agents.md
A markdown instruction file addressed to autonomous agents rather than crawlers, stating what a site does, what an agent may collect, and what it must never assert.
What agents.md does not show
Most files served at this path are platform defaults rather than anything the site owner wrote.
Where agents.md comes up on this site
- agents.md: AI agent instructions you may not have writtenagents.md , llms.txt and robots.txt are the files on a website written to be obeyed by a machine rather than read by a person.
- Does llms.txt work? What is known and how to test itWhile you are at the domain root, also open /agents.md : on some platforms it ships from a template, and the instructions in it may not be yours .
- How to write an llms.txt and check it is actually servedHow is it different from robots.txt and agents.md?
- Linked from every page, our llms.txt was fetched 8 timesOur robots.txt names llms.txt , agents.md and entitymap.json .
- Release notes 14 Oct 2026: doors, weekly figures, trialThe instruction check, which reads llms.txt, agents.md and hidden page text for wording aimed at a model, now flags only commands such as never say and always recommend , not descriptions such as never says or always recommends .
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Questions about agents.md
What is agents.md?
A markdown instruction file addressed to autonomous agents rather than crawlers, stating what a site does, what an agent may collect, and what it must never assert.
What does agents.md not show or guarantee?
A markdown instruction file addressed to autonomous agents rather than crawlers, stating what a site does, what an agent may collect, and what it must never assert. Most files served at this path are platform defaults rather than anything the site owner wrote.
Which area of the glossary does agents.md belong to?
Machine files: The files addressed to machines rather than readers, and what publishing one does and does not buy.
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