AI Discovery Files

AI Discovery Files are machine-readable files that tell AI systems who you are, what you do, how your content may be used, and how to refer to your brand correctly.

Without these files, AI systems guess — and they often get it wrong. They confuse your business with competitors, fabricate services you don't offer, and misrepresent your brand.

This plugin generates up to 10 AI Discovery Files directly from your WordPress data. No coding required.

What are AI Discovery Files?

AI Discovery Files are a set of standardised files placed at the root of your website, similar to how robots.txt tells search engines what to crawl and security.txt provides security contact information.

The AI Discovery Files Specification defines 10 file types across three implementation tiers:

Essential (start here)

• llms.txt — AI-readable business identity (Markdown)
• ai.txt — AI usage permissions (plain text)

Recommended

• identity.json — Structured business identity (JSON)
• ai.json — Machine-parseable permissions (JSON)
• brand.txt — Brand naming and terminology rules
• faq-ai.txt — Pre-answered questions for AI systems

Complete

• llm.txt — Compatibility redirect to llms.txt
• llms.html — Human-readable reference version
• developer-ai.txt — Technical context for developers
• robots-ai.txt — AI crawler-specific directives

How it works

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Fill in your business details on the settings page
3. Choose which files to enable
4. The plugin serves the files at the correct root URLs (e.g., yoursite.com/llms.txt)

Files are generated dynamically from your settings — no files are written to disk, and everything updates automatically when you change your settings.

Key features

• Auto-detection — pulls your site name, tagline, pages, theme, and WordPress version automatically
• Three implementation tiers — start with Essential and expand when ready
• Live preview — see exactly what each file contains before enabling it
• Validation — checks files against the specification and flags issues
• Conflict detection — warns if physical files already exist at the same URLs
• No lock-in — disable the plugin and the files simply stop being served
• Developer-friendly — filters for every generated file and collected data point

Who needs this?

Every website that wants AI systems to represent it accurately. If your business appears in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity responses, AI Discovery Files help ensure those responses are correct.