llms.txt
ia.llms-txt · 1.4
Why it matters
llms.txt gives AI agents a curated entry point to your most important pages. Agents that fetch pages to complete a task get a short, structured overview instead of the full site.
How to fix it
Publish /llms.txt with an H1, a summary and Markdown links to your key pages on the canonical host.
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Create /llms.txt with an H1 title and a one-line blockquote summary.
# Example > Example sells project software for small teams. ## Docs - [Quick start](https://example.com/docs/start): set up an account - [API reference](https://example.com/docs/api): REST endpoints -
Link only to pages on the canonical host that return HTTP 200.
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Link /llms.txt from the home page or from a Link header so that agents find it.
Verify
curl -sf https://{domain}/llms.txt
Expected: HTTP 200 with a Markdown body that starts with an H1 and contains links
Run a new scan for this checkpoint:
isagentready results {domain} --checkpoint ia.llms-txt
Details Mapping, lifecycle and references
- AR mapping
- Full match
- Evidence source
- agentready.org AR-READ-07
- Score role
- Bonus
- Introduced
- 2026-08-24
- Methodology version
- 2026-10-22