# Build Your Own Brand - robots.txt
# Last Updated: 2026-03-25
# AI Search Optimized Configuration

# Default rules for all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /lp/
Disallow: /reports/
Disallow: /webhooks/
Disallow: /portal/

# Google Search
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /lp/
Disallow: /reports/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Google Images
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/

# Bing / Bing Copilot
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# OpenAI / ChatGPT
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/
Disallow: /_next/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /contact/
Allow: /quote/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Perplexity AI
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Anthropic / Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Google AI / Gemini / Google AI Overview
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Common Crawl (used by many AI training datasets)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/
Disallow: /_next/

# Cohere AI
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# You.com AI
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Meta AI
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Apple / Siri / Spotlight AI
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Amazon Shopping Graph
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# DuckDuckGo AI
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /ai.txt
Allow: /api/ai/entity
Allow: /api/ai/knowledge
Allow: /api/ai/status
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /services/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /quality/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /technology/
Allow: /process/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /pos/
Disallow: /portal/
Disallow: /webhooks/

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://build-your-own-brand.com/sitemap.xml

# AI-specific files
# llms.txt: https://build-your-own-brand.com/llms.txt
# ai.txt: https://build-your-own-brand.com/ai.txt