llms.txt

People now use tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Perplexity alongside traditional search. An llms.txt file gives those systems a clean guide to the useful public information on your website.

What it does

llms.txt is a simple text file at the root of the website. It introduces the business, points to important pages, and gives AI tools a readable overview of the public content available to them.

It does not control an AI platform or force it to recommend the business. It gives the platform clearer first-party information to work with.

Why it matters for your business

A business website often contains services, locations, contact details, articles, and case studies spread across many pages. An llms.txt file brings the important paths together so an AI tool can find the source material without guessing which pages matter.

That supports more accurate answers when someone asks about the business, its services, or where it operates.

Part of a wider AI-readable website

llms.txt works best alongside clear page copy, structured data, useful internal links, descriptive metadata, and readable Markdown versions of important pages. No single file guarantees an AI citation or recommendation.

I use it as one practical part of making the website easy for machines to understand while keeping the human experience clear.

What clients get

Where it suits the project, clients get an llms.txt file generated from the website’s real public content and kept connected to the pages it describes.