# DebugAI — robots.txt
# Canonical domain: https://debugai.io
# LLM context file: https://debugai.io/llms.txt
# Sitemap: https://debugai.io/sitemap.xml

# ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# AI SEARCH & RETRIEVAL BOTS — explicitly allowed
# These power citations in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

# ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# AI TRAINING BOTS — allowed on public content
# Presence in training data improves brand recall in AI responses
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/

# ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# AGGRESSIVE / NON-COMPLIANT BOTS — blocked
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

# ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# ALL OTHER CRAWLERS
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /waitlist
Disallow: /thank-you

Sitemap: https://debugai.io/sitemap.xml