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title: "Generate An LLMs.txt File For AI Search"
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date: 2026-07-17
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description: "AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI answers increasingly send traffic and shape how your brand is described. An LLMs.txt file is a clean, curated map of your most..."
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# Generate An LLMs.txt File For AI Search

AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI answers increasingly send traffic and shape how your brand is described. An `LLMs.txt` file is a clean, curated map of your most important content that these models can read. Nexter SEO generates and maintains this file for you.

Nexter → Content SEO → Technical → LLMs.txt.

 

## How To Generate An LLMs.txt File?

- Open **Technical** in the left-hand nav and click **LLMs.txt**.

- Turn on **Enable LLMs.txt generation**. The status badge shows **Active** and your file goes live at `/LLMs.txt`.

- Set the limits and window so the file lists your best, freshest content.

- Choose which post types and taxonomies to include.

- Click **Save**.

![Nexter SEO LLMs.txt screen showing the enable toggle, limits, and included content options](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nseo-13-llms-txt.gif)

- **Enable LLMs.txt generation** — the master switch. When on, Nexter SEO publishes your file at **`/LLMs.txt`**.

- **Include Homepage** — adds your homepage to the file as a top-level entry.

- **Respect Noindex** — when on, any content marked noindex is excluded from the file, so you never expose pages you have deliberately kept out of search.

- **Posts Per Type Limit** — how many items to list per post type (default 20). Keep it focused; this file is a highlights reel, not a full sitemap.

- **Terms Per Taxonomy Limit** — how many terms to list per taxonomy (default 20).

- **Cache Duration (hours)** — how long the generated file is cached before it rebuilds (default 24).

- **Freshness Window (months)** — restrict entries to content published or updated within this many months. Leave at 0 for no time limit.

- **Included Post Types** — expand to choose which post types appear in the file.

- **Included Taxonomies** — Category, Tag, and Format checkboxes.

 

#### Good To Know

- Think of `LLMs.txt` as the answer-engine equivalent of your sitemap: sitemaps are for search crawlers, `LLMs.txt` is for AI models. Keeping it tight and current gives AI a clean, authoritative source to cite.

- Turn on **Respect Noindex** if you use noindex anywhere, so private or thin pages never leak into the AI-facing file.

- After a big content push, the file rebuilds on its own once the cache duration elapses; lower the cache duration temporarily if you need it sooner.

 

#### Troubleshooting

- **`/LLMs.txt` shows nothing or 404s.** Confirm **Enable LLMs.txt generation** is on and Save was clicked, then reload the URL after the cache duration.

- **A page I expected is missing.** Check the per-type limit, the freshness window, and whether the page is noindexed while **Respect Noindex** is on.

**Related:** [XML Sitemaps](/docs/xml-sitemaps/) · [Robots Instructions](/docs/robots-instructions/) · [Structured Data (Schema) Overview](/docs/structured-data-schema-overview/)

 

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This is how you can generate an LLMs.txt file for AI search with Nexter SEO.