llmstxt.org llms.txt
In short
llmstxt.org serves a 637 B llms.txt with 1 H2 section and 3 links, graded A on the llmstxt.org structure (6 of 6 checks). It passes every check. The home page links the file. No llms-full.txt was found. Read 4 November 2026.
llms.txt 637 B, 11 lines
# llms.txt
> A proposal that those interested in providing LLM-friendly content add a /llms.txt file to their site. This is a markdown file that provides brief background information and guidance, along with links to markdown files providing more detailed information.
## Docs
- [llms.txt proposal](https://llmstxt.org/index.md): The proposal for llms.txt
- [Python library docs](https://llmstxt.org/intro.html.md): Docs for `llms-txt` python lib
- [ed demo](https://llmstxt.org/ed.md): Tongue-in-cheek example of how llms.txt could be used in the classic `ed` editor, used to show how editors could incorporate llms.txt in general.
First 9 of 11 lines.
Parse graded A, 6 of 6
file: https://llmstxt.org/llms.txt
llms.txt
A proposal that those interested in providing LLM-friendly content add a /llms.txt file to their site. This is a markdown file that provides brief background information and guidance, along with links to markdown files providing more detailed information.
1 section, 3 links, no Optional section.
Ora's cached score: 44, grade D, scanned 11 October 2026.
The parse
llmstxt.org lists 3 links: 3 point at llmstxt.org or a relative path, 0 point elsewhere. The hosts it links most: llmstxt.org (3).
| H2 section | Links |
|---|---|
| Docs | 3 |
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: llms.txt |
| Has a blockquote summary under the H1 | Pass | Blockquote summary found. |
| Has at least one H2 section that lists links | Pass | 1 H2 section, 1 with links. |
| At least 80 percent of links point at the same site | Pass | 3 of 3 links stay on llmstxt.org (100 percent). |
| Under 100 KB | Pass | 637 bytes as served. |
| Plain markdown, no HTML | Pass | No HTML document markers in the body. |
Ora's cached score
Ora's cached report for llmstxt.org gives it 44 of 100, grade D, scanned on 11 October 2026. Its Access layer, which holds the read-layer checks below, scored 24 of 56 check points. Read from GET ora.ai/api/score/llmstxt.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 llmstxt.org has every layer.
| Ora check (Access layer) | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sitemap exists | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| Content without JavaScript | Pass | 3 of 3 |
| Not blocked by bot detection | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| Markdown URL fallback | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| llms.txt exists | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| llms.txt formatting | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| JSON-LD structured data | Fail | 0 of 4 |
| Metadata completeness | Partial | 1 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 | Fail | 0 of 7 |
| Markdown agent docs | Pass | 1 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 llmstxt.org links 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 637 B the file is larger than 1 percent of the 2,529 plain-text llms.txt files in this edition, and its 3 links put it ahead of 11 percent of them on link count. The home page declares a quarto- generator. Size bucket: Under 2 KB. Curated example. Category: Standard.
Why it is in the index: The proposal site's own file: short, one H2, the reference shape. Owner as listed: llmstxt.org (Answer.AI).
Live file: https://llmstxt.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
- llmstxt.org llms.txt https://llmstxt.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