seo/update-llms-settings configures Yoast’s llms.txt output: the About, Contact, Terms, Privacy and Shop pages, plus any other pages to include.
llms.txt is a curated index for AI crawlers rather than a crawl target.
At a glance
| Ability | seo/update-llms-settings |
| Toolset | Yoast SEO — toolset/yoast-seo |
| Group | Yoast SEO › Settings |
| Requires | Yoast SEO, active on the site |
| Capability | manage_options |
| Safety | Writes data |
| Repeatable | Idempotent — running it twice leaves the same result |
| Ships in | AcrossAI Abilities Manager 0.0.34 and later |
Curated, not comprehensive
A sitemap says “here is everything”. llms.txt says “here is what matters and what it is” — a short list of the pages that describe the site, labelled by what they are.
That is why the named slots exist. A model reading the file learns not just that a page exists but that it is the contact page, which is more useful than a URL in a list.
The convention is young and not universally honoured. Configuring it is cheap and its value depends on adoption, which makes it a reasonable thing to fill in and not something to agonise over.
The pages chosen should be the ones that genuinely describe the organisation. A site that points its About slot at a thin placeholder page is describing itself with that placeholder.
Idempotent.
Input
| Name | Type | Required | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
settings | object | Yes | A map of setting key to new value. Keys outside this area are refused. |
What comes back
| Name | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|
updated | array | The keys that changed. |
settings | object | The area after the write. |
success | boolean | Whether the call completed. |
message | string | A one-line summary of what happened, suitable for showing a human. |
error_code | string | Present only on failure — a stable machine-readable reason, such as a missing field, a wrong field type or an unmet confirmation. |
Example
Ask your assistant:
Set our About and Contact pages for llms.txt.
It resolves to one call:
{
"ability": "seo/update-llms-settings",
"parameters": {
"settings": { "llms_txt_about_page": 12, "llms_txt_contact_page": 14 }
}
}Worth knowing
- A curated index, not a sitemap.
- The named slots tell a model what each page is, not just that it exists.
- Point them at pages that genuinely describe the organisation.
- Idempotent.
Related abilities
- Get SEO Settings — read the llms area
- Get Sitemap Settings — the comprehensive equivalent
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