feat(geo): improve discoverability for AI search engines - #7
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- Add llms.txt at repo root following the Answer.AI proposed standard so
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended get a curated
documentation map plus citation policy when they crawl the repository.
- README: replace the soft narrative lede with a canonical 60-word
definition paragraph that AI engines can extract as a clean passage,
while keeping the punchy blockquote and the relatable narrative line
beneath it.
- README: add a new "Common ghost folder patterns" listicle enumerating
the seven ghost sources the cleaner removes (deleted prototypes,
renamed projects, removed worktrees, unmounted drives, broken
symlinks, monorepo sub-paths, test fixtures). Listicle format is the
most-cited content shape across ChatGPT/Perplexity/Gemini.
- README FAQ: prepend four entries phrased as the actual search queries
people send to AI chatbots ("How do I clear the Recent projects list
in Claude desktop?", "Where does Claude Code store the Recent dropdown
data?", "Why does Claude desktop show folders that no longer exist?",
"How do I remove worktree paths from Claude's Recent list?") so the
Q-A pair matches verbatim retrieval.
- CHANGELOG: log the above under Unreleased.
No behavior changes - script, tests, CI, packaging are untouched.
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Summary
Tightens the repo for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini have a better chance of citing this tool when someone asks them "how do I clear Claude desktop's Recent list?" or "where does Claude store the Recent dropdown data?"
Zero behavior changes - script, tests, CI, packaging are untouched.
llms.txtat repo root following the Answer.AI proposed standard. Gives AI crawlers a curated markdown map of the docs plus a citation policy. Anthropic officially honorsllms.txtin Claude's docs.Already shipped alongside this PR (outside the diff)
claude-code-sessions,ghost-folders,session-cleanup,stale-projects(now 20 topics, GitHub's hard cap).Follow-ups (manual, not in this PR)
Test plan
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bisovka-labs/claude-recents-cleaner/feat/geo-discoverability/llms.txt; verify it renders as plain markdown.