- [ Home ](/) / - [ Examples ](/examples/) / - DEV Community # DEV Community `llms.txt`: what the file contains Measured on 7 September 2026: 2.8 KB, 3 sections, 7 links. How that compares with the other 121 files we track, and what it implies. Last updated: September 7, 2026 On this page - [ The file ](#file) - [ Measured structure ](#structure) - [ Observations ](#observations) - [ Comparable files ](#compare) - [ How this was measured ](#method) ## The file **DEV Community** publishes an llms.txt at [`https://dev.to/llms.txt`](https://dev.to/llms.txt). The file declares itself as DEV Community in its H1, and the host is categorised here as Media. It was last fetched and parsed on 7 September 2026. ## Measured structure Measure DEV Community Corpus median Percentile Size 2.8 KB 14.0 KB 11% H2 sections 3 8 21% Links 7 70 16% Blockquote summary Present 101 of 122 have one n/a Percentiles are against the 122 files in this directory, not against the web. That population is deliberately weighted toward documentation platforms and developer tools, which is where the convention started, so treat it as a peer group rather than a norm. ## Observations - The file contains 7 list links, below the corpus median of 70. A short list can make navigation easier, but the count alone does not establish the relevance of its links. Note What this page does not tell you These measurements describe the structure of a text file. They do not establish the quality of linked pages, whether an agent reads the file, or any effect of publishing it. For the distinction between publication and observed use, see the article no AI agent goes looking for your llms.txt . ## Comparable files Closest in size within Media, from the same weekly check: - [CSS-Tricks](/llms-txt-directory/css-tricks-com/): 2.7 KB, 6 sections, 0 links ## How this was measured The historical check followed redirects, rejected HTML responses and required an initial H1. It counted H2 headings and Markdown list links with regular expressions, rather than running the full validator. Counts and bytes describe the retained response text, subject to the extraction limit. This snapshot was generated on 2026-09-07. Want to check a file yourself, including this one? Paste the URL into the validator. To see how to find any site's file, see how to find a website's llms.txt, and for the full list see the directory of 122 verified files. - [Open validator](/validator/) - [How to find llms.txt](/how-to-find-llms-txt/) - [Browse verified directory](/examples/) ## Sources - [ DEV Community llms.txt (live file) ](https://dev.to/llms.txt) - [ llmstxt.org, the specification ](https://llmstxt.org/)