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title: llms.txt saves tokens, if you tell the agent to read it · a14y research
description: "A controlled benchmark: a clean llms.txt discovery layer cuts an AI agent's tokens, but no in-page link (head tag or visible footer) got the agent to use it. One line in the prompt did. Publish versus consume, measured."
doc_version: 0.2.0
last_updated: "2026-08-04T23:33:04.381Z"
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# llms.txt saves tokens, if you tell the agent to read it · a14y research

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