A skill your agent uses when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install LLMs Txt

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill llms-txt -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist llms-txt --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/llms-txt .claude/skills/llms-txt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
llms-txt
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~652 tokens
SKILL.md length
297 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases.

  • Auditing public documentation portals
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Large knowledge bases

What it does

LLMs Txt is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases. Check the final file served at /llms.txt and verify that the linked pages are stable, high-value, and accessible without relying on a JavaScript-only interface.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering AI search optimization, Help center and FAQ content and Knowledge bases. It works with JavaScript. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing public documentation portals
  • Large knowledge bases

Example prompts

  • “/llms-txt”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • llmstxt.org
    • frontendchecklist.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

LLMs Txt loads about 652 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 297 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~71
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~652
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 297 words, ~652 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
llms-txt
description
Use when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases. Check the final file served at `/llms.txt` and verify that the linked pages are stable, high-value, and accessible without relying on a JavaScript-only interface.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
20
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/llms-txt

Publish llms.txt for documentation-heavy sites

Documentation portals often bury the most important pages behind dense navigation, search UIs, or framework-specific layouts. A curated llms.txt gives AI tools a cleaner entry point without replacing the normal crawl and indexing mechanisms of the web described by the llms.txt convention.

Quick Reference

  • Serve llms.txt at the root (/llms.txt on the production domain) if you run a docs-heavy site
  • Curate a short list of stable, high-signal docs pages instead of dumping every URL
  • Use llms-full.txt only as an optional companion when you can keep it current
  • Keep crawl and indexing controls in robots.txt; llms.txt does not replace them

Check

Check whether this documentation-heavy site publishes llms.txt at the root and whether it contains a curated set of stable, high-value links such as getting-started guides, API references, concepts, and examples. Confirm that linked URLs return HTTP 200 and that llms.txt is not being treated as a replacement for robots.txt or XML sitemaps.

Fix

Add llms.txt at the site root with a short description of the project and a curated list of the most useful documentation URLs. If the docs set is large and you can maintain it, add an optional llms-full.txt companion and link to it from llms.txt. Keep crawl directives in robots.txt.

Explain

Explain what llms.txt is, why it can help documentation-heavy sites give AI tools a cleaner starting point, why llms-full.txt is optional, and why traditional crawl controls still belong in robots.txt.

Code Review

Review route handlers, static files, or framework metadata output related to llms.txt. Flag sites that publish the file outside the root path, link to low-value or unstable pages, expose private/auth-only docs, or imply that llms.txt replaces crawl/indexing controls like robots.txt or sitemaps.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/llms-txt

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/llms-txt of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about LLMs Txt

What does LLMs Txt do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases. LLMs Txt is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing public documentation portals, API references, help centers, SDK docs, or large knowledge bases.

When should I use LLMs Txt?

LLMs Txt fits situations like: auditing public documentation portals; large knowledge bases.

How do I install LLMs Txt in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill llms-txt -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/llms-txt in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/llms-txt in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install LLMs Txt in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill llms-txt -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/llms-txt in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/llms-txt in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use LLMs Txt in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill llms-txt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/llms-txt, .gemini/skills/llms-txt, .github/skills/llms-txt and .opencode/skills/llms-txt in your project.

What does LLMs Txt need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: LLMs Txt is instructions for the agent only.

Does LLMs Txt access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: llmstxt.org and frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is LLMs Txt safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does LLMs Txt use?

LLMs Txt is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does LLMs Txt use?

About 652 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to LLMs Txt?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with LLMs Txt: Geo Discover (yaojingang/GEOHub, 165 stars), Geo (liangdabiao/GEO-Content-Optimizer-Skill, 205 stars), Google AI Search Optimization (deepakness/google-ai-search-optimization, 137 stars) and Blog Outline (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains LLMs Txt?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.