# robots.txt for https://extrabar.app
# This static file is the single source of truth for ExtraBar's robots policy.
# It is served directly by the web server and intentionally shadows the
# website-platform dynamic /robots.txt route. Keep crawler policy changes here.

# Default policy: allow all standard search crawlers.
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/*
Disallow: /api/*
Disallow: /*.json$
Disallow: /storage/*
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /register

# AI / answer-engine crawlers — explicitly allowed (AEO-friendly).
# ExtraBar wants its content discoverable and quotable by AI answer engines,
# so each known AI crawler is documented and allowed below.

# OpenAI (training, search, on-demand fetch)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# Anthropic (Claude)
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# Google AI (Gemini / AI Overviews extended crawling)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Common Crawl (used by many LLM datasets)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Amazon
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# Meta
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

# ByteDance
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://extrabar.app/sitemap.xml