# What is llms.txt? Breaking down the skepticism

DevFeed: [What is llms.txt? Breaking down the skepticism](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-llms-txt-breaking-down-the-skepticism-31107.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/what-is-llms-txt>)

Author: Tiffany Chen

Published: 2025-04-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>), [Search engine optimization (SEO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/seo.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [ai-crawlers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-crawlers.md>), [ai-trends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-trends.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [seo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/seo.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains llms.txt, a proposed Markdown standard that provides large language models and AI crawlers with a structured summary and reading guide for website documentation. It describes early adoption, ongoing skepticism, and the distinction between improving AI context and improving search-engine traffic.

## Source excerpt

You might be seeing llms.txt pop up more lately. It's a new standard that's quickly gaining traction that makes web content easier for large language models (LLMs) to understand.