llms.txt: shortcodes in website.title are not evaluated #14237
Description
Bug description
Shortcodes used in website.title are rendered correctly in HTML output but appear as raw shortcode syntax in the generated llms.txt index file.
Steps to reproduce
quarto create project website issue-llms
cd issue-llmsEdit _quarto.yml to add llms-txt: true and use a shortcode in the title:
project:
type: website
website:
llms-txt: true
title: "issue-llms {{< env DEMO >}}"
navbar:
left:
- href: index.qmd
text: Home
- about.qmd
format:
html:
theme: cosmo
css: styles.css
toc: trueCreate _environment with:
DEMO="test"
Then render and inspect llms.txt:
quarto render
cat _site/llms.txtActual behaviour
llms.txt contains:
# issue-llms {{< env DEMO >}}
Expected behaviour
llms.txt contains:
# issue-llms test
quarto check output
Quarto 99.9.9
[✓] Checking environment information...
Quarto cache location: /Users/mcanouil/Library/Caches/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
Pandoc version 3.8.3: OK
Dart Sass version 1.87.0: OK
Deno version 2.4.5: OK
Typst version 0.14.2: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
Version: 99.9.9
commit: a70895e1c55c4ab7b221d1f27db3f628b0078f71
Path: /Users/mcanouil/Projects/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/package/dist/bin
[✓] Checking tools....................OK
TinyTeX: v2026.02
[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
Using: TinyTex
Path: /Users/mcanouil/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
Version: 2025
[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK