Question 1

What is llms.txt?

Accepted Answer

llms.txt is a proposed Markdown file at the root of your domain (https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt) that gives AI agents and LLMs a curated, link-based map of your most important pages, so they can find and read your content efficiently rather than crawling everything.

Question 2

Does llms.txt improve my AI search rankings or citations?

Accepted Answer

Honestly, no — there is no strong evidence that llms.txt increases how often AI search engines cite you. Major engines have not confirmed using it for ranking. Treat it as documentation hygiene and a clean index for agents that fetch it, not as a ranking hack. The things that actually move AI citations are crawlability, structured data, and clear answer-shaped content.

Question 3

Where do I put the llms.txt file?

Accepted Answer

Save it as a plain text/Markdown file named llms.txt and host it at the root of your domain so it resolves at https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt.

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