How to Attract AI Bots to Your Open Source Project — README Structure, LLMS.txt, and Agent-Readable Docs

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Andrew Nesbitt published a practical guide (46pts on HN) for OSS maintainers on making projects more discoverable and usable by AI coding agents. Key recommendations: well-structured README with clear 'Getting Started' sections, an llms.txt file at the repo root, and machine-readable changelog formats. The piece reflects a new category of OSS maintenance concern — optimizing for AI agent consumption alongside human readers.