Conflicting claims about AI tools using markdown files
Markdown files are designed around AI crawlers. Rather than being focused on just the human reader, these files are created with certain signals for machine reading. Things like JavaScript and CSS are often removed. This can make a markdown file much different than a traditional HTML file. The goal is that it will be easier for AI bots to read the site and consider the information, which should theoretically help to improve AI citations for companies that are using these specific markdown files.






