Using llms.txt to make developer documentation accessible to AI coding agents

Short summary

A practical guide to making developer documentation accessible to AI coding agents using llms.txt, a text-first discovery layer proposed by Jeremy Howard. Major platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, Cloudflare, Stripe, and Vercel have adopted it. The author cautions that llms.txt is not AI SEO magic but a low-cost convention worth publishing when it helps agents find the right docs quickly.

• •llms.txt is a text-first entry point helping AI agents find key documentation
• •Adopted by OpenAI, Anthropic, Cloudflare, Stripe, Vercel, and Mintlify
• •Not a guaranteed AI ranking signal but a useful low-cost documentation convention

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