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How to Create an llms.txt File for Your Website

llms.txt is an emerging, simple convention — a plain Markdown file at the root of your domain — that gives AI systems a fast, structured summary of who you are, what you do, and where your key pages live, without needing to crawl and interpret your entire site.

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   Understand what llms.txt is (and isn't)

   It's a plain-text/Markdown file at yourdomain.com/llms.txt, not a schema standard or a guaranteed ranking factor. Think of it as a concise briefing document for an AI system, not a technical protocol like robots.txt.

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   Draft your "About" section first

   2-3 sentences stating what your business is, when it was founded, and where it operates. Specificity beats marketing language: a founding year and a headquarters city are more useful to a model than "industry-leading."

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   List your core services in plain language

   A short bulleted list naming what you actually do, avoiding internal jargon or vague category names a model would need to interpret.

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   Link your key pages

   Homepage, services, FAQ, case studies, blog, contact — so an AI system reading this file has a direct map to your most important content instead of guessing at your site structure.

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   State your service area and any location nuance clearly

   If you serve multiple countries or regions, list them explicitly rather than leaving it to be inferred from page copy.

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   Add contact and parent-company information if relevant

   For AI systems trying to verify a business is real and legitimate, structured basic facts — legal entity, incorporation date, contact channel — help.

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   Publish it at the root of your domain as plain text

   Save it as /llms.txt (not inside a subfolder), served as plain text or Markdown, no authentication required.