Add an llms.txt and make your site AI-readable

Help AI crawlers find and understand your most important content.

6 min read Intermediate

llms.txt is a simple, emerging convention: a plain-text file at your site root that points AI systems to your key pages and explains what your site is about, like robots.txt and sitemap.xml, but for LLMs.

/llms.txt (example shape)
# Your Brand
> One-line description of what you do.

## Key pages
- [Services](https://example.com/services): what you offer
- [Pricing](https://example.com/pricing): plans and costs
- [About](https://example.com/about): company and expertise

## Contact
- hello@example.com
  • Keep it short and link only your most important, canonical pages.
  • Also make sure important content renders in HTML (not just JavaScript) so crawlers can read it.
  • Don't block AI crawlers you want citations from in robots.txt.

llms.txt is not yet honored by every AI system, but it's low-cost and forward-looking. The fundamentals, crawlable, fast, well-structured HTML, matter more.

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