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What AI shopping agents actually read

Plain explanations of llms.txt, AEO, and what it takes for an AI agent to recommend a Shopify product by name.

What is llms.txt, and why doesn't Shopify's version include your products?

llms.txt explained in plain English, and the real gap merchants don't know is there.

Why Shopify's own llms.txt isn't enough

Shopify built a real four-layer agentic commerce stack. Here's where the gap is, in Shopify's own words.

AEO vs SEO vs GEO: what a Shopify merchant actually needs in 2026

Three acronyms untangled, and why product discovery on Shopify specifically comes down to AEO.

The 5,000-product problem: why AI crawlers never read most of your catalog

Most AI crawlers read 5,000 to 8,000 tokens per file. Here's what that means for a large catalog.