GitHub llms.txt
Browse GitHub documentation as markdown. Click any page in the sidebar to view it, or copy the full llms.txt for your AI tools.
What is GitHub's llms.txt?
GitHub publishes an /llms.txt file that provides AI systems with a structured index of its documentation. It follows the llms.txt specification, organizing links to guides, API references, and tutorials under section headings so that LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can quickly understand what GitHub offers and where to find details.
Sections: Programmatic access (retrieve markdown via APIs instead of parsing HTML) · Building with GitHub (for coding agents and automation) · GitHub Copilot · Get started · Authentication · Account and profile · and 6 more
Add GitHub Docs to Your AI Assistant
Select your tool to see how to add GitHub's llms.txt as a documentation source.
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Open any chat or composer panel
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Type @Docs and select "Add new doc"
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Paste the URL: https://github.com/llms.txt
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Wait for the green dot (indexing complete)
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Reference @Docs in chat when asking about GitHub
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Frequently Asked Questions
GitHub publishes its llms.txt at https://github.com/llms.txt. This file provides a structured, markdown-formatted index of GitHub's documentation that AI systems can consume to understand the project's APIs, guides, and references.
Copy the llms.txt content and paste it into your AI assistant (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, ChatGPT) as context. This gives the AI an accurate map of GitHub's documentation so it can provide better code suggestions and answers about GitHub.
GitHub's llms.txt contains 12 sections and 112 documentation links in 26.5 KB (~6.8k tokens). Key sections include Programmatic access (retrieve markdown via APIs instead of parsing HTML), Building with GitHub (for coding agents and automation), GitHub Copilot, Get started, Authentication, Account and profile.
The concise llms.txt index is approximately 6.8k tokens (26.5 KB). Most AI assistants can fit this within their context window. For the full expanded documentation, look for an llms-full.txt variant which embeds all content inline.
GitHub is a developer platform for building, shipping, and maintaining software. It provides cloud-based Git repository hosting, CI/CD via GitHub Actions, project management with Issues and Projects, code review via pull requests, AI-powered development with GitHub Copilot, and APIs (REST and GraphQL) for automation and integration.. GitHub's llms.txt file helps AI systems understand this by providing a structured overview of its documentation, making it easier for developers to get accurate AI-assisted help when working with GitHub.
Yes. Use the free llms.txt generator at mdream.dev/tools/llms-txt/generator to crawl your site and produce a spec-compliant llms.txt file. You can also validate existing files with the llms.txt validator.