diff --git a/src/app/mdx/[...slug]/route.ts b/src/app/mdx/[...slug]/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bcaad5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/mdx/[...slug]/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+import { loadAllMdxPaths } from '@/lib/markdown/util';
+
+// Statically generated so the source file read happens at build time, where
+// src/content/** is guaranteed to be available (rather than at runtime).
+export const dynamic = 'force-static';
+export const dynamicParams = false;
+
+export const generateStaticParams = async () => {
+  const pages = await loadAllMdxPaths();
+  // Segments mirror the original URL path so the proxy rewrite target matches.
+  return pages.map((page) => ({ slug: page.urlPath.replace(/^\//, '').split('/') }));
+};
+
+export const GET = async (_req: Request, { params }: { params: Promise<{ slug: string[] }> }) => {
+  const { slug } = await params;
+  const urlPath = `/${slug.join('/')}`;
+
+  const pages = await loadAllMdxPaths();
+  const match = pages.find((page) => page.urlPath === urlPath);
+
+  if (!match) {
+    return new Response('Not found', { status: 404 });
+  }
+
+  const source = await readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/content', match.file), 'utf-8');
+
+  return new Response(source, {
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'text/markdown; charset=utf-8' },
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/markdown/util.ts b/src/lib/markdown/util.ts
index 335812a2..a6ccaab9 100644
--- a/src/lib/markdown/util.ts
+++ b/src/lib/markdown/util.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ export const load = async (pattern: string[], slugReplace?: RegExp): Promise<Slu
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns every MDX-backed page across all sections, keyed by its full URL path.
+ * Used to map an incoming request path back to its underlying source file (e.g.
+ * for serving raw markdown via ?format=mdx).
+ */
+export const loadAllMdxPaths = async (): Promise<MdxPath[]> => {
+  const [docs, guides, api] = await Promise.all([
+    loadMdxInfo('documentation'),
+    loadMdxInfo('guides'),
+    loadMdxInfo('api'),
+  ]);
+
+  return [
+    ...docs.map((info) => ({ urlPath: `/${info.slug}`, file: info.file })),
+    ...guides.filter((info) => info.slug !== '').map((info) => ({ urlPath: `/guides/${info.slug}`, file: info.file })),
+    ...api.filter((info) => info.slug !== '').map((info) => ({ urlPath: `/api/${info.slug}`, file: info.file })),
+  ];
+};
+
 /**
  * Simple wrapper to turn a markdown slug into a fully qualified path.
  * Which right now just means adding a '/' at the beginning.
@@ -49,3 +68,8 @@ interface SlugDefinition {
   slug: string;
   segments: string[];
 }
+
+interface MdxPath {
+  urlPath: string;
+  file: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4c7699d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+/**
+ * Central request interception for alternative content formats.
+ *
+ * Currently one format is supported on any MDX-backed page (optimised for LLMs
+ * reading the docs):
+ *   ?format=mdx - the raw .mdx source
+ * The format param is the extension point for future formats - add new values
+ * here, each mapping to its own rewrite target / route handler. An unrecognised
+ * value falls through to the normal page.
+ */
+const FORMAT_REWRITES: Record<string, string> = {
+  mdx: '/mdx',
+};
+
+export function proxy(req: NextRequest) {
+  const format = req.nextUrl.searchParams.get('format');
+  const prefix = format ? FORMAT_REWRITES[format] : undefined;
+
+  if (prefix) {
+    const url = req.nextUrl.clone();
+    url.pathname = `${prefix}${url.pathname}`;
+    url.searchParams.delete('format');
+    return NextResponse.rewrite(url);
+  }
+
+  return NextResponse.next();
+}
+
+// Only run when a `format` query param is present, on any path. This scopes the
+// proxy to exactly the requests it cares about (rather than every page request
+// filtered by pathname). The rewrite targets carry no `format` param, so there's
+// no risk of a rewrite loop.
+export const config = {
+  matcher: [
+    {
+      source: '/:path*',
+      has: [{ type: 'query', key: 'format' }],
+    },
+  ],
+};