# TrueVault.com — robots.txt
# Last updated: April 2026
# Strategy: Allow all search + AI crawlers; protect app console + APIs

# ─────────────────────────────────────────
# AI Training + Search Crawlers — ALLOW ALL
# (Critical for AI citation / AEO visibility)
# ─────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /console/
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /console/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# ─────────────────────────────────────────
# Standard Search Crawlers
# ─────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /console/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /internal/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /console/
Disallow: /api/

# ─────────────────────────────────────────
# All other crawlers — default rules
# ─────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /console/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /internal/
Disallow: /staging/

# ─────────────────────────────────────────
# Sitemap location
# ─────────────────────────────────────────

Sitemap: https://www.truevault.com/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.truevault.com/sitemap.xml