How to Deploy llms.txt on Any Platform

1. Connect via FTP client (FileZilla, Cyberduck, or your host's file manager)
2. Navigate to your document root — usually public_html/, www/, or htdocs/
3. Upload llms.txt alongside your existing robots.txt
4. Verify: visit https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt

Simplest method. If your host supports FTP, use this.

WordPress has 4 deployment methods depending on your setup. Our dedicated guide covers all of them:

• Direct file upload via FTP or file manager
• Plugin-based deployment
• Theme functions.php route
• .htaccess rewrite rules

Shopify doesn't let you upload arbitrary files to your domain root. Two options:

1. Shopify Pages method — serve content at /pages/llms-txt
2. Cloudflare proxy — rewrite the URL so /llms.txt serves the page content

Drop llms.txt into your public/ directory. Vercel serves it from the root automatically.

your-project/
  public/
    llms.txt      ← yourdomain.com/llms.txt
    favicon.ico
  src/
    ...

For dynamic generation, add a rewrite in vercel.json:

{
  "rewrites": [
    { "source": "/llms.txt", "destination": "/api/llms-txt" }
  ]
}

Place llms.txt in your publish directory — public/, dist/, or build/ depending on your framework.

Optional: set explicit headers in netlify.toml:

[[headers]]
  for = "/llms.txt"
  [headers.values]
    Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
    Cache-Control = "public, max-age=86400"

Static: Place in public/llms.txt. No config needed.

Dynamic: Create an API route for CMS-driven content:

// app/llms.txt/route.ts
export async function GET() {
  const content = `# Your Site Name
> A brief description of your site.

## Core Pages
- [Home](https://yourdomain.com): Main landing page
`;
  return new Response(content, {
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
      'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=86400',
    },
  });
}

Place in static/llms.txt. SvelteKit serves everything in static/ from the root.

For dynamic generation:

// src/routes/llms.txt/+server.ts
export async function GET() {
  const content = `# Your Site Name
> Your site description.
`;
  return new Response(content, {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' },
  });
}

Add a location block to your server config:

location = /llms.txt {
    root /var/www/yourdomain;
    default_type text/plain;
    add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=86400";
}

Place llms.txt at /var/www/yourdomain/llms.txt, then sudo nginx -t && sudo nginx -s reload.

If your file is in the document root, Apache serves it automatically. To set the MIME type explicitly, add to .htaccess:

<Files "llms.txt">
    ForceType text/plain
    Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=86400"
</Files>

Place llms.txt at the root of your repo (or docs/ if that's your publishing source).

Jekyll sites: Add llms.txt to the include list in _config.yml, otherwise Jekyll ignores files without front matter:

include:
  - llms.txt