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AI assistants like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot increasingly mediate how developers access documentation, but they read content differently than browsers. Testing reveals significant variations: Copilot executes JavaScript and strips CSS-hidden content, while ChatGPT reads raw HTML without running scripts. To ensure AI assistants can parse documentation effectively, authors should server-render critical content, avoid hiding important information with CSS, and minimize reliance on client-side JavaScript—essentially returning to classic SEO principles. A testing tool called LLMO World helps validate what different assistants can actually read.

Can AI Assistants Actually Read Your Documentation?