22/08/2026
Every few months, marketing gets a new "must-have."
Right now, it's llms.txt.
The theory is simple: create a special file to help AI understand your website.
But based on data shared by Alli AI, major AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google don't appear to be requesting these files in any meaningful way... at least not yet.
Does that mean you shouldn't have one?
Not necessarily.
But it does mean you probably shouldn't stop everything to add one. Sure, add your llms.txt but please don't expect it to move the needle. It does take a little more effort than that.