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title: "HTTP Link header: glossary: Agent Ready HTML"
description: "HTTP Link header defined: A response header carrying link relations (RFC 8288), so a CDN can advertise files without changing markup."
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# HTTP Link header: glossary: Agent Ready HTML

> HTTP Link header defined: A response header carrying link relations (RFC 8288), so a CDN can advertise files without changing markup.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/http-link-header/
Site: Agent Ready HTML
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# HTTP Link header

In short

A response header carrying link relations (RFC 8288), so a CDN can advertise files without changing markup. Example: Mintlify sends Link: </llms.txt>; rel="llms-txt" on docs responses. Related terms: Hydration, File list. Hydration: The step where client JavaScript attaches event handlers to server-rendered HTML. The content is already present before it happens.

## Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from [mintlify.com](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt), read 4 November 2026.

## Where it shows up on this site

-   [Method](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/)

## Neighbouring terms

-   [Hydration](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/hydration/): The step where client JavaScript attaches event handlers to server-rendered HTML.
-   [File list](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/file-list/): An H2 section in llms.txt holding a markdown list of links in the form \[name\](url), optionally followed by a colon and notes.

## Sources

1.  [mintlify.com](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt) https://www.mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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Method

How the viewer reads a page, how a file is graded and how a platform is scored: [the method page](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/).