# robots.txt — ramgovindyadav.com
#
# Search engines: welcome everywhere except the admin and tool paths.
# AI answer / search assistants (ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Claude): welcome — they
#   fetch a page to answer a question and link back to it.
# AI training crawlers: not permitted. See Terms §6 ("AI model training … without
#   prior written permission is prohibited"). Blocking these does not affect Google
#   or Bing search (Google-Extended is separate from Googlebot).

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /tools/
Disallow: /verify-tool/
Disallow: /.github/

# ── AI answer / search assistants: allowed ──
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /tools/
Disallow: /verify-tool/
Disallow: /.github/

# ── AI model-training crawlers: not allowed ──
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://www.ramgovindyadav.com/sitemap.xml