Discoverability · Recommended · Low impact
/llms-full.txt expanded context
Lets an agent take in the full context in a single request instead of walking the site step by step.
- Recommended
- Low impact
- Draft standard
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Check id | llms-full |
| Dimension | Discoverability (20%) |
| Tier | Recommended — pool 20 pts |
| Weight inside tier | 1 |
| Impact | Low |
| Maturity | Draft — A published specification that is not yet ratified. |
| Conditional | No |
| Publishing skill | llms-full-txt |
| Standards | — |
What the scanner requests
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/llms-full.txt -
/llms.txt
What is measured
The scanner requests https://<domain>/llms-full.txt and also reads /llms.txt to see whether that file is advertised. Pass = /llms-full.txt returns 200 markdown containing the expanded text of the site's key pages, and /llms.txt links to it. Partial = the URL is linked from /llms.txt but 404s, or the file returns only a list of links instead of page text. Fail = neither file offers expanded context, or both paths return HTML.
Reproduce it yourself
You do not have to take our word for any of this. Run the same measurement against your own domain:
DOMAIN=example.com
curl -sS -o /dev/null -w 'llms-full.txt status=%{http_code} bytes=%{size_download}\n' "https://$DOMAIN/llms-full.txt"; curl -sS "https://$DOMAIN/llms.txt" | grep -i 'llms-full'
The fix
This is the artifact to ship. It is the complete change, not a description of one.
# llms.txt - add this line to the Docs section
- [Full context](https://example.com/llms-full.txt): Every page below as one document
# llms-full.txt
# Example Inc - full context
> Complete text of the pages an agent needs, in a single request. Regenerated on every deploy.
## https://example.com/ (Home)
Example Inc runs a payments API for marketplaces. Founded 2019, 40 staff, US-based. Production traffic is served from three regions.
## https://example.com/docs/quickstart (Quickstart)
Install the CLI with `npm i -g example-cli`, authenticate with `example login`, then create a charge with `example charges create --amount 1000 --currency usd`.
## https://example.com/pricing (Pricing)
Starter is $0 for 1,000 calls per month. Growth is $99 for 100,000 calls, then $0.001 per call. Enterprise is quoted annually.
Related checks
| Check | Tier | Impact | Same skill |
|---|---|---|---|
reachable — Homepage open to agent access | Essential | Critical | — |
robots-txt — robots.txt with agent directives | Essential | High | — |
sitemap-xml — sitemap.xml valid and current | Essential | High | — |
llms-txt — /llms.txt published and well-structured | Essential | Critical | — |
link-headers — Discovery via Link response headers | Emerging | Medium | — |
dns-aid — DNS-AID discovery record | Emerging | Medium | — |
canonical — Canonical and hreflang discipline | Recommended | Medium | — |
agents-md — AGENTS.md with the required sections | Recommended | High | — |