# Cyboq — https://cyboq.com
# Clean URLs: /contact rather than /contact.html

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Search
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_dev/
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /thank-you

# ------------------------------------------------------- Answer engines
# These crawlers feed AI assistants and AI search. They are allowed on
# purpose: being readable by them is how Cyboq gets cited in AI answers.
#
# The trade-off is real — allowing them means this content can be used to
# train and to answer questions, sometimes without a click through. Remove a
# block below to opt that crawler out.

# OpenAI: ChatGPT search and browsing
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Anthropic: Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Google: Gemini and AI Overviews
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Microsoft Copilot
User-agent: BingBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Common Crawl — the dataset many models are built from
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# Meta AI
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Maps
Sitemap: https://cyboq.com/sitemap.xml