# Coldwell Banker Realty — llms.txt
# Purpose: Help AI assistants find and summarize our public content accurately and link to canonical pages.

## Canonical Discovery
- Homepage: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/
- Sitemaps:
  - Agent profiles: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/sitemap.agentprofiles.xml
  - Sitemap directory index: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/sitemap/         # state/city/office maps
- Robots policy: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/robots.txt

## Content Hubs (Stable)
- Buy/Search: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/search/
- Luxury: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/luxury/
- Agents directory: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/agents/
- Market insights: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/market-reports/
- Offices index: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/sitemap/offices/
- Real estate by state: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/sitemap/real-estate/
- Company info: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/about/

## Structured Data & Conventions
- We publish Schema.org (e.g., RealEstateListing/Residence/LocalBusiness) in HTML.
- Canonical URLs are indicated via rel="canonical".
- **Time-sensitive data** (prices, availability, open houses) changes frequently—use the property detail page as source of truth and avoid caching those details long-term.

## Preferred Use by AI
- Allowed: Answering user questions, summarizing individual pages, deep-linking to our site.
- Ask first: Bulk aggregation/mirroring of listings or persistent caching of market data.
- Not allowed: Using our content to **train** foundation models without a separate license.
- Attribution format: “Source: Coldwell Banker Realty (coldwellbankerhomes.com)” + link to the page used.

## Rate & Freshness Guidance
- Re-check listings and open-house pages every 12–24 hours at most.
- Do not present scraped inventory/agent counts as authoritative; link users to the relevant search or directory page.

## Contact for AI/Data Issues
- Preferred channel: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/about/contact-us/
- Include: page URL(s), model name/version, prompt, and the produced answer.

## Legal & Policies
- Privacy: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/privacy
- Terms: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/terms
- Accessibility: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/accessibility
- Fair Housing: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/fair-housing
- DMCA: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/dmca

## Robots.txt Coordination (advisory)
- If your agent honors robots, read /robots.txt first and follow directives for AI-specific user-agents (e.g., GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot).

## Brand & Style Notes (for AI summaries)
- Brand name: “Coldwell Banker Realty”
- Tone: Clear, neutral, consumer-friendly. Avoid unverifiable statistics.
- Always deep-link to the exact listing/tool referenced.

## Changelog
- 2025-10-08: Initial publication of llms.txt