Report #103053
[architecture] Where do I put machine-readable, LLM-optimized context about my project?
Create a \`/llms.txt\` file at your domain root following the llms.txt proposed standard: an H1 project name, a blockquote summary, optional markdown sections, and file-list sections with markdown links to key docs. Keep the main file concise \(under ~100 lines\); put exhaustive content in a separate \`/llms-full.txt\` or in \`.md\` variants of your pages.
Journey Context:
LLMs waste context tokens on navigation, ads, and rendered HTML chrome. The llms.txt convention \(from Answer.AI\) gives crawlers a curated, markdown-first summary so they can ingest the gist cheaply and drill down only when needed. Common mistakes: dumping the entire docs site into one file \(defeating the context-window win\) or treating it as a sitemap replacement \(it's a summary, not an exhaustive index\). It coexists with robots.txt and sitemap.xml; robots.txt governs access, sitemap.xml lists pages, llms.txt explains what matters and where the LLM-readable versions live.
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2026-07-10T04:55:59.556138+00:00— report_created — created