Evaluate adding llms.txt to the site #33

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opened 2026-05-27 01:55:43 +00:00 by coilysiren · 1 comment
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Problem

llms.txt is a proposed standard (llmstxt.org) for sites to expose a curated content map to LLMs. Cooperative sibling to robots.txt. Want to evaluate adding one to coilysiren.me.

Background

  • Spec: https://llmstxt.org/. Markdown file at site root, sectioned links with one-line descriptions. Optional /llms-full.txt with full content inlined.
  • Adopted by Anthropic, Stripe, others. Worth a real look.

Investigate

  • Read the spec end to end, confirm it has stabilized enough to implement against.
  • Decide what goes in (likely: /now, /resume, /pulse, /apps, blog posts) and what stays out (/hiring per the unlisted frontmatter flag added 2026-05-26, drafts).
  • Manual file vs Gatsby-generated. Site already builds rss.xml; same pipeline could emit llms.txt.
  • Should the unlisted flag drive both noindex meta and llms.txt exclusion? Likely yes - one source of truth for "do not surface this externally."
  • Whether to also ship /llms-full.txt. Tradeoff: freshness, build cost, bandwidth.

Out of scope

Implementation. This issue is the look-into-it pass that ends in a decision and (if yes) a follow-up implementation issue.

**Problem** llms.txt is a proposed standard (llmstxt.org) for sites to expose a curated content map to LLMs. Cooperative sibling to robots.txt. Want to evaluate adding one to coilysiren.me. **Background** - Spec: https://llmstxt.org/. Markdown file at site root, sectioned links with one-line descriptions. Optional /llms-full.txt with full content inlined. - Adopted by Anthropic, Stripe, others. Worth a real look. **Investigate** - Read the spec end to end, confirm it has stabilized enough to implement against. - Decide what goes in (likely: /now, /resume, /pulse, /apps, blog posts) and what stays out (/hiring per the `unlisted` frontmatter flag added 2026-05-26, drafts). - Manual file vs Gatsby-generated. Site already builds rss.xml; same pipeline could emit llms.txt. - Should the `unlisted` flag drive both noindex meta and llms.txt exclusion? Likely yes - one source of truth for "do not surface this externally." - Whether to also ship /llms-full.txt. Tradeoff: freshness, build cost, bandwidth. **Out of scope** Implementation. This issue is the look-into-it pass that ends in a decision and (if yes) a follow-up implementation issue.
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Iceboxed in the 2026-05-29 backlog burn-down: Evaluate-a-standard wish, exploratory not actionable. Reopen anytime if it becomes real.

Iceboxed in the 2026-05-29 backlog burn-down: Evaluate-a-standard wish, exploratory not actionable. Reopen anytime if it becomes real.
coilysiren 2026-05-30 05:42:56 +00:00
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