# Jeremy Howard proposes llms.txt

> On 3 September 2024 Jeremy Howard of Answer.AI proposed llms.txt: a Markdown file at the site root that points language models to a site’s best pages.

Source: https://llmstextgenerator.com/llms-txt-news/llms-txt-proposed/
Last updated: 17 October 2026

Writing for Answer.AI, Jeremy Howard proposed a Markdown file at the root of a site to tell language models what the site is and where its most useful pages are.

Happened on 3 September 2024

## What happened?

On 3 September 2024, Jeremy Howard of Answer.AI published the proposal: “We propose that those interested in providing LLM-friendly content add a /llms.txt file to their site.” The same day it went up at llmstxt.org.

## What did it propose?

A plain Markdown file at `/llms.txt` with the site’s name as an H1, a short summary, and sections of links to the pages that matter, each with a sentence on what is there, plus Markdown versions of those pages next to the HTML. The idea is that a language model with a limited context window can read a short, curated index instead of guessing from HTML full of navigation and scripts.

It is a community proposal, not a standard from a standards body, and it was revised as V2 in August 2026.

## What does it mean for your site?

**This is where the format comes from.** Everything else on this page, from Google’s statements to the adoption studies, is a reaction to it. [What is llms.txt?](https://llmstextgenerator.com/what-is-llms-txt/) explains the format, and the [generator](https://llmstextgenerator.com/) writes a first draft of yours.

## Sources

**Source:** [Answer.AI: the original proposal](https://www.answer.ai/posts/2024-09-03-llmstxt.html), [llmstxt.org](https://llmstxt.org/)

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