Is llms.txt Worth It?
Replaced in November 2026: this answer now sits in a longer, current page on the same question. Linked here.
By Andrej Ruckij · · 1 min read
Is llms.txt Worth It?
This article has been replaced. This page said llms.txt “may help” AI systems understand a site. When we rechecked in November 2026 the evidence didn’t support that for AI search: Google says the file neither helps nor harms, and no AI search crawler says it reads yours. The one measured use is documentation read by coding agents. The full evidence is in the article linked below.
Read the current version: Does llms.txt actually work?