually exist in the directory.</p> <p>The tricky part: Groq free tier is 6,000 TPM. With 236 tools in the system prompt (~2,500 tokens), I only have room for 2-3 requests per minute. Solution: compact the tool context format from verbose pipe-delimited to just <code>Name (category, free/paid) slug</code>.</p> <h2> LLM SEO </h2> <p>Built for AI discoverability from the start:</p> <ul> <li> <code>llms.txt</code> — machine-readable site summary</li> <li> <code>llms-full.txt</code> — complete tool inventory</li> <li>Public JSON API at <code>/api/tools.json</code> </li> <li> <code>robots.txt</code> allows</li> </ul> webdev ai opensource seo