{"id":130122,"date":"2025-06-24T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/tutorials\/?p=130122"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:16:26","slug":"what-is-llms-txt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/ng\/tutorials\/what-is-llms-txt","title":{"rendered":"What is the llms.txt file, and how do you create one for your website?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The llms.txt<\/strong> file is a document that enables artificial intelligence (AI) to understand your website content more easily. It contains information about the structure of your site, including the page URLs and their content, written in Markdown syntax.<\/p>

The information in llms.txt is crucial – without it, AI might have difficulty navigating complex site structures and determining content hierarchy. This reduces the chance of a given website being featured in AI-powered search engine results.<\/p>

This digital document is similar to robots.txt<\/strong> in that it helps make your website’s content more easily parsed by web crawlers. However, while these files work hand-in-hand, they serve different purposes.<\/p>

The llms.txt file is located inside your website’s root directory and can easily be created using a web-based tool. Let’s examine it more closely in the following section.<\/p>

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What is the content of the llms.txt file?<\/strong><\/h2>

llms.txt<\/strong> contains an index of your website’s pages, including their content, URL, and title, written in the human- and machine-readable Markdown language. It can also include optional descriptions of the website structure, which provide more context to AI. Watch the following video for more info, or read on underneath.<\/p>

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