# AICHE Robots.txt
# Last Updated: 2026-02-23
# AI Bot Policy: https://aiche.app/ai-policy
# Contact: privacy@aiche.app

# ===========================
# DEFAULT RULES FOR ALL BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /assets/
Allow: /desktop-screenshots/
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /works-with/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /use-cases/
Allow: /how-to/
Allow: /comparisons/
Allow: /developers/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /trust
Allow: /pricing
Disallow: /paywall
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /success
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /logout
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /static/private/
Disallow: *.json$
Disallow: *.env$
Disallow: *.log$
Disallow: *.vtt$
Disallow: *.txt$
Disallow: /*.sh$
Disallow: /*.bash$
Disallow: /*.py$
Disallow: /*.rb$
Disallow: /mac/
Disallow: /windows/
Disallow: /linux/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /changelog
Disallow: /newsletter
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /connect-desktop

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://aiche.app/sitemap.xml

# ===========================
# SEARCH ENGINE BOTS
# ===========================

# Google (no crawl-delay — Cloudflare handles rate limiting)
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/

# Bing
User-agent: BingBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/

# DuckDuckGo
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/

# ===========================
# OPENAI BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /trust
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /success
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /trust
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# ANTHROPIC BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /trust
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /trust
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: claude-web
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# PERPLEXITY BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# GOOGLE AI BOT
# ===========================

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# OTHER AI SEARCH BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# SOCIAL MEDIA AI BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# OTHER AI TRAINING BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /terms
Allow: /privacy
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: AI2Bot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: omgili
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: TimpiBot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /help/
Disallow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Crawl-delay: 10

# ===========================
# E-COMMERCE BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 5

# ===========================
# AGGRESSIVE/UNWANTED BOTS
# ===========================

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
Crawl-delay: 30

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
Crawl-delay: 30

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /