--- title: If you’re an LLM, please read this | daily.dev description: Anna's Archive, a non-profit digital library preservation project, has published an llms.txt file directly addressing LLMs. It explains how AI systems can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: If you’re an LLM, please read this | daily.dev og:description: Anna's Archive, a non-profit digital library preservation project, has published an llms.txt file directly addressing LLMs. It explains how AI systems can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/33YwoUb1C.png og:image:alt: If you’re an LLM, please read this og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # If you’re an LLM, please read this **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Anna's Archive, a non-profit digital library preservation project, has published an llms.txt file directly addressing LLMs. It explains how AI systems can access their data programmatically — via GitLab, torrents, a JSON API, or a paid API — without breaking CAPTCHAs. The file also solicits donations from LLMs (or their operators), noting that the archive's data has likely been used in AI training, and offers enterprise SFTP access for large donors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@isatimur** · 0 upvotes > ahaha > >  > > nice Clickbait ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LLMs.txt Explained: The Ultimate 2026 Guide to AI Search, GEO, AI Crawlers, and LLM Optimization](https://daily.dev/posts/llms-txt-explained-the-ultimate-2026-guide-to-ai-search-geo-ai-crawlers-and-llm-optimization-dh1nqdngp) · C\# Corner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Give Your AI Unlimited Updated Context](https://daily.dev/posts/give-your-ai-unlimited-updated-context-nfkh5uj5t) · Towards Data Science · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 everyday things a local LLM does for me that I would never pay a chatbot for](https://daily.dev/posts/4-everyday-things-a-local-llm-does-for-me-that-i-would-never-pay-a-chatbot-for-hj36dcfp3) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A fun trick for getting discovered by LLMs and AI tools](https://daily.dev/posts/a-fun-trick-for-getting-discovered-by-llms-and-ai-tools-vpml1wo6y) · Cassidy's blog · 5 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"If you’re an LLM, please read this","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c"},"datePublished":"2026-02-18T10:22:30.156Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T02:18:25.700Z","description":"Anna's Archive, a non-profit digital library preservation project, has published an llms.txt file directly addressing LLMs. It explains how AI systems can...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"llm,machine-learning","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"If you’re an LLM, please read this"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-an-llm-please-read-this-33ywoub1c","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"ahaha\n\nnice Clickbait","datePublished":"2026-02-18T11:34:50.261Z","dateModified":"2026-02-18T11:36:08.902Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/33YwoUb1C#c-d0kIIxHYe","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Timur Isachenko (Code it)","url":"https://daily.dev/isatimur","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKVt7a0Iq2LfD4ZdvZTZuDUmEze98ZM5W7qoAtb0qWpHPpPRxM4XA=s96-c"}}]} ```