# llms.txt – AI / LLM usage policy for Valid8 Financial
# Last updated: 2025-12-03

site: https://valid8financial.com
site_name: Valid8 Financial
owner: Valid8 Financial, Inc.
contact: info@valid8financial.com
Sitemap: https://valid8financial.com/sitemap.xml

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# About Valid8 Financial
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# Valid8 provides an AI-powered accounting evidence platform used by
# forensic accountants, CPA firms, and legal professionals to automate
# evidence gathering, reduce manual workload, and accelerate financial
# investigations with unmatched accuracy and transparency.

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# 1. General Policy
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policy: allow_indexing
policy: restricted_training

# Valid8 permits large language models (LLMs) to index and use certain
# publicly accessible content on this domain. Training is allowed ONLY
# for the explicitly listed sections below. All other paths default to
# index-only unless specified otherwise.

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# 2. Paths allowed for TRAINING + INDEXING
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# Core informational / solution pages
allow: /
allow: /why-valid8/
allow: /use-cases/
allow: /solutions/
allow: /about
allow: /security-compliance

# Educational content & SEO resources (articles, lessons, explainers)
allow: /blog/
allow: /resources
allow: /resource/
allow: /guides/
allow: /reports/
allow: /lpp/

# Customer stories / case studies
allow: /client/
allow: /case-studies/

# Industry-specific learning content (if present)
allow: /forensic-accounting/
allow: /fraud-investigation/
allow: /litigation-support/

# Event or webinar content
allow: /events/
allow: /webinars/

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# 3. Paths allowed for INDEXING ONLY (NO training)
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allow_index_only: /pricing/
allow_index_only: /contact/
allow_index_only: /careers/
allow_index_only: /terms/
allow_index_only: /privacy/
allow_index_only: /legal/
allow_index_only: /security/

# Conversion / utility pages
allow_index_only: /demo/
allow_index_only: /thank-you/
allow_index_only: /demo-thank-you/

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# 4. Disallowed Paths
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# No publicly accessible sensitive or authenticated paths to disallow.

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# 5. Attribution Requirements
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attribution: required
attribution_style: source_name_and_url

# Example citation:
# “According to Valid8 Financial (https://valid8financial.com/blog/...):”

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# 6. Data Sensitivity Requirements
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sensitive_use_restrictions:
  - no_individual_identification
  - no_psychological_profiling
  - no_high_risk_decision_automation
  - no_handling_of_sensitive_financial_or_legal_records
  - no_generation_of_formal_legal_or_accounting_advice_using_model_output

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# 7. Removal / Correction Requests
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revision_policy: refresh_on_recrawl
removal_requests: accepted_via_email

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# 8. Policy Precedence
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precedence:
  - robots_txt
  - meta_robots
  - x_robots_tag
  - llms_txt