HTTP Link headers for discovery
type: TechArticle
description: Use the HTTP Link header to advertise machine-readable resources — llms.txt, sitemap, api-catalog, RSS — directly in the response. Agents that never parse your HTML can still find what they need.
language: en
is part of: Web Specification Studio
author: Web Specification Studio
publisher: Web Specification Studio
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date modified: 2026-05-29T14:13:42.000Z
citation: RFC 8288 — Web Linking
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: IETF
citation: RFC 9727 — Publishing Organisation API Information
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: IETF
citation: RFC 9264 — Linkset: Media Types and a Link Relation Type for Link Sets
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: IETF
citation: IANA — Link Relations Registry
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: IANA
citation: Is It Agent Ready? — Link headers check
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: Is It Agent Ready?

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item list element: Home
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  item: https://webspecification.com/
item list element: Spec
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/
item list element: Agent Readiness
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/agent-readiness/
item list element: HTTP Link headers for discovery
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/agent-readiness/link-headers/