Summary

The cats.txt standard is a file designed to help large language models (LLMs) like Gemini, Bard, and ChatGPT better understand the content of a website. It must be located at `.well-knowncats.txt`, not blocked by robots.txt, linked from the homepage, and contain plain text or markdown with at least one cat image. A new Google Doc file should be created to describe the website.

Title

The cats.txt standard

Description

The definitive guide to cats.txt

Keywords

file, must, standard, guide, websites, reference, sites, content, like, website, text, well, homepage, discovery, least, image, home

NS Lookup

A 199.36.158.100

Dates

Created 2026-03-09

Updated 2026-03-09

Summarized 2026-03-10