For decades, websites have shipped a robots.txt file telling search engines how to crawl them. There's now a younger sibling for the AI era: llms.txt — a plain summary of your business, written for large language models to read. It's small, simple, and quietly powerful.

What it is

llms.txt is a markdown file placed at the root of your domain (yoursite.com/llms.txt). Inside, in clean prose, you state the things you want an AI to know: who you are, what you do, where you're based, how to contact you, your key pages. No code, no tricks — just clear facts, structured for a machine to absorb.

Why it matters

When someone asks an AI about businesses like yours, the model relies on what it can read and trust. A well-written llms.txt hands it the facts directly, in your words — reducing the chance it gets your details wrong or skips you entirely. It's the difference between hoping the AI pieces you together from scattered pages and simply telling it.

What goes in a good one

  • A one-line summary of what you do and who you serve.
  • Your core services, stated plainly.
  • Location and contact — especially important for a local business.
  • Pricing or positioning, if you're comfortable stating it.
  • Links to key pages the AI should know about.

Keep it factual and tight. This isn't marketing copy — it's a briefing.

Is it a magic bullet?

No. AI also reads your actual site, your reviews, your listings. llms.txt complements those; it doesn't replace good content or a consistent presence. But it's low effort and forward-looking — and most of your competitors don't have one yet.

The bigger principle

llms.txt is one piece of a wider idea: structure your whole presence so machines understand it clearly. Clean headings, factual answers, consistent details everywhere. Do that, and you're legible to both the customer and the AI they increasingly ask first.

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