> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.mintlify.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# llms.txt

> Automatically generate llms.txt and llms-full.txt files so AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can index and understand your documentation.

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The [llms.txt file](https://llmstxt.org) is an industry standard that helps LLMs index content more efficiently, similar to how a sitemap helps search engines. AI tools can use this file to understand your documentation structure and find content relevant to user queries.

Mintlify automatically hosts an `llms.txt` file at the root of your project that lists all available pages in your documentation. This file is always up to date and requires zero maintenance. You can optionally add a custom `llms.txt` file to the root of your project.

<Note>
  If your site requires authentication, `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` also require authentication to view. LLMs and AI tools that cannot authenticate into your site cannot access these files. The files exclude pages that belong to [user groups](/deploy/authentication-setup#control-access-with-groups).

  For more information on how authentication affects AI features, see [Feature availability](/deploy/authentication-setup#feature-availability).
</Note>

View your `llms.txt` by appending `/llms.txt` to your documentation site's URL. Mintlify also hosts the file at `/.well-known/llms.txt` for compatibility with tools that follow the `.well-known` convention.

<PreviewButton href="https://mintlify.com/docs/llms.txt">Open the llms.txt for this site.</PreviewButton>

Mintlify adds HTTP headers to every page response so AI tools can discover your `llms.txt` files without prior knowledge of their location:

* `Link: </llms.txt>; rel="llms-txt", </llms-full.txt>; rel="llms-full-txt"`: Follows the standard HTTP `Link` header format for resource discovery.
* `X-Llms-Txt: /llms.txt`: A convenience header for tools that check for `llms.txt` support.

## llms.txt structure

An `llms.txt` file is a plain Markdown file that contains:

* **Site title** as an H1 heading.
* **Site description** as a blockquote summary below the title, sourced from the `description` field in your `docs.json` configuration.
* **Structured content sections** with links and a description of each page in your documentation.
* **API specification links** to your OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specs, if your documentation includes them.

The `llms.txt` file lists your pages alphabetically in the order they appear in your repository, starting from the root directory. Page links in the `llms.txt` file include a `.md` extension so AI tools can fetch the Markdown version of each page directly.

Each page's description comes from the `description` field in its frontmatter. Descriptions truncate at 300 characters and the first line break. For API reference pages, the description also includes the specification information from the `openapi` or `api` frontmatter field. Pages without a `description` field appear in the `llms.txt` file without a description.

This structured approach allows LLMs to efficiently process your documentation at a high level and locate relevant content for user queries, improving the accuracy and speed of AI-assisted documentation searches.

```mdx Example llms.txt theme={null}
# Site title

> A brief description of the documentation site.

## Docs

- [API](https://example.com/docs/api.md): Endpoint list and usage
- [Install](https://example.com/docs/install.md): Setup steps
- [Getting started](https://example.com/docs/start.md): Intro guide

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://example.com/docs/openapi.json)

## AsyncAPI Specs

- [asyncapi](https://example.com/docs/asyncapi.yaml)
```

## llms-full.txt

The `llms-full.txt` file combines your entire documentation site into a single file as context for AI tools and LLM indexing.

Mintlify automatically hosts an `llms-full.txt` file at the root of your project. View your `llms-full.txt` by appending `/llms-full.txt` to your documentation site's URL. Mintlify also hosts the file at `/.well-known/llms-full.txt` for compatibility with tools that follow the `.well-known` convention.

<PreviewButton href="https://mintlify.com/docs/llms-full.txt">Open the llms-full.txt for this site.</PreviewButton>

## Custom files

To add a custom `llms.txt` or `llms-full.txt` file, create an `llms.txt` or `llms-full.txt` file at the root of your project. Adding a custom file overrides the automatically generated file of the same name. If you delete a custom file, Mintlify restores the automatically generated file.

Your custom `llms.txt` or `llms-full.txt` file must have a site title as an H1 heading. Other content is optional. See [Format](https://llmstxt.org/#format) in the `llms.txt` specification for more information on optional sections and best practices.


## Related topics

- [Commands](/docs/cli/commands.md)
- [SEO](/docs/optimize/seo.md)
- [Analytics](/docs/optimize/analytics.md)