Free llms.txt Generator and Checker

What llms.txt is (and what it is not)

llms.txt is a plain markdown file at the root of your site (/llms.txt) that gives language models and AI agents a short, curated map of your most useful pages. The format was proposed in September 2024 by Jeremy Howard of Answer.AI and is documented at llmstxt.org.

The structure is deliberately simple:

1. One H1 with your site or brand name (the only required element).
2. A blockquote (> …) with a one-sentence summary.
3. Optional free-text details: facts a model should know, such as markets served, currency or policies.
4. One or more H2 sections, each a list of - [Title](URL): note links.
5. An optional section literally named ## Optional for links an agent can skip when its context is short.

It is not robots.txt. It does not allow or block anything, and it does not replace your XML sitemap. A sitemap lists every URL for crawlers; llms.txt picks the dozens of pages that explain your business best, with human-readable titles. Some sites also publish /llms-full.txt with the full text of those pages in one file.

Does llms.txt actually help you get cited?

Honest answer: on its own, not much yet. Google has said publicly that Search and AI Overviews do not use llms.txt, and none of the major answer engines has documented reading it as a ranking or citation signal. If an agency sells llms.txt as a GEO strategy by itself, be careful.

It is still worth ten minutes, for three reasons:

• Agents and coding assistants read it. Developer tools and documentation fetchers look for /llms.txt to find the right docs quickly; many SaaS and API companies now publish one.
• It forces a useful exercise. Writing a one-line summary and picking your key pages exposes gaps: pages without clear titles, missing pricing or shipping pages, or docs no one can find.
• It costs nothing to maintain if you regenerate it when your sitemap changes.

What actually moves AI citations is upstream: crawlers must be able to reach you (check with our AI crawler checker), your pages must answer the question directly, and third-party sources such as Reddit threads, reviews and “best X” lists must mention you. Our guides on ranking in ChatGPT search and Google AI Overviews cover that in detail.

How this generator builds your file

1. Reads /robots.txt for Sitemap: lines, falling back to /sitemap.xml and /sitemap_index.xml.
2. Follows up to three child sitemaps in a sitemap index, preferring pages, products, collections, posts and docs.
3. Drops URLs that add noise for an AI reader: tags, categories, author archives, pagination, search, cart, account and media files. If most URLs sit under a language prefix (/en/, /de/), it keeps the main language only.
4. Groups pages by their first path segment into sections such as Key pages, Docs, Products, Collections, Services, Blog and Comparisons, with overflow going to ## Optional.
5. Fetches real titles and meta descriptions for up to 12 key pages, and uses readable slugs for the rest.
6. Validates the result against the llmstxt.org format as you edit.

Pages are fetched in your browser through the public Jina Reader proxy, because browsers cannot read another site’s files directly. MaxGrowth does not receive or store the domains you test. The proxy allows roughly 20 requests per minute, so very large sites may need a second run.

llms.txt example for an online store

Here is what a good file looks like for a small ecommerce store. Note the specific summary, the policy facts in the details paragraph, and short notes after the most important links:

# Northwind Coffee

> Northwind Coffee is a US online store selling single-origin coffee beans, subscriptions and brewing gear, shipping within 2 business days.

Prices are in USD. Subscriptions can be paused or cancelled any time from the account page.

## Key pages
- [Shipping & returns](https://northwind.example/pages/shipping): delivery times, free-shipping threshold, 30-day returns
- [Coffee subscription](https://northwind.example/pages/subscription): how plans, frequency and pausing work
- [About us](https://northwind.example/pages/about): roasting process and sourcing

## Collections
- [Single-origin beans](https://northwind.example/collections/single-origin)
- [Espresso blends](https://northwind.example/collections/espresso)
- [Brewing gear](https://northwind.example/collections/gear)

## Guides
- [Pour-over brew guide](https://northwind.example/blogs/guides/pour-over): grind size, ratio and timing
- [Best coffee for French press](https://northwind.example/blogs/guides/french-press-beans)

## Optional
- [Roastery news](https://northwind.example/blogs/news)

For a SaaS product, swap Collections for ## Docs, ## Pricing & plans and ## Integrations. For an agency or service business, lead with services, case studies and the pages that explain how you work.

Where to put llms.txt on Shopify, WordPress, Webflow and Next.js

After publishing, open https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt in a browser: it should load as plain text with status 200. Then run the Check my existing /llms.txt button above.

Free tool vs. done-for-you GEO

This page is free and stays free. It solves the mechanical part. Getting recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews is a different job: it depends on what those engines already read about your category.

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