- [ Home ](/) / - [ How to create llms.txt ](/how-to-create/) / - Netlify # llms.txt on Netlify Netlify serves any file in your publish directory at the site root. For llms.txt that means zero configuration. Last updated: July 26, 2026 ## Where the file goes Netlify serves the contents of your *publish directory* (the folder set as the deploy output) at the site root. Whatever your framework calls that folder, a `llms.txt` inside it is served at `/llms.txt`. You do not need a redirect rule for a real static file. ## Method: the publish directory Put `llms.txt` where it will end up in the published output for your setup: - **Next.js, Astro, Vue/Vite, Gatsby:** `public/` (or `static/` for Gatsby) so the build copies it to the output root. - **SvelteKit, Hugo, Docusaurus:** `static/`. - **No build (plain HTML):** the repository root, and set the publish directory accordingly. Confirm your publish directory in `netlify.toml` or the site settings: ``` # netlify.toml [build] publish = "dist" ``` ✓ Let the framework place it Do not drop the file directly into dist/ by hand: it gets wiped on each build. Put it in your framework’s static source folder so every build re-emits it. ## Optional: proxy to an external file If your `llms.txt` is generated elsewhere (for example by a docs platform), you can proxy the root path to it with a `_redirects` rule using a 200 rewrite: ``` # _redirects /llms.txt https://docs.example.com/llms.txt 200 ``` ## Verifying the setup ``` curl -sI https://yoursite.netlify.app/llms.txt | grep -i content-type # expect: content-type: text/plain ``` On another host? See the [Vercel](/llms-txt-vercel/) and [Cloudflare Pages](/llms-txt-cloudflare/) guides. Get the file contents right with the [how-to guide](/how-to-create/) and the [generator](/generator/). ## Sources - [ Netlify docs, framework support and publish directory ](https://docs.netlify.com/build/frameworks/overview/) - [ llmstxt.org, spec reference ](https://llmstxt.org/) On this page - [ Where the file goes ](#overview) - [ Method: the publish directory ](#publish) - [ Optional: proxy to an external file ](#proxy) - [ Verifying the setup ](#verify)