Do AI crawlers read llms.txt? What three days of server logs show

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Source: AI Visibility Census bot log, 29 October 10:23 UTC to 1 November 13:00 UTC 2026. Crawlers found the Markdown copies before they read llms.txt All three crawlers that read llms.txt had already fetched a Markdown copy first. GoogleOther fetched Markdown from 17:59 UTC and llms.txt at 21:07 UTC.

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