Banify: AI Visibility & LLMs.txt

🧭 App Overview

Banify: AI Visibility & LLMs.txt generates and publishes a structured llms.txt file at your Shopify store's domain. This file tells AI models exactly what your store sells — products, collections, shipping policies, and more — so they can accurately recommend your store when shoppers ask AI assistants where to buy things.

What Banify does

• Reads your Shopify store data — products, collections, pages, policies
• Generates two files: llms.txt (summary) and llms-full.txt (complete index)
• Publishes both files at your store's domain via Shopify App Proxy
• Lets you control exactly which sections are included with 11 toggle switches
• Provides an AI Generate button to write your store description automatically

What Banify does NOT do

• Does not modify your theme or storefront design in any way
• Does not collect or store customer personal data
• Does not automatically submit your file to AI search engines
• Does not guarantee specific AI search rankings

✅ Requirements

• An active Shopify store (any plan — Basic, Shopify, Advanced, or Plus)
• Admin access to install apps from the Shopify App Store
• No theme changes or developer access required

📦 Installation

1. Go to the Shopify App Store listing
2. Click Install on the Banify: AI Visibility & LLMs.txt listing
3. Review the permissions Banify requests and click Install app to confirm
4. You will be redirected to the Banify onboarding wizard inside your Shopify admin

👋 Step 1 – Welcome

🏪 Step 2 – Store Profile

Store Description

Write a 2–4 sentence description of your store. This is what AI models will read first when encountering your LLMs.txt. A good description tells AI:

• What you sell (product category)
• Who you serve (target audience)
• What makes your store unique

Store Category

Select the category that best describes your store from the dropdown. This helps AI models classify your store correctly when answering shopper queries. Examples: Food & Beverage, Fashion & Apparel, Electronics, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty.

📄 Step 3 – Configure LLMs.txt

Available Sections

Live Preview

The right panel shows a real-time preview of what your LLMs.txt will look like as you toggle sections. Below the preview you will see:

• Est. Words — approximate word count of your file
• Citation Score — a 0–100 score estimating how complete your AI visibility file is
• Products — number of products that will be indexed

🎉 Step 4 – All Set

📊 Dashboard

The Dashboard is your main overview screen. It shows:

• LLMs.txt Status — Pending, Generating, Live, or Error
• Products Indexed — how many of your products are in the file
• Collections Indexed — number of collections included
• Estimated Words — total word count of your LLMs.txt files
• Your file URLs — clickable links to your live llms.txt and llms-full.txt
• Content Sections — a summary of which toggles are on or off
• Generation History — log of all previous generations

File Status

The status badge on your Dashboard shows the current state of your LLMs.txt file:

• Pending — generation has not started yet
• Generating — file is being built (usually takes under 30 seconds)
• Live ✓ — your file is published and accessible
• Error — something went wrong. See Troubleshooting

⚙️ LLMs.txt Generator Page

Navigate to LLMs.txt Generator in the left sidebar to access the full generator view. This page shows:

• All 11 section toggle switches
• A live file preview that updates as you toggle sections
• File statistics (word count, citation score, product count)
• A Regenerate button to rebuild your file with the latest data

Any changes you make to section toggles here are saved automatically when you click Regenerate.

🎛️ Content Sections

Each section toggle controls whether that type of content appears in your generated LLMs.txt files. All 8 Free sections are enabled by default when you first set up the app. You can turn any section off if you prefer AI models not to see that information.

📁 Your LLMs.txt Files

Banify generates two files for maximum AI compatibility:

llms.txt — Summary File

A concise overview of your store. Approximately 300–600 words. This is the primary file that AI models check first.

URL: yourstore.com/llms.txt

Also accessible at: yourstore.com/a/llms/llms.txt

llms-full.txt — Complete Index

A comprehensive file with full product descriptions, all collections, and detailed store information. Approximately 1,000–5,000 words depending on store size.

URL: yourstore.com/llms-full.txt

Also accessible at: yourstore.com/a/llms/llms-full.txt

🔄 Regenerating Your File

Your LLMs.txt does not auto-update when you add new products. You need to manually regenerate it. This gives you full control over what gets published.

When to regenerate

• After adding new products or collections
• After updating your shipping or return policies
• After changing your store description or category
• After toggling any content sections on or off
• Seasonally (e.g., after a major product launch)

How to regenerate

1. Go to your Banify Dashboard or the LLMs.txt Generator page
2. Adjust any section toggles if needed
3. Click the ↻ Regenerate button
4. Wait 5–30 seconds while the file is rebuilt
5. Your new file is live immediately at your domain URL

❓ What is LLMs.txt?

LLMs.txt is an emerging web standard proposed by fast.ai researcher Jeremy Howard in September 2024. It is a plain text Markdown file placed at the root of a website (yoursite.com/llms.txt) that provides AI language models with a structured, concise overview of the website's content.

Think of it like robots.txt (which tells search engine bots what to crawl) — but specifically designed for AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity.

Why does it matter for Shopify stores?

Shoppers increasingly ask AI assistants "Where can I buy X?" or "Recommend me a good Y store." AI models answer these questions based on what they know about the web. A well-structured LLMs.txt file gives AI models the information they need to confidently recommend your store — your products, collections, policies, and brand story — in a format they can easily parse.

🔐 Data Banify Accesses

During installation, Shopify asks you to approve the following permissions. Here is what each one is used for:

🔧 Troubleshooting

💬 Support

Need help? Our team is available 24/7.

• 📧 Email: [email protected]
• 💬 Live Chat: Available at banifyapps.io/pages/contact
• 📖 Documentation: You're reading it!