What llms.txt is — and is not
llms.txt is a proposed convention, published at llmstxt.org in 2024, for a Markdown file at the root of a website that gives language models a concise overview: the site's name, a short summary and curated links to the most useful pages, optionally with a fuller llms-full.txt alongside. It was designed mainly with documentation sites in mind, where models benefit from a clean map of the content.
It is optional. It is not a web standard, it does not control crawling the way robots.txt does, and no major AI search provider has stated that it uses llms.txt for ranking or citation. Treat it as a low-cost extra on top of the fundamentals: crawlable pages, clear text and structured data.
The format the generator follows
- An H1 with the name of the firm or site — the only required element in the proposal.
- A blockquote with a one- or two-sentence summary of who you are and what you do.
- Optional short paragraphs with key facts, such as locations, languages and practice areas.
- H2 sections, each containing a Markdown list of links with a short description: services, team, fees, contact.
- An optional section titled Optional for secondary links that can be skipped when context is short.
Writing a useful file
Keep it factual and current. State the firm's name, what kind of firm it is, the places and languages you serve and the main services in plain language, then link to the pages that answer common client questions: services, fees or how you charge, team, contact and FAQs. Avoid marketing superlatives; a model can only repeat what you write.
Save the result as llms.txt and upload it to the root of your domain, so it is available at /llms.txt next to robots.txt. Our AI visibility checker validates the file against the proposed format. The generator runs entirely in your browser.
An example outline
A firm's file might start with # Example & Partners, followed by a one-line summary such as > Employment and corporate law firm in Munich advising employers and executives in German and English. Then an H2 section Services listing links to each practice-area page with a short description, a Team section, a Fees and contact section, and an Optional section linking articles. The generator builds this structure from your entries.