diff --git a/src/app/sitemap.ts b/src/app/sitemap.ts
index 134b386..3955e2a 100644
--- a/src/app/sitemap.ts
+++ b/src/app/sitemap.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-import { BASE_URL } from '@/lib/constants';
 import { type MetadataRoute } from 'next';
 
-export default function sitemap(): MetadataRoute.Sitemap {
-  return [
-    {
-      url: BASE_URL,
-      lastModified: new Date(),
-      changeFrequency: 'yearly',
-      priority: 1,
-    },
-  ];
+import { buildSitemapEntries } from '@/lib/sitemap';
+
+export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
+  return buildSitemapEntries();
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/sitemap.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/sitemap.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecdbb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/sitemap.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { buildSitemapEntries } from '../sitemap';
+
+describe('buildSitemapEntries', () => {
+  it('includes known static routes', async () => {
+    const sitemap = await buildSitemapEntries();
+    const urls = sitemap.map((entry) => entry.url);
+
+    expect(urls).toContain('https://investingfire.com/');
+    expect(urls).toContain('https://investingfire.com/learn');
+    expect(urls).toContain('https://investingfire.com/learn/what-is-fire');
+    expect(sitemap.every((entry) => entry.lastModified instanceof Date)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('omits metadata routes from the sitemap output', async () => {
+    const sitemap = await buildSitemapEntries();
+    const urls = sitemap.map((entry) => entry.url);
+
+    expect(urls.some((url) => url.includes('sitemap'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(urls.some((url) => url.includes('robots'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/sitemap.ts b/src/lib/sitemap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c49640a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/sitemap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { type MetadataRoute } from 'next';
+
+import { BASE_URL } from '@/lib/constants';
+
+interface PageRoute {
+  pathname: string;
+  lastModified: Date;
+}
+
+const PAGE_FILE_PATTERN = /^page\.(mdx|tsx?|jsx?)$/;
+const EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES = new Set(['components', '__tests__', 'api']);
+const APP_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), 'src', 'app');
+
+const isRouteGroup = (name: string) => name.startsWith('(') && name.endsWith(')');
+const shouldSkipDirectory = (name: string) =>
+  EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES.has(name) || name.startsWith('_') || name.startsWith('.') || name.includes('[');
+
+async function discoverPages(currentDir: string, segments: string[] = []): Promise<PageRoute[]> {
+  const entries = await fs.readdir(currentDir, { withFileTypes: true });
+  const pages: PageRoute[] = [];
+
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const entryPath = path.join(currentDir, entry.name);
+
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      if (shouldSkipDirectory(entry.name)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const nextSegments = isRouteGroup(entry.name) ? segments : [...segments, entry.name];
+      const childPages = await discoverPages(entryPath, nextSegments);
+      pages.push(...childPages);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (entry.isFile() && PAGE_FILE_PATTERN.test(entry.name)) {
+      const pathname = segments.length === 0 ? '/' : `/${segments.join('/')}`;
+      const stats = await fs.stat(entryPath);
+
+      pages.push({ pathname, lastModified: stats.mtime });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return pages;
+}
+
+function toAbsoluteUrl(pathname: string): string {
+  const normalized = pathname === '/' ? '' : pathname;
+  return new URL(normalized, BASE_URL).toString();
+}
+
+export async function buildSitemapEntries(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
+  const pages = await discoverPages(APP_DIR);
+
+  const uniquePages = new Map<string, PageRoute>();
+  for (const page of pages) {
+    const existing = uniquePages.get(page.pathname);
+    if (!existing || existing.lastModified < page.lastModified) {
+      uniquePages.set(page.pathname, page);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const sortedPages = Array.from(uniquePages.values()).sort((a, b) =>
+    a.pathname.localeCompare(b.pathname),
+  );
+
+  return sortedPages.map(({ pathname, lastModified }) => ({
+    url: toAbsoluteUrl(pathname),
+    lastModified,
+    changeFrequency: 'weekly',
+    priority: pathname === '/' ? 1 : 0.8,
+  }));
+}