# robots.txt for AI Crawler Check (aicrawlercheck.com)
# Operated by Brian Ho Marketing
# Last updated: 2026-03-18

# Allow all major search engines full access
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# Allow major AI bots informational access to public pages
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Allow: /about
Allow: /directory
Allow: /tools
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /terms
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /static/bots-db.json

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /static/bots-db.json

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /static/bots-db.json

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /static/bots-db.json

# Allow social media bots for link previews
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

# Block all scrapers and unknown bots from API and sensitive paths
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/check
Disallow: /api/bots
Disallow: /static/bots-db.json

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://aicrawlercheck.com/sitemap.xml