diff --git a/netlify/edge-functions/md-negotiate.ts b/netlify/edge-functions/md-negotiate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3942724f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlify/edge-functions/md-negotiate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { Config, Context } from "@netlify/edge-functions";
+
+export default async function handler(req: Request, ctx: Context) {
+  const accept = req.headers.get("Accept") ?? "";
+  if (!accept.includes("text/markdown") && !accept.includes("text/plain")) {
+    return ctx.next();
+  }
+
+  const url = new URL(req.url);
+  const slug = url.pathname
+    .replace(/^\/docs\//, "")
+    .replace(/\/$/, "");
+
+  if (!slug) {
+    return ctx.next();
+  }
+
+  const mdUrl = new URL(`/_md/docs/${slug}.md`, url.origin);
+  const res = await fetch(mdUrl);
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    return ctx.next();
+  }
+
+  return new Response(await res.text(), {
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "text/markdown; charset=utf-8",
+      "Vary": "Accept",
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export const config: Config = { path: "/docs/*" };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d6682247..e4bc1b1e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "fetch-downloads-info": "tsx scripts/fetch-downloads-info.ts",
     "clean": "rm -rf generated out .next",
     "build": "next build",
-    "postbuild": "pagefind --site out",
+    "postbuild": "pagefind --site out && tsx scripts/copy-md.ts",
     "build-all": "npm run clean && npm run fetch-repo-docs && npm run fetch-downloads-info && npm run build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint"
diff --git a/scripts/copy-md.ts b/scripts/copy-md.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b707af14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy-md.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env tsx
+// Copies each markdown source file into out/_md/docs/<slug>.md so that the
+// Netlify edge function can serve raw markdown via content negotiation.
+// Frontmatter is rewritten to strip internal fields and add canonical_url;
+// repo docs also get source_url and version. Relative and absolute /docs/
+// links are resolved to full https://prometheus.io URLs. A footer with the
+// canonical URL is appended so consumers can find the origin without parsing
+// frontmatter.
+import docsCollectionJson from "../generated/docs-collection.json" with { type: "json" };
+import type { DocsCollection } from "@/docs-collection-types";
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+import matter from "gray-matter";
+
+const BASE_URL = "https://prometheus.io";
+const collection = docsCollectionJson as DocsCollection;
+
+// Build a reverse map: resolved absolute filePath → slug.
+const fileToSlug = new Map<string, string>();
+for (const [slug, doc] of Object.entries(collection)) {
+  fileToSlug.set(path.resolve(doc.filePath), slug);
+}
+
+function rewriteLinks(content: string, docFilePath: string): string {
+  const docDir = path.dirname(path.resolve(docFilePath));
+
+  // Match markdown links [text](url) but not images ![alt](url).
+  return content.replace(/(?<!!)\[([^\]]*)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, (match, text, url) => {
+    const hashIdx = url.indexOf("#");
+    const href = hashIdx === -1 ? url : url.slice(0, hashIdx);
+    const fragment = hashIdx === -1 ? "" : url.slice(hashIdx);
+
+    // External links — leave as-is.
+    if (/^https?:\/\//.test(href)) return match;
+
+    // Anchor-only links — leave as-is.
+    if (!href) return match;
+
+    // Absolute /docs/ paths — prepend base URL.
+    if (href.startsWith("/docs/")) {
+      return `[${text}](${BASE_URL}${href}${fragment})`;
+    }
+
+    // Other absolute paths — prepend base URL.
+    if (href.startsWith("/")) {
+      return `[${text}](${BASE_URL}${href}${fragment})`;
+    }
+
+    // Relative links — resolve to a slug via the reverse map.
+    const resolved = path.resolve(docDir, href);
+    const slug =
+      fileToSlug.get(resolved) ??
+      fileToSlug.get(resolved.replace(/\.md$/, "")) ??
+      fileToSlug.get(resolved + ".md");
+
+    if (slug) {
+      return `[${text}](${BASE_URL}/docs/${slug}/${fragment})`;
+    }
+
+    // Unresolvable relative link — leave as-is.
+    return match;
+  });
+}
+
+for (const [slug, doc] of Object.entries(collection)) {
+  const raw = await fs.readFile(doc.filePath, "utf-8");
+  const { data, content } = matter(raw);
+
+  const frontmatter: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    title: data.title ?? doc.title,
+    canonical_url: `${BASE_URL}/docs/${slug}/`,
+  };
+
+  let outdatedNotice = "";
+
+  if (doc.type === "repo-doc") {
+    frontmatter.version = doc.version;
+    frontmatter.source_url = `https://github.com/${doc.owner}/${doc.repo}/blob/${doc.version}/docs/${path.basename(doc.filePath)}`;
+
+    if (doc.version !== doc.latestVersion) {
+      // Replace the version segment in the slug to build the latest URL.
+      const latestSlug = slug.replace(
+        `${doc.slugPrefix}/${doc.version}/`,
+        `${doc.slugPrefix}/${doc.latestVersion}/`
+      );
+      const latestUrl = `${BASE_URL}/docs/${latestSlug}/`;
+      frontmatter.outdated = true;
+      frontmatter.latest_version_url = latestUrl;
+      outdatedNotice =
+        `> **Note:** This page documents version ${doc.version}, which is outdated. ` +
+        `See the [latest stable version](${latestUrl}).\n\n`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const rewritten = rewriteLinks(content, doc.filePath);
+  const footer = `\n---\n\nSource: ${frontmatter.canonical_url}\n`;
+  const output = matter.stringify(outdatedNotice + rewritten, frontmatter) + footer;
+
+  const dest = path.join("out/_md/docs", slug + ".md");
+  await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.writeFile(dest, output);
+}
+
+console.log(`Copied ${Object.keys(collection).length} markdown files to out/_md/docs/`);
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index fb670c16d..b427161bd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
     "noImplicitAny": false
   },
   "include": ["next-env.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", ".next/types/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "netlify"]
 }