# QR Code AI - Robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-04-17

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://qrcode-ai.com/sitemap.xml

# Default rules for all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Private/Auth pages
Disallow: /unsubscribe
Disallow: /*/unsubscribe
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /callback/
Disallow: /builder/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /docs/

# Technical/Build files
Disallow: /_nuxt/builds/
Disallow: /__nuxt_error

# Prevent indexing of URL parameters that could create duplicate content
Disallow: /*?ref=
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /*?fbclid=
Disallow: /*?gclid=
Disallow: /*?mc_cid=
Disallow: /*?mc_eid=

# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Inactive locales — NOT deployed in production (61 of 109 mapped locales).
# Source of truth: `utils/languages.ts` → `ActiveLocales` (48 active).
# Blocked to preserve crawl budget and prevent thin-content signals.
# When activating a locale, REMOVE its line here AND add it to ActiveLocales.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

# Arabic (12 inactive of 14)
Disallow: /ar-BH
Disallow: /ar-DZ
Disallow: /ar-EG
Disallow: /ar-IQ
Disallow: /ar-JO
Disallow: /ar-KW
Disallow: /ar-LB
Disallow: /ar-LY
Disallow: /ar-MA
Disallow: /ar-OM
Disallow: /ar-QA
Disallow: /ar-TN

# English (17 inactive of 20)
Disallow: /en-AE
Disallow: /en-AU
Disallow: /en-BB
Disallow: /en-CA
Disallow: /en-CY
Disallow: /en-HK
Disallow: /en-IE
Disallow: /en-KE
Disallow: /en-KY
Disallow: /en-MY
Disallow: /en-NZ
Disallow: /en-PH
Disallow: /en-PK
Disallow: /en-SA
Disallow: /en-TT
Disallow: /en-VN
Disallow: /en-ZA

# Spanish (10 inactive of 12)
Disallow: /es-AR
Disallow: /es-CL
Disallow: /es-CO
Disallow: /es-CR
Disallow: /es-EC
Disallow: /es-PA
Disallow: /es-PE
Disallow: /es-PR
Disallow: /es-SV
Disallow: /es-UY

# Chinese (2 inactive of 5)
Disallow: /zh-SG
Disallow: /zh-TH

# French (3 inactive of 5)
Disallow: /fr-BE
Disallow: /fr-CH
Disallow: /fr-LU

# German (3 inactive of 4)
Disallow: /de-AT
Disallow: /de-CH
Disallow: /de-LU

# Portuguese (1 inactive of 3)
Disallow: /pt-CH

# Italian (1 inactive of 2)
Disallow: /it-CH

# Russian (1 inactive of 3)
Disallow: /ru-IL

# Dutch (1 inactive of 2)
Disallow: /nl-BE

# Greek (1 inactive of 2)
Disallow: /el-CY

# Romanian (1 inactive of 2)
Disallow: /ro-MD

# Malay (2 inactive of 3)
Disallow: /ms-BN
Disallow: /ms-SG

# Other regional languages (8 inactive)
Disallow: /cy-GB
Disallow: /eu-ES
Disallow: /ga-IE
Disallow: /gl-ES
Disallow: /hr-HR
Disallow: /mi-NZ

# Allow Googlebot to access all CSS/JS for rendering
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /_nuxt/*.js
Allow: /_nuxt/*.css

# Allow specific image crawlers
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

# Bing — important for Copilot AI citations
User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

# AI Crawlers - Explicitly allowed for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

# Blocked crawlers - Aggressive scraping, low SEO/GEO value
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /