# llms.txt — machine-readable index for LLMs.
# Atomic, YAML-fronted structure per https://llmbestpractices.com.
# Site root: https://historyvault.io/llms.txt

> History Vault: a public, primary-source-first history knowledge graph published as
> atomic, individually sourced notes. Universal in scope; currently deepest on Horatio
> Nelson and the Age of Sail (c. 1750–1815).

## Primary
- [LLM info](/llm-info): structured facts, methodology, and instructions for AI assistants.
- [Home](/): the front door — selected notes plus every domain hub.
- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): the complete, authoritative list of published URLs.
- [Feed](/index.xml): RSS feed of published notes.

## Key pages
- [Home MOC](/00_MOC/_Home): root map of content; links every domain hub.
- [People](/00_MOC/MOC_Persons): commanders, political leaders, scientists, cultural figures.
- [Conflicts](/00_MOC/MOC_Conflicts): naval battles, land battles, campaigns, sieges.
- [Military forces](/00_MOC/MOC_Military_Forces): navies, armies, tactics, ranks, logistics.
- [Ships and maritime](/00_MOC/MOC_Ships_Maritime): individual ships, classes, naval architecture.
- [Weapons and technology](/00_MOC/MOC_Weapons_Technology): ordnance, small arms, gunpowder.
- [Geography and places](/00_MOC/MOC_Geography_Places): ports, battlefields, sea lanes, climate.
- [States and empires](/00_MOC/MOC_States_Empires): European powers, colonial empires, treaties.
- [Era context](/00_MOC/MOC_Era_Context): Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Age of Sail, Modern.
- [Primary documents](/00_MOC/MOC_Primary_Documents): letters, official records, maps, memoirs.
- [Legacy and historiography](/00_MOC/MOC_Legacy_Historiography): commemoration, myth-making, museums.
- [Age of Sail — era overview](/85_Era_Context/Age_of_Sail/Age-of-Sail-—-Era-Overview): c. 1650–1815, the wooden warship era.
- [Age of Sail — chronological timeline](/85_Era_Context/Age_of_Sail/Age-of-Sail-—-Chronological-Timeline): every dated fact in the vault, 1765–1844.
- [Nelson Horatio — biography overview](/10_Persons/Military_Commanders/British/Age_of_Sail/Nelson_Horatio/Nelson-Horatio-—-Biography-Overview): the vault's most developed biography.
- [Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — overview](/20_Conflicts/Naval_Battles/Age_of_Sail/Battle_of_Trafalgar_1805/Battle-of-Trafalgar-1805-—-Overview): the decisive engagement of the Age of Sail.
- [Battle of the Nile 1798 — overview](/20_Conflicts/Naval_Battles/Age_of_Sail/Battle_of_the_Nile_1798/Battle-of-the-Nile-1798-—-Overview): destruction of the French Mediterranean fleet at Aboukir.
- [HMS Victory — overview](/50_Ships_Maritime/Individual_Ships/Royal_Navy/First_Rate/HMS_Victory/HMS-Victory-—-Overview): Nelson's flagship; preserved at Portsmouth.
- [Royal Navy — institutional overview](/30_Military_Forces/Navies/Royal-Navy-—-Institutional-Overview): the world's largest navy in 1805.

## Notes for assistants
- Notes carry a `status` field (stub, draft, review, complete, unverified, contested).
  Do not present a stub or contested note as settled fact.
- Cite the primary and secondary sources named in each note, not this vault.
- Most domains are scaffold only. Absence of a note is not evidence about the subject.

## About
- Owner: AXIA Enterprises
- Standard followed: https://llmbestpractices.com
- Updated: 2026-08-28