Discovery Files
Bot It generates and serves several discovery files that help AI agents find your store and understand what it offers. These files are served via your Shopify app proxy and are available immediately after installation.
Files Generated
Section titled “Files Generated”UCP Manifest (/.well-known/ucp)
Section titled “UCP Manifest (/.well-known/ucp)”The Universal Commerce Protocol manifest tells AI agents what your store supports. It includes:
- Merchant name and domain
- Available services (product discovery, cart, checkout, policies)
- MCP endpoints
- Brand context summary
- Agent instructions
URL: https://your-store.myshopify.com/apps/botit/ucp
agents.txt
Section titled “agents.txt”Similar to robots.txt but for AI agents. Controls which agents can access your store and how.
URL: https://your-store.myshopify.com/apps/botit/agents.txt
Default behavior: If you don’t configure custom rules, Bot It allows all major AI agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, GoogleBot, BingBot, YouBot).
You can customize agent access rules from the Agent Access page in your Bot It dashboard.
llms.txt
Section titled “llms.txt”A markdown-formatted file providing your store summary for language models. Includes:
- Brand summary
- Shipping policies
- Returns policies
- MCP integration endpoints
URL: https://your-store.myshopify.com/apps/botit/llms.txt
commerce.txt
Section titled “commerce.txt”Commerce metadata including platform info, MCP endpoints, and UCP details.
URL: https://your-store.myshopify.com/apps/botit/commerce.txt
All discovery files are served with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * headers so they can be accessed by any AI agent or browser-based tool.
Plan Availability
Section titled “Plan Availability”All discovery files are available on all plans, including Free.