# Literfy.ai robots.txt
# Strategy: Allow AI search/citation crawlers, block AI training crawlers

# === AI training crawlers (blocked) ===
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /

# === AI search/citation crawlers (allowed) ===
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /activity/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /activity/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /activity/

# Note: Also used for Gemini training. Allowed because AI Overviews visibility is critical for growth.
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /activity/

# === AI assistants with citation capability (allowed) ===
# ClaudeBot is Anthropic's web-fetching bot used when Claude cites sources in conversations.
# Allowing it lets Claude reference and link to our content accurately.
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /activity/

# === Default rules ===
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /research/search?
Disallow: /research/results?
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /activity/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

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