# Traditional search — allow, these drive real traffic
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# AI retrieval/citation bots — allow, these can surface and link to your work in AI answers
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# AI training bots — block, these bake your work into a model with no credit or traffic back
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Allow: /

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