LLMs.txt

llms.txt
noun

Definition:
An emerging proposed file, modeled after robots.txt, designed to declare a website’s permissions or restrictions specifically for large language models (LLMs) that scrape or ingest web content for training or inference. Its purpose is to give publishers control over how their content is used by AI systems.

Usage:
“The company added an llms.txt file to signal that their articles shouldn’t be used for LLM training.”

Compare:
robots.txt

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Joe Youngblood is a top Dallas SEO, Digital Marketer, and Marketing Theorist. When he's not working with clients or writing about marketing he spends time supporting local non-profits and taking his dogs to various parks.

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