Best Practices for Exposing llms.txt | Platinum.ai

Congratulations, your llms.txt file is now live on your site. That means you are now AI-ready: assistants and agents can start using it as the official fact sheet for your business.

However, since this is still a new and emerging standard, not every AI crawler or search engine will pick it up right away. To make sure your file gets indexed and trusted as quickly as possible, there are a few extra steps you can take. These are invisible to visitors, but clear to crawlers and AI systems. By doing this, you increase the odds yourllms.txt is always recognized as the authoritative source for your business.

Here is what we recommend, listed in order of impact:

1. Sitemap.xml → Highest impact, since crawlers already rely on it

Add a reference so crawlers see it with the rest of your content:

<url> 
  <loc>https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt</loc>
  <lastmod>2025-09-23</lastmod>
</url>

2. Robots.txt → Nearly universal coverage, since it is the first file most crawlers fetch

Since all crawlers check this file first, include a pointer there too:

User-agent: *
Allow: /llms.txt
LLMS: https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt

3. Meta Tag in <head> → Lowest effort (quickest win)

Add this to your site HTML header:

<meta name="llms-file" content="https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt" />

4. JSON-LD Structured Data → Best for structured, semantic clarity (future-proof)

Insert this JSON-LD block (in <head> or via your tag manager):

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Your Company Name",
  "url": "https://yourdomain.com",
  "identifier": {
    "@type": "PropertyValue",
    "name": "llms.txt",
    "value": "https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt"
  }
}
</script>

Why This Matters

Accuracy → AI assistants pull directly from your source of truth.
Visibility → Multiple redundant signals make it hard to miss.
Future-proofing → Early adoption positions your business ahead of the curve as AI search evolves.

This is a one-time setup for your web team. Once done, your llms.txt becomes the go-to reference for AI crawlers.

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