AI-Friendly Documentation
This documentation is optimized for AI agents. Get clean markdown through multiple methods - no HTML parsing required.
Fetch https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms.txt and read the Basic Memory documentation
Quick reference
| Method | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Index | /llms.txt | List of all pages with links |
| Full docs | /llms-full.txt | Complete documentation in one file |
| Raw markdown | /raw/<path>.md | Any page as markdown |
| Content negotiation | Any page + Accept: text/markdown | Returns markdown directly |
Content negotiation
The simplest method for AI agents. Add the Accept: text/markdown header to any documentation URL:
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://docs.basicmemory.com/start-here/what-is-basic-memory
Returns clean markdown directly - no redirects, no HTML parsing.
Example response:
# What is Basic Memory
Basic Memory is a knowledge base that you and your AI assistant share...
llms.txt index
The /llms.txt endpoint provides an index of all documentation pages with direct links to raw markdown:
curl https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms.txt
Example response:
# Basic Memory Documentation
> Documentation for Basic Memory - a knowledge management system...
## Documentation Sets
- [Basic Memory Complete Documentation](https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms-full.txt)
## Docs
- [What is Basic Memory](https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/start-here/what-is-basic-memory.md)
- [Quickstart: Cloud](https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/start-here/quickstart-cloud.md)
...
Use this as a starting point to discover available documentation.
Full documentation
Get the entire documentation in a single request:
curl https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms-full.txt
This concatenates all pages into one markdown file - useful for loading complete context.
Raw markdown paths
Access any page directly as markdown using the /raw/ prefix:
# Pattern
https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/<path>.md
# Examples
https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/start-here/what-is-basic-memory.md
https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/reference/mcp-tools-reference.md
https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/concepts/knowledge-format.md
Usage patterns
Progressive discovery
Start with the index, then fetch specific pages:
# 1. Get the index
curl https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms.txt
# 2. Fetch specific pages based on need
curl https://docs.basicmemory.com/raw/start-here/quickstart-cloud.md
Full context loading
Load everything at once for comprehensive context:
curl https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms-full.txt
Content negotiation in code
import httpx
# Just add the Accept header
response = httpx.get(
"https://docs.basicmemory.com/start-here/what-is-basic-memory",
headers={"Accept": "text/markdown"}
)
markdown = response.text
// Same pattern in TypeScript
const response = await fetch(
"https://docs.basicmemory.com/start-here/what-is-basic-memory",
{ headers: { Accept: "text/markdown" } }
);
const markdown = await response.text();
Why AI-friendly docs?
- No parsing required - Clean markdown, not HTML
- Structured discovery - llms.txt provides an index
- Standard patterns - Uses llms.txt specification
- Content negotiation - Same URLs work for humans and AI