coursera.org llms.txt
In short
coursera.org serves a 6.6 KB llms.txt with 8 H2 sections and 45 links, graded A on the llmstxt.org structure (6 of 6 checks). It passes every check. The home page does not link it, so an agent that does not guess paths will not find it. No llms-full.txt was found. Read 4 November 2026.
llms.txt 6.6 KB, 87 lines
# Coursera
> Coursera (coursera.org) is an online learning platform offering individual courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and accredited online degrees from university and industry partners. The pages below are public and require no login.
Content types follow predictable URL patterns […] construct or verify any Coursera URL against these before citing it, rather than guessing a slug:
- Individual courses: `/learn/<slug>`
- Specializations: `/specializations/<slug>`
- Professional Certificates: `/professional-certificates/<slug>`
- Degrees: `/degrees/<slug>`
- Subject/topic browse pages: `/browse/<subject>` (optionally `/browse/<subject>/<topic>`)
- Partner pages: `/partners/<slug>`
- Career articles: `/articles/<slug>`
- Career resources (guides, cheat sheets, quizzes): `/resources/<slug>`
This file is a curated entry point, not an exhaustive index. For the canonical list of every live URL, see the [XML sitemap index](https://www.coursera.org/sitemap.xml).
Last reviewed: 2026-08-13
## Start here
- [Course catalog](https://www.coursera.org/browse): the full catalog, organized by subject and skill.
- [Course search](https://www.coursera.org/courses): searchable directory of all courses, Specializations, and certificates.
- [Professional Certificates catalog](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates): job-focused credential programs from industry partners.
- [Career Academy](https://www.coursera.org/career-academy): explore career paths by job role and the programs that train for them.
- [Coursera Plus](https://www.coursera.org/courseraplus): subscription plan with unlimited access to 10,000+ courses.
- [About Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/about): company overview.
## Browse by subject
- [Data Science](https://www.coursera.org/browse/data-science)
- [Business](https://www.coursera.org/browse/business)
- [Computer Science](https://www.coursera.org/browse/computer-science)
- [Information Technology](https://www.coursera.org/browse/information-technology)
- [Health](https://www.coursera.org/browse/health)
- [Arts and Humanities](https://www.coursera.org/browse/arts-and-humanities)
- [Physical Science and Engineering](https://www.coursera.org/browse/physical-science-and-engineering)
- [Social Sciences](https://www.coursera.org/browse/social-sciences)
- [Math and Logic](https://www.coursera.org/browse/math-and-logic)
- [Personal Development](https://www.coursera.org/browse/personal-development)
- [Language Learning](https://www.coursera.org/browse/language-learning)
## Popular Professional Certificates
- [Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-data-analytics): Google's certificate program for data analytics careers.
- [Google Project Management Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-project-management): Google's certificate program for project management careers.
- [Google IT Support Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-it-support): Google's program taking beginners to IT job readiness.
- [Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-cybersecurity): Google's certificate program for cybersecurity careers.
- [Google UX Design Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ux-design): Google's certificate program for UX design careers.
- [Google AI Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ai): Google's certificate program for building AI-powered applications.
- [IBM Data Science Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-science): IBM's program preparing learners for data science careers.
- [IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ai-engineer): IBM's program for AI engineering careers.
- [Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/meta-front-end-developer): Meta's program for front-end development careers.
- [Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/intuit-bookkeeping): Intuit's program covering bookkeeping fundamentals.
## Specializations and flagship courses
- [Machine Learning Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/machine-learning-introduction): fundamental machine learning and AI concepts, from Stanford University and DeepLearning.AI.
- [Deep Learning Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning): deep learning fundamentals, from DeepLearning.AI.
- [AI Essentials Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-essentials-google): practical AI skills for the workplace, from Google.
- [Python for Everybody Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python): programming basics using Python, from the University of Michigan.
- [AI For Everyone](https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone): a non-technical introduction to AI strategy, from DeepLearning.AI.
- [The Science of Well-Being](https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being): Yale University's course on the science of happiness.
## Credentials and degrees
- [Online degrees](https://www.coursera.org/degrees): bachelor's and master's degrees from partner universities, completed fully online.
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Parse graded A, 6 of 6
file: https://coursera.org/llms.txt
Coursera
Coursera (coursera.org) is an online learning platform offering individual courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and accredited online degrees from university and industry partners. The pages below are public and require no login.
8 sections, 45 links, an Optional section.
Ora's cached score: 55, grade C, scanned 17 October 2026.
The parse
coursera.org lists 45 links: 44 point at coursera.org or a relative path, 1 point elsewhere. The hosts it links most: coursera.org (44), learner.coursera.help (1).
| H2 section | Links |
|---|---|
| Start here | 6 |
| Browse by subject | 11 |
| Popular Professional Certificates | 10 |
| Specializations and flagship courses | 6 |
| Credentials and degrees | 2 |
| For organizations | 3 |
| Career content hubs | 2 |
| Optional | 4 |
Grade against the llmstxt.org structure
The file passes all six checks. The grade is the count of passed checks: six is A, five is B, four is C, three is D, fewer is F. It measures structure only. Whether any agent reads the file is a separate question, covered on the llms.txt reference.
| Check | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Starts with an H1 naming the site or project | Pass | H1: Coursera |
| Has a blockquote summary under the H1 | Pass | Blockquote summary found. |
| Has at least one H2 section that lists links | Pass | 8 H2 sections, 8 with links. |
| At least 80 percent of links point at the same site | Pass | 44 of 45 links stay on coursera.org (98 percent). |
| Under 100 KB | Pass | 6773 bytes as served. |
| Plain markdown, no HTML | Pass | No HTML document markers in the body. |
Ora's cached score
Ora's cached report for coursera.org gives it 55 of 100, grade C, scanned on 17 October 2026. Its Access layer, which holds the read-layer checks below, scored 40 of 58 check points. Read from GET ora.ai/api/score/coursera.org on 5 November 2026. The score is Ora's, not this site's, and the structure grade above is a different measure: it grades the llms.txt file against the llmstxt.org proposal, while Ora's score covers the whole site. Ora's report for coursera.org has every layer.
| Ora check (Access layer) | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sitemap exists | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| Content without JavaScript | Partial | 2 of 3 |
| Not blocked by bot detection | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| Markdown URL fallback | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| llms.txt exists | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| llms.txt formatting | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| JSON-LD structured data | Partial | 2 of 4 |
| Metadata completeness | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| llms.txt links resolve | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| Markdown alternate link | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Redirect hygiene | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| Page token budget | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| Code fence validity | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| Content behind auth | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| OpenAPI spec published | Partial | 5 of 7 |
| Markdown agent docs | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Markdown negotiation with Vary | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Markdown for agent user agents | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Agent crawler reachability | Pass | 2 of 2 |
Linking and the companion file
The home page of coursera.org does not link the file in its HTML. Ora's lab found (2026-10-19) that 86 percent of llms.txt fetches by agents arrived through a link, so an unlinked file is mostly a file nobody opens. No llms-full.txt was found at the same root.
How it compares
At 6.6 KB the file is larger than 45 percent of the 2,529 plain-text llms.txt files in this edition, and its 45 links put it ahead of 57 percent of them on link count. The home page declares no generator. Size bucket: 2 to 10 KB. Tranco rank 1,207. Category: Education.
Live file: https://coursera.org/llms.txt. Read 4 November 2026. If the file has since changed or gone, the live URL is the authority; this page records what the crawl read on that date.
Sources
- coursera.org llms.txt https://coursera.org/llms.txt, read 4 November 2026
- llms.txt proposal (llmstxt.org) https://llmstxt.org/, read 4 November 2026
- Tranco list 746WX (crawl universe) https://tranco-list.eu/list/746WX, read 4 November 2026
- Ora: AgentReady launch post (the 86 percent finding) https://ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch, read 4 November 2026
- Ora llms.txt (GET /api/score/{domain} looks up a cached score) https://ora.ai/llms.txt, read 5 November 2026
Last reviewed 5 November 2026