{"id":699,"date":"2026-11-12T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/launchclub.ai\/blog\/?p=699"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:29:57","slug":"what-is-llms-txt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/launchclub.ai\/blog\/what-is-llms-txt\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is llms.txt? What It Does, What It Does Not, and a Free Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is llms.txt? It is a plain Markdown file placed at the root of a website (yoursite.com\/llms.txt) that gives AI tools a short summary of the site and a curated list of its most useful pages. It was proposed in 2024 as a guide for large language models. It does not block or allow crawling, and the major AI providers have not confirmed that their search features use it, so treat it as a low-cost extra on top of normal SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the short answer to “what is llms.txt”. The longer answer matters more, because the file has been described as everything from “robots.txt for AI” to a waste of time. This guide explains what goes in the file, how it differs from robots.txt and a sitemap, who reads it today, which sites should bother, and how to make one in five steps. A copyable template is near the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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