---
title: "The llms.txt Pattern"
type: reference
description: "A proposed convention for giving LLMs a curated, markdown-first entry point to a website."
summary: "llms.txt proposes a standard location where a site declares what it is and what an LLM should read — a curated index rather than a crawl target. This site's AI-readable layer builds directly on the pattern."
ai_summary: "Reference on the llms.txt convention: a curated markdown entry point for LLMs, which this site adopts as its agent-facing index."
status: public
visibility: public
language: en
topics: [ai-readable, standards]
tags: [llms-txt, machine-readable]
audience: [builders]
publishedAt: 2026-07-04
updatedAt: 2026-07-04
featured: false
related: [templates/ai-readable-site-ia-planner]
sourceStatus: referenced
sourceSensitivity: public
sourceTitle: "The /llms.txt file"
sourceUrl: "https://llmstxt.org"
sourceType: website
publisher: "llmstxt.org"
whyItMatters: "It reframes AI-readability as curation: a site tells agents what to read instead of hoping crawlers guess well."
quotePolicy: paraphrase-only
canonicalUrl: "https://wbeen-personal-kb.vercel.app/references/llms-txt-pattern"
---

## Why it matters

It reframes AI-readability as curation: a site tells agents what to read
instead of hoping crawlers guess well. That matches this site's core idea —
a curated public layer with an explicit boundary.

## Key ideas

- A single well-known file (`/llms.txt`) as the agent entry point.
- Markdown as the preferred machine-readable format.
- An expanded bundle (`/llms-full.txt`) for deeper context.

## How I might use this

Adopted directly: this site ships `/llms.txt`, `/llms-full.txt`, and a
markdown mirror under `/md/`, all restricted to public/generalized content.

---

Canonical page: https://wbeen-personal-kb.vercel.app/references/llms-txt-pattern
This is the AI-readable Markdown mirror. Public, curated content only.