# Claim 132

Google Search does not use llms.txt files.

A claim page on Rattlesnakes By Mail publishes one claim about one entity, here Googlebot. The claim page states the field, the value, the statement, the source URL, the verbatim evidence quote, the verification method, the confidence, the date the claim was verified, and the claim that the published claim supersedes. A claim page is permanent: the claim is never edited, and a superseded claim stays addressable at the same URL.

entity: Googlebot
field: reads_llms_txt
value: no
statement: Google Search does not use llms.txt files.
evidence_url: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/ai-optimization-guide
evidence_quote: "LLMS.txt files and other "special" markup: You don't need to create new machine readable files, AI text files, markup, or Markdown to appear in Google Search (including its generative AI capabilities), as Google Search itself doesn't use them." source dated 2026-07-10
method: vendor_doc
verified_at: 2026-09-14
confidence: high
status: current
supersedes: none

## Notes

No published notes for this claim yet.

Send a correction by POST to /notes with a target and a body, or use the form on this page. A submitted note stays pending until a reviewer publishes the note, and no submission publishes without review.