llms.txt explained
June 2, 2026 · SeenandCited
llms.txt is a proposed convention for giving AI assistants a curated, human-written map of your site's most important content. Think of it as a sitemap, but written for an LLM that needs context, not a crawler that needs URLs.
It is not (yet) a way to block or grant access — that is what robots.txt and per-bot user-agent rules are for. Instead, llms.txt is a hint: "if you're going to summarize this site, start here."
A minimal example
# Acme Corp
> AI-native CRM for technical sales teams.
## Docs
- [Quickstart](https://acme.example/docs/quickstart): 5-minute setup
- [API reference](https://acme.example/docs/api): REST + webhooks
Keep it short, link to canonical pages, and treat it as an editorial artifact — not an export.