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llms.txt specification in South Africa

The robots.txt of the AI era. Adoption is still under 5%. South Africa operators face the same llms.txt specification discipline as global peers, with local context (timezone, channel mix, buying patterns) shifting which moves carry the most leverage.

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llms.txt specificationSouth Africa
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GEO and AI visibility
Location
South Africa
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg

Definition

What is llms.txt specification?

llms.txt is a proposed plain-text manifest at /llms.txt that summarizes a website's content for large language model crawlers. The spec, hosted at llmstxt.org, defines a Markdown structure with sections of named links so models can ingest a curated map of the site.

How it lands in South Africa

The South Africa angle

Xpand Media runs llms.txt specification for companies in South Africa, remotely from Dubai, with the local context built in: Africa/Johannesburg timezone, South African-specific buying patterns, and the platforms the regional market actually uses. The discipline is global; the operational rhythm is local.

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FAQ

llms.txt specification questions from South Africa operators

Where does llms.txt live?
At the site root, at the path /llms.txt, served as text/plain. Following the spec, it uses Markdown structure with H1 (site name), blockquote summary, and named sections with link lists.
How is it different from robots.txt?
robots.txt controls crawler access. llms.txt curates content discovery — it tells the model what's worth reading, not whether it can read.
Do AI engines actually use llms.txt?
Adoption is partial. Anthropic publicly references it. OpenAI and Google have not confirmed dedicated parsers but treat it as crawlable plain text. Adding it is low cost and forward-compatible.
Should we also publish llms-full.txt?
Yes if the site has high-volume content. llms-full.txt is the long-form variant that concatenates page content, intended for offline LLM ingestion.
What format do links need to be in?
Standard Markdown: hyphen, space, bracketed link text, parenthesized URL, optional colon-prefixed description. Other formats (em-dash separated, plain URL lists) may fail spec parsers.

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