diff --git a/app/controllers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller.rb
index 6308fbd4..f58d350c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ module DiscourseAi
       requires_login only: %i[create update destroy]
       before_action :require_site_settings!
 
-      skip_before_action :preload_json, :check_xhr, only: %i[show]
+      skip_before_action :preload_json, :check_xhr, only: %i[show asset]
+      skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token, only: ["asset"]
 
       def create
         ensure_allowed_create!
@@ -50,6 +51,30 @@ module DiscourseAi
         end
       end
 
+      def asset
+        no_cookies
+
+        name = params[:name]
+        path, content_type =
+          if name == "share"
+            %w[share.css text/css]
+          elsif name == "highlight"
+            %w[highlight.min.js application/javascript]
+          else
+            raise Discourse::NotFound
+          end
+
+        content = File.read(DiscourseAi.public_asset_path("ai-share/#{path}"))
+
+        # note, path contains a ":version" which automatically busts the cache
+        # based on file content, so this is safe
+        response.headers["Last-Modified"] = 10.years.ago.httpdate
+        response.headers["Content-Length"] = content.bytesize.to_s
+        immutable_for 1.year
+
+        render plain: content, disposition: :nil, content_type: content_type
+      end
+
       def preview
         ensure_allowed_preview!
         data = SharedAiConversation.build_conversation_data(@topic, include_usernames: true)
diff --git a/app/helpers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_helper.rb b/app/helpers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_helper.rb
index 6d064683..6fb89d58 100644
--- a/app/helpers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_helper.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,29 @@
 module DiscourseAi
   module AiBot
     module SharedAiConversationsHelper
-      # bump up version when assets change
-      # long term we may want to change this cause it is hard to remember
-      # to bump versions, but for now this does the job
-      VERSION = "1"
+      # keeping it here for caching
+      def self.share_asset_url(asset_name)
+        if !%w[share.css highlight.js].include?(asset_name)
+          raise StandardError, "unknown asset type #{asset_name}"
+        end
 
-      def share_asset_url(short_path)
-        ::UrlHelper.absolute("/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-share/#{short_path}?#{VERSION}")
+        @urls ||= {}
+        url = @urls[asset_name]
+        return url if url
+
+        path = asset_name
+        path = "highlight.min.js" if asset_name == "highlight.js"
+
+        content = File.read(DiscourseAi.public_asset_path("ai-share/#{path}"))
+        sha1 = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(content)
+
+        url = "/discourse-ai/ai-bot/shared-ai-conversations/asset/#{sha1}/#{asset_name}"
+
+        @urls[asset_name] = GlobalPath.cdn_path(url)
+      end
+
+      def share_asset_url(asset_name)
+        DiscourseAi::AiBot::SharedAiConversationsHelper.share_asset_url(asset_name)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations/show.html.erb b/app/views/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations/show.html.erb
index b72ea2b5..2981ab13 100644
--- a/app/views/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/discourse_ai/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations/show.html.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <meta name="twitter:title" content="<%= I18n.t("discourse_ai.share_ai.title", title: @shared_conversation.title, site_name: SiteSetting.title) %>">
     <meta name="twitter:description" content="<%= @shared_conversation.formatted_excerpt %>">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<%= ::UrlHelper.absolute("/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-share/share.css?v=1") %>">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<%= share_asset_url("share.css")  %>">
   </head>
   <body>
     <header class="site-header">
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         </article>
       <% end %>
     </section>
-    <script src="<%= share_asset_url("highlight.min.js") %>" nonce="<%= csp_nonce_placeholder %>" ></script>
+    <script src="<%= share_asset_url("highlight.js") %>" nonce="<%= csp_nonce_placeholder %>" ></script>
     <script nonce="<%= csp_nonce_placeholder %>">
       document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach((el) => {
         hljs.highlightElement(el);
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6161ab17..b0a84bf2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ DiscourseAi::Engine.routes.draw do
     post "/" => "shared_ai_conversations#create"
     delete "/:share_key" => "shared_ai_conversations#destroy"
     get "/:share_key" => "shared_ai_conversations#show"
+    get "/asset/:version/:name" => "shared_ai_conversations#asset"
     get "/preview/:topic_id" => "shared_ai_conversations#preview"
   end
 
diff --git a/plugin.rb b/plugin.rb
index 16a6df0f..d331672f 100644
--- a/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugin.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ register_asset "stylesheets/modules/ai-bot/common/ai-artifact.scss"
 
 module ::DiscourseAi
   PLUGIN_NAME = "discourse-ai"
+
+  def self.public_asset_path(name)
+    File.expand_path(File.join(__dir__, "public", name))
+  end
 end
 
 Rails.autoloaders.main.push_dir(File.join(__dir__, "lib"), namespace: ::DiscourseAi)
diff --git a/spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_spec.rb b/spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller_spec.rb
similarity index 94%
rename from spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_spec.rb
rename to spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller_spec.rb
index fbc9c6a6..d0a78a9c 100644
--- a/spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/ai_bot/shared_ai_conversations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -294,6 +294,30 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::SharedAiConversationsController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "GET asset" do
+    let(:helper) { Class.new { extend DiscourseAi::AiBot::SharedAiConversationsHelper } }
+
+    it "renders highlight js correctly" do
+      get helper.share_asset_url("highlight.js")
+
+      expect(response).to be_successful
+      expect(response.headers["Content-Type"]).to eq("application/javascript; charset=utf-8")
+
+      js = File.read(DiscourseAi.public_asset_path("ai-share/highlight.min.js"))
+      expect(response.body).to eq(js)
+    end
+
+    it "renders css correctly" do
+      get helper.share_asset_url("share.css")
+
+      expect(response).to be_successful
+      expect(response.headers["Content-Type"]).to eq("text/css; charset=utf-8")
+
+      css = File.read(DiscourseAi.public_asset_path("ai-share/share.css"))
+      expect(response.body).to eq(css)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET preview" do
     it "denies preview from logged out users" do
       get "#{path}/preview/#{user_pm_share.id}.json"