Microsoft Copilot: Make Your Documentation Discoverable by AI
How to fix the problem of ai can't find your documentation specifically for Microsoft Copilot. Platform-specific solutions and prevention strategies.
Why This Happens in Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot uses Bingbot to discover and index content. Documentation behind authentication or paywalls. To fix this, you need to ensure Microsoft Copilot's crawler can access your content and that your pages are structured in a way Microsoft Copilot can understand.
Signs You Have This Problem in Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot gives generic answers instead of citing your docs
Users report Microsoft Copilot couldn't help them with your product
Technical questions get wrong or incomplete answers
Competitor documentation gets cited instead of yours
How to Fix This in Microsoft Copilot
Follow these Microsoft Copilot-specific solutions:
Make documentation publicly accessible without login
Publish docs as HTML pages, not just PDFs or apps
Implement proper heading hierarchy in docs
Link documentation prominently from your main site
Add TechArticle and HowTo schema to doc pages
Create an llms.txt file pointing to key documentation
Microsoft Copilot Technical Details
Crawler Name
Bingbot
User Agent
bingbot
Required robots.txt configuration:
User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /Prevent This Problem in Microsoft Copilot
Design documentation for both humans and Microsoft Copilot
Test Microsoft Copilot's ability to answer questions from your docs
Maintain clear documentation structure
Monitor documentation crawling in server logs
Helpful Resources
Microsoft Copilot Guide
Complete Microsoft Copilot optimization guide