From “What if?” to 27 Beta Users in 30 Days — Building LLMs.txt Generator in Public
Hey Indie Hackers! 👋
Thirty days ago LLMs.txt Generator was just a scribble in my notebook:
> “Could a single text file boost AI-search traffic the same way robots.txt
> shaped classic SEO?”
Curiosity → code → coffee → repeat.
Here’s what happened and what’s next.
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## 🚀 Quick Recap
* Problem: Google SGE & Perplexity quote random pages; site owners can’t
signal which URLs are citation-ready.
* Solution: Generate an llms.txt file, drop it into /.well-known/,
control your AI-search presence.
* Stack: Next.js · Supabase · Cloudflare Workers · LangChain
* **Status:** 27 beta users, $3.10 MRR, 0 churn (okay, it’s day 30 😉)
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## 🔨 What I Shipped in Month #1
| Week | Ship | Why it Mattered |
|------|------|-----------------|
| 1 | MVP + public roadmap | Let early testers steer the build. |
| 2 | 1-click “Verify Upload” button | Killed 4 support emails/day. |
| 3 | Basic AI-search impression graph | Users started sharing wins. |
| 4 | Freemium → $5 Pro plan toggle | Finally proved someone would pay. |
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## 📈 Tiny Wins (and Fails)
1. +296 % impressions on my test blog within 14 days.
2. Cold-DM’d 12 SEO friends → 8 signed up, 2 paid.
3. Pitched on Hacker News too early (Show HN died at 7 up-votes 😅).
4. Learned: Documentation > Features — the clearer the README, the fewer questions.
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## 🎯 Month #2 Goals
* 100 free users
* $100 MRR
* Launch on Product Hunt (targeting top-5 of the day)
* Ship “Change Diff Viewer” so you can track txt edits over time.
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## 🙏 How You Can Help
* Roast my pricing — Is $5 / month too low, too high, just right?
* Feature wish-list — What metric would you love in the dashboard?
* Try the beta — 100 lines free → <https://www.llmstxtgenerators.com/>
I’ll answer every comment. Thanks for following the journey!
— Kemal
> PS: I’m sharing revenue graphs and mistakes in real time on X → [@digitaldonusum]
