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llms.txt is a short plain-text file at the root of a website that tells AI tools what the business is and which pages matter most. Fill in your details and key pages to get a file in the standard format, checked as you type, ready to copy or download and upload to your site.

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Business name

One-line summary

What you do, for whom, where. e.g. Family solicitors in Oxford for wills, probate and divorce.

A short description (optional)

Website

Contact line

Key pages

Your llms.txt

# Your business

Add your business name; it is the file's heading.
Add a one-line summary; AI tools read it first.
Add at least your main pages: services, prices, about, contact.

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What should an llms.txt file include?

The llmstxt.org proposal asks for one thing only: a top heading with the name of the site. The rest is optional but useful: a one-line summary in a quote block, a few short paragraphs, and sections of links, each followed by a short note.

For a business, that means your name, a sentence on what you do and where, a paragraph on who you serve, then your service, pricing, about and contact pages. A section headed Optional, which the proposal says AI tools may skip when short of space, is the place for blog posts and lesser pages.

The parts of an llms.txt file
Part	How it is written	What to put in it
Heading	# Your business name	The business name, as on Google
Summary	> One line	What you do, where and for whom, in one sentence
Description	Plain paragraphs	Services, area, who you help, and anything AI often gets wrong
Key pages	## Key pages, then - [Title](https://...): note	Services, prices, about and contact, each with one line
Contact	## Contact	Website, phone, email and address
Optional	## Optional	Blog posts, case studies and pages that can be skipped

The structure follows the llmstxt.org proposal as it stands in 2026; the Key pages and Contact headings are the ones this generator uses.

Do ChatGPT and Google read llms.txt?

Not reliably, as of 2026. The proposal is popular with software documentation sites and some AI tools fetch the file, but the big assistants have not said they rely on it for everyday answers, and Google says nothing special beyond ordinary SEO is needed for its AI features.

So treat it as cheap insurance. It takes ten minutes, does no harm, and if more tools start reading it you are covered. What it cannot do is let in a crawler that robots.txt blocks, or make a page readable that only shows its words after JavaScript runs.

How do you upload llms.txt to your website?

The file must sit at the root of your domain, so it opens at https://yoursite.co.uk/llms.txt, not inside a folder. Save it as plain UTF-8 text named llms.txt in lower case.

On WordPress, upload it to the main folder with your host's file manager or FTP, or use an SEO plugin with an llms.txt setting. On Wix, Squarespace or Shopify, check the platform's help pages: not every builder lets you place a file at the root, and some offer a setting or an app instead.

Open the address in a browser afterwards. If you see your text, it is live; if you see a missing-page error, it is in the wrong place.

Name: llms.txt, all lower case.
Place: the root of the domain, next to robots.txt.
Format: plain UTF-8 text with Markdown headings and links.
Links: full addresses starting with https://.

How is llms.txt different from robots.txt and a sitemap?

Each file does a different job. Robots.txt tells crawlers what they may fetch, and it is the one that can shut AI tools out. A sitemap lists every page you want indexed, for search engines. An llms.txt file picks out the handful of pages that best explain the business, with a note on each.

You need robots.txt and a sitemap regardless; llms.txt sits beside them. Keep the three consistent: never list a page in llms.txt that robots.txt blocks, and never link to a page you have removed.

How the tool works

Type your business name, a one-line summary and a short description.
Add your key pages: a title, the address and one line on each.
Watch the file build as you type, with checks.
Download it and upload it as /llms.txt at the root of your site.

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Questions people ask

What is llms.txt?

A proposed standard (llmstxt.org): a Markdown file at yoursite.com/llms.txt with a heading, a one-line summary in a quote, and lists of links to the pages that matter, so AI tools can find them quickly.

Do AI tools read llms.txt?

Some do and adoption is growing, but it is not yet universal. It costs little to add and does no harm; allowing AI crawlers in and having readable pages matter more.

Where do I put the file?

At the root of your domain, so it opens at https://yoursite.com/llms.txt. In WordPress, upload it with your host's file manager or an SEO plugin that supports it.

Is it the same as robots.txt?

No. robots.txt says what crawlers may read; llms.txt suggests what is worth reading. You need both.

Is llms.txt an official standard?

No. It is a proposal, published at llmstxt.org in 2024, not a standard agreed by a standards body or the AI companies. Many sites have adopted it, but no AI tool is obliged to read it.

What is llms-full.txt?

A related file some sites publish that holds the full text of their key pages in one Markdown document, rather than links to them. It is mostly used by software documentation sites. A small business rarely needs one; a clear llms.txt is enough.

Can llms.txt stop AI tools using my content?

No. It only suggests what is worth reading. To stop a crawler, add rules for it in robots.txt, which the main AI companies say their crawlers follow.

How long should my llms.txt be?

Short enough to read in a minute. A name, a one-line summary, a paragraph or two and ten to twenty key links suit most small businesses. Long lists of every blog post belong under Optional, or in your sitemap.

Should I write llms.txt for AI or for people?

For both, in plain words. Write the summary as you would explain the business to a new customer: what you do, where and for whom. Skip slogans and keyword lists; AI tools quote clear facts, not marketing lines.

How often should I update llms.txt?

Whenever you add, remove or rename a key page, change your services or move address. Check it every few months at least, since a link to a page that no longer exists sends AI tools nowhere.

Does llms.txt help Google rankings?

No. Google has given no sign that it uses llms.txt for ranking, and its advice for appearing in its AI features is ordinary good SEO. The file's value is for the AI tools that do read it.