# IndexFox.ai — robots.txt
# We follow Google's 2026 guidance: standard robots.txt + sitemap.xml is all that
# AI surfaces need. We do not publish llms.txt (Google has explicitly stated it
# is not consumed). AI crawlers that respect robots.txt are allowed.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
# /_app/ is intentionally NOT blocked — it holds SvelteKit's built JS/CSS.
# Googlebot must fetch it to render and score the page (mobile-first index).
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /signup
Disallow: /login

# Major AI / answer-engine crawlers — explicitly allowed.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/

Sitemap: https://indexfox.ai/sitemap.xml