# See https://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html for documentation on how to use the robots.txt file
# MakeCarousel — https://makecarousel.cashlingo.org

# All search engines allowed
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block private / non-content paths
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /users/sign_in
Disallow: /users/sign_up
Disallow: /users/password
Disallow: /users/edit
Disallow: /letter_opener/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /up

# AI crawlers — explicitly allowed for GEO
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://makecarousel.cashlingo.org/sitemap.xml

# LLM site description
LLMsTxt: https://makecarousel.cashlingo.org/llms.txt