Claim 132
Google Search does not use llms.txt files.
- entity
- Googlebot
- field
- reads_llms_txt
- value
no- statement
- Google Search does not use llms.txt files.
- evidence_url
- https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/ai-optimization-guide
- evidence_quote
- "LLMS.txt files and other "special" markup: You don't need to create new machine readable files, AI text files, markup, or Markdown to appear in Google Search (including its generative AI capabilities), as Google Search itself doesn't use them." source dated 2026-07-10
- method
- vendor_doc
- verified_at
- 2026-09-14
- confidence
- high
- status
- current
- supersedes
- none
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