{
  "id": "002",
  "slug": "llms-txt-discovery",
  "title": "llms.txt discovery",
  "status": "running",
  "startedOn": "2026-09-17",
  "protocol": {
    "registeredOn": "2026-09-17",
    "measureFrom": "2026-09-18",
    "windowDays": 7,
    "paths": [
      "/llms.txt"
    ],
    "metric": "Successful exact-path llms.txt requests, reported separately by verified AI category and response status.",
    "confounders": "Requests do not reveal whether a client discovered the URL independently, read the content or used it."
  },
  "hypothesis": "Some machine clients may discover and request a published llms.txt without being given its URL.",
  "setup": "The existing public llms.txt is observed without changing discovery hints or access rules. The protocol was registered on 17 September; measurement begins on 18 September UTC.",
  "observation": null,
  "limitations": "A request for llms.txt alone would not establish discovery mechanism, readership, use of its contents or agent autonomy.",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "label": "Public llms.txt",
      "url": "/llms.txt"
    }
  ]
}