diff --git a/.github/scripts/detect-preview-pages.js b/.github/scripts/detect-preview-pages.js
index 12e255ac4..76ab1eac9 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/detect-preview-pages.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/detect-preview-pages.js
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ if (!/^origin\/[a-zA-Z0-9._\/-]+$/.test(BASE_REF)) {
  */
 function getAllChangedFiles() {
   try {
-    const output = execSync(
-      `git diff --name-only ${BASE_REF}...HEAD`,
-      { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }
-    );
+    const output = execSync(`git diff --name-only ${BASE_REF}...HEAD`, {
+      encoding: 'utf-8',
+      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+    });
     return output.trim().split('\n').filter(Boolean);
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(`Error detecting changes: ${err.message}`);
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ function getAllChangedFiles() {
  */
 function categorizeChanges(files) {
   return {
-    content: files.filter(f => f.startsWith('content/') && f.endsWith('.md')),
-    layouts: files.filter(f => f.startsWith('layouts/')),
-    assets: files.filter(f => f.startsWith('assets/')),
-    data: files.filter(f => f.startsWith('data/')),
-    apiDocs: files.filter(f => f.startsWith('api-docs/') || f.startsWith('openapi/')),
+    content: files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('content/') && f.endsWith('.md')),
+    layouts: files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('layouts/')),
+    assets: files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('assets/')),
+    data: files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('data/')),
+    apiDocs: files.filter(
+      (f) => f.startsWith('api-docs/') || f.startsWith('openapi/')
+    ),
   };
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ function main() {
     const htmlPaths = mapContentToPublic(expandedContent, 'public');
 
     // Convert HTML paths to URL paths
-    pagesToDeploy = Array.from(htmlPaths).map(htmlPath => {
+    pagesToDeploy = Array.from(htmlPaths).map((htmlPath) => {
       return '/' + htmlPath.replace('public/', '').replace('/index.html', '/');
     });
     console.log(`   Found ${pagesToDeploy.length} affected pages\n`);
@@ -135,34 +137,53 @@ function main() {
 
   // Strategy 2: Layout/asset changes - parse URLs from PR body
   if (hasLayoutChanges) {
-    console.log('🎨 Layout/asset changes detected, checking PR description for URLs...');
+    console.log(
+      '🎨 Layout/asset changes detected, checking PR description for URLs...'
+    );
+
+    // Auto-detect home page when the root template changes
+    if (changes.layouts.includes('layouts/index.html')) {
+      pagesToDeploy = [...new Set([...pagesToDeploy, '/'])];
+      console.log(
+        '   🏠 Home page template (layouts/index.html) changed - auto-adding / to preview pages'
+      );
+    }
+
     const prUrls = extractDocsUrls(PR_BODY);
 
     if (prUrls.length > 0) {
       console.log(`   Found ${prUrls.length} URLs in PR description`);
       // Merge with content pages (deduplicate)
       pagesToDeploy = [...new Set([...pagesToDeploy, ...prUrls])];
-    } else if (changes.content.length === 0) {
-      // No content changes AND no URLs specified - need author input
-      console.log('   ⚠️  No URLs found in PR description - author input needed');
+    } else if (pagesToDeploy.length === 0) {
+      // No content changes, no auto-detected pages, and no URLs specified - need author input
+      console.log(
+        '   ⚠️  No URLs found in PR description - author input needed'
+      );
       setOutput('pages-to-deploy', '[]');
       setOutput('has-layout-changes', 'true');
       setOutput('needs-author-input', 'true');
-      setOutput('change-summary', 'Layout/asset changes detected - please specify pages to preview');
+      setOutput(
+        'change-summary',
+        'Layout/asset changes detected - please specify pages to preview'
+      );
       return;
     }
   }
 
   // Apply page limit
   if (pagesToDeploy.length > MAX_PAGES) {
-    console.log(`⚠️  Limiting preview to ${MAX_PAGES} pages (found ${pagesToDeploy.length})`);
+    console.log(
+      `⚠️  Limiting preview to ${MAX_PAGES} pages (found ${pagesToDeploy.length})`
+    );
     pagesToDeploy = pagesToDeploy.slice(0, MAX_PAGES);
   }
 
   // Generate summary
-  const summary = pagesToDeploy.length > 0
-    ? `${pagesToDeploy.length} page(s) will be previewed`
-    : 'No pages to preview';
+  const summary =
+    pagesToDeploy.length > 0
+      ? `${pagesToDeploy.length} page(s) will be previewed`
+      : 'No pages to preview';
 
   console.log(`\n✅ ${summary}`);
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/parse-pr-urls.js b/.github/scripts/parse-pr-urls.js
index 7e844fe14..58205b3b1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/parse-pr-urls.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/parse-pr-urls.js
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ function isValidUrlPath(path) {
   // Must start with /
   if (!path.startsWith('/')) return false;
 
+  // Allow root path (docs home page at /)
+  if (path === '/') return true;
+
   // Must start with known product prefix (loaded from products.yml)
   const validPrefixes = PRODUCT_NAMESPACES.map((ns) => `/${ns}/`);
 
@@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ export function extractDocsUrls(text) {
 
   // Pattern 1: Full production URLs
   // https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/core/get-started/
-  const prodUrlPattern = /https?:\/\/docs\.influxdata\.com(\/[^\s)\]>"']+)/g;
+  // https://docs.influxdata.com/ (home page)
+  const prodUrlPattern = /https?:\/\/docs\.influxdata\.com(\/[^\s)\]>"']*)/g;
   let match;
   while ((match = prodUrlPattern.exec(text)) !== null) {
     const path = normalizeUrlPath(match[1]);
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ export function extractDocsUrls(text) {
 
   // Pattern 2: Localhost dev URLs
   // http://localhost:1313/influxdb3/core/
-  const localUrlPattern = /https?:\/\/localhost:\d+(\/[^\s)\]>"']+)/g;
+  // http://localhost:1313/ (home page)
+  const localUrlPattern = /https?:\/\/localhost:\d+(\/[^\s)\]>"']*)/g;
   while ((match = localUrlPattern.exec(text)) !== null) {
     const path = normalizeUrlPath(match[1]);
     if (isValidUrlPath(path)) {
diff --git a/.github/scripts/resolve-review-urls.js b/.github/scripts/resolve-review-urls.js
index 8869555d7..886679d35 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/resolve-review-urls.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/resolve-review-urls.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import { appendFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import {
   getChangedContentFiles,
   mapContentToPublic,
@@ -27,11 +28,33 @@ if (!/^origin\/[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$/.test(BASE_REF)) {
 const changed = getChangedContentFiles(BASE_REF);
 const htmlPaths = mapContentToPublic(changed, 'public');
 
-const urls = Array.from(htmlPaths)
+const contentUrls = Array.from(htmlPaths)
   .sort()
   .map((p) => '/' + p.replace(/^public\//, '').replace(/\/index\.html$/, '/'))
   .slice(0, MAX_PAGES);
 
+// Check if the home page template changed (layouts/index.html → /)
+let homePageUrls = [];
+try {
+  const homePageChanged = execSync(
+    `git diff --name-only ${BASE_REF}...HEAD -- layouts/index.html`,
+    { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }
+  ).trim();
+  if (homePageChanged) {
+    homePageUrls = ['/'];
+    console.log(
+      'Home page template (layouts/index.html) changed - adding / to review URLs'
+    );
+  }
+} catch {
+  // Ignore errors - fall back to content-only URLs
+}
+
+const urls = [...new Set([...homePageUrls, ...contentUrls])].slice(
+  0,
+  MAX_PAGES
+);
+
 appendFileSync(GITHUB_OUTPUT, `urls=${JSON.stringify(urls)}\n`);
 appendFileSync(GITHUB_OUTPUT, `url-count=${urls.length}\n`);
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-parse-pr-urls.js b/.github/scripts/test-parse-pr-urls.js
index 6470122ec..36fd98d7c 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/test-parse-pr-urls.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-parse-pr-urls.js
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ test('Special characters: backticks are delimiters', () => {
   // This prevents command substitution injection
   const text = '/influxdb3/`whoami`/';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/'], 'Should truncate at backtick delimiter');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/'],
+    'Should truncate at backtick delimiter'
+  );
 });
 
 test('Special characters: single quotes truncate at extraction', () => {
@@ -257,31 +261,51 @@ test('Normalization: removes query string', () => {
 test('Normalization: strips wildcard from path', () => {
   const text = '/influxdb3/enterprise/*';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'], 'Should strip wildcard character');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'],
+    'Should strip wildcard character'
+  );
 });
 
 test('Normalization: strips wildcard in middle of path', () => {
   const text = '/influxdb3/*/admin/';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/admin/'], 'Should strip wildcard from middle of path');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/admin/'],
+    'Should strip wildcard from middle of path'
+  );
 });
 
 test('Normalization: strips multiple wildcards', () => {
   const text = '/influxdb3/*/admin/*';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/admin/'], 'Should strip all wildcard characters');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/admin/'],
+    'Should strip all wildcard characters'
+  );
 });
 
 test('Wildcard in markdown-style notation', () => {
   const text = '**InfluxDB 3 Enterprise pages** (`/influxdb3/enterprise/*`)';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'], 'Should extract and normalize path with wildcard in backticks');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'],
+    'Should extract and normalize path with wildcard in backticks'
+  );
 });
 
 test('Wildcard in parentheses', () => {
   const text = 'Affects pages under (/influxdb3/enterprise/*)';
   const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
-  assertEquals(result, ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'], 'Should extract and normalize path with wildcard in parentheses');
+  assertEquals(
+    result,
+    ['/influxdb3/enterprise/'],
+    'Should extract and normalize path with wildcard in parentheses'
+  );
 });
 
 // Test deduplication
@@ -360,6 +384,31 @@ test('BASE_REF: rejects without origin/ prefix', () => {
   assertEquals(isValid, false, 'Should require origin/ prefix');
 });
 
+// Home page URL support
+test('Home page: production URL https://docs.influxdata.com/', () => {
+  const text = 'Preview: https://docs.influxdata.com/';
+  const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
+  assertEquals(result, ['/'], 'Should extract root path for docs home page');
+});
+
+test('Home page: localhost URL http://localhost:1313/', () => {
+  const text = 'Testing at http://localhost:1313/';
+  const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
+  assertEquals(result, ['/'], 'Should extract root path from localhost URL');
+});
+
+test('Home page: relative root path / in text', () => {
+  // Relative '/' alone is not extractable by the relative pattern (requires product prefix),
+  // but full URLs with / path are supported
+  const text = 'https://docs.influxdata.com/ and /influxdb3/core/';
+  const result = extractDocsUrls(text);
+  assertEquals(
+    result.sort(),
+    ['/', '/influxdb3/core/'].sort(),
+    'Should extract both root path and product path'
+  );
+});
+
 // Print summary
 console.log('\n=== Test Summary ===');
 console.log(`Total: ${totalTests}`);