# /robots.txt
# ThatDeveloperGuy
# AI engines explicitly welcomed. Studio sells AEO and AIO services
# so allowing answer engine crawlers is part of the product.
# Updated: 2026-05-17

# ============================================================
# Default policy
# ============================================================
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /audit/run/
Disallow: /audit/report/
Disallow: /*?*utm_

# ============================================================
# Major search engines
# ============================================================
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: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# ============================================================
# AI training and answer engine crawlers — explicit allow.
# Studio sells AEO and AIO services. Citation density is the
# product. Blocking these crawlers is structurally incoherent.
# ============================================================
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Gemini
Allow: /

User-agent: GeminiBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DiffBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

# ============================================================
# Resources
# ============================================================
Sitemap: https://thatdeveloperguy.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://thatdeveloperguy.com/sitemap-image.xml
Sitemap: https://thatdeveloperguy.com/sitemap-index.xml