diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d20c676fa..4da39eeec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "open-uri"
+
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::API
   include ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic::ControllerMethods
   include Authenticable
@@ -164,6 +166,28 @@ def skip_bullet
     Bullet.enable = previous_value
   end
 
+  def serve_manifest
+    url = ENV["PLUGIN_MANIFEST_URL"] || "https://api.datacite.org"
+    data = URI.open(url).read
+
+    send_data(
+      data,
+      type: "application/json",
+      disposition: "inline"
+    )
+  end
+
+  def serve_openapi_spec
+    url = ENV["PLUGIN_OPENAPI_URL"] || "https://api.datacite.org"
+    data = URI.open(url).read
+
+    send_data(
+      data,
+      type: "text/yaml",
+      disposition: "inline"
+    )
+  end
+
   protected
     def is_admin_or_staff?
       current_user&.is_admin_or_staff? ? 1 : 0
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f1b42826f..84da67052 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
   # send reset link
   post "reset", to: "sessions#reset"
 
+  ## to route when requesting .well-known/ai-plugin.json to route to that file
+  get "/.well-known/ai-plugin.json", to: "application#serve_manifest"
+  get "/graphql-openapi.yaml", to: "application#serve_openapi_spec"
+
   # content negotiation via index path
   get "/application/vnd.datacite.datacite+xml/:id",
       to: "index#show",
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@
             constraints: { id: /.+/ },
             format: false
 
+
   root to: "index#index"
 
   # rescue routing errors