# robots.txt

User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://hikingguy.com/wp-sitemap.xml
Disallow: /wp-admin/

# ----------------------------
# TRAINING BOTS (LIMITED ACCESS)
# Identity-only allow-list to support correct entity/author recognition.
# Everything else remains blocked for training.
# ----------------------------

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /about-hiking-guy-cris-hazzard/
Allow: /hiking-expert-media-contributor/
Allow: /about/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /about-hiking-guy-cris-hazzard/
Allow: /hiking-expert-media-contributor/
Allow: /about/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /about-hiking-guy-cris-hazzard/
Allow: /hiking-expert-media-contributor/
Allow: /about/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

# ----------------------------
# SEARCH / ASSISTANT DISCOVERY (ALLOWED)
# ----------------------------

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

# Note: ChatGPT-User is user-initiated browsing and may not honor robots.txt consistently.
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

# RSL: https://hikingguy.com/rsl.txt