rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"

In short

A link relation in HTML or an HTTP Link header that points from a page to its markdown version. Added to llms.txt v2. Example: The Vercel guide shows <link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown" href="/docs/quickstart.md">. Related terms: rel="describedby", Real status code. rel="describedby": A link relation that points from a page to the llms.txt file covering it. Added in llms.txt v2.

Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from vercel.com, read 4 November 2026.

Where it shows up on this site

Method

Neighbouring terms

rel="describedby": A link relation that points from a page to the llms.txt file covering it.
Real status code: An HTTP status that matches what happened: 200 for a page, 404 for a missing path, 429 for throttling.

Sources

vercel.com https://vercel.com/kb/guide/make-your-site-readable-by-ai-agents, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026