diff --git a/.changeset/rare-things-lie.md b/.changeset/rare-things-lie.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ca69de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-things-lie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'sv': patch
+---
+
+feat: improve minimal template
+
+- move `favicon.svg` to `src/lib/assets` folder (to show inline/immutable assets)
+- add `static/robots.txt` (to keep static folder)
+- add `routes/+layout.svelte` (to show layout)
diff --git a/packages/addons/vitest-addon/index.ts b/packages/addons/vitest-addon/index.ts
index 0c844a69..be3dd33d 100644
--- a/packages/addons/vitest-addon/index.ts
+++ b/packages/addons/vitest-addon/index.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default defineAddon({
if (componentTesting) {
const fileName = kit
- ? `${kit.routesDirectory}/page.svelte.test.${ext}`
+ ? `${kit.routesDirectory}/page.svelte.spec.${ext}`
: `src/App.svelte.test.${ext}`;
sv.file(fileName, (content) => {
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/demo/static/robots.txt b/packages/create/templates/demo/static/robots.txt
index e9e57dc4..b6dd6670 100644
--- a/packages/create/templates/demo/static/robots.txt
+++ b/packages/create/templates/demo/static/robots.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# https://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
+# allow crawling everything by default
User-agent: *
Disallow:
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/app.html b/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/app.html
index 1391f884..f273cc58 100644
--- a/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/app.html
+++ b/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/app.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
-
%sveltekit.head%
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/minimal/static/favicon.svg b/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/lib/assets/favicon.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/create/templates/minimal/static/favicon.svg
rename to packages/create/templates/minimal/src/lib/assets/favicon.svg
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/routes/+layout.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20f8d044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create/templates/minimal/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{@render children?.()}
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/minimal/static/robots.txt b/packages/create/templates/minimal/static/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6dd6670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create/templates/minimal/static/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# allow crawling everything by default
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: