# robots.txt for ericedmeades.com
# Optimized for AI crawler visibility

# Default: allow all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/

# --- AI Crawlers: Explicitly Allowed ---

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://ericedmeades.com/sitemap.xml

# LLMs.txt - structured content for AI systems
# https://ericedmeades.com/llms.txt