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Rule llms-txt.invalid

Fix the structure of /llms.txt

llms-txt.invalid is a check in Crawlmind's site audit that grades high-impact issues of this kind. This page explains why the rule matters and the exact fix.

Impact: highEffort: lowFixable: 1-click

Why it matters

Your /llms.txt doesn't match the spec: usually a missing H1, missing one-line summary, or sections without bullet-link items. AI engines that consume llms.txt fall back to robots.txt + sitemap when the file is malformed, which means you publish a file but get zero benefit.

The fix

The minimal valid file:

```
# Project Name

> One-line summary of the project (becomes the AI engine's description).

## Section Name
- [Page title](https://example.com/page): one-line description
- [Page title](https://example.com/another): one-line description

## Optional
- [Less critical link](https://example.com/x): one-line description
```

Required elements: H1, one-line blockquote summary, at least one H2 section with bullet-link items. See [llmstxt.org](https://llmstxt.org) for the full spec.

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