# Database for AI Agents | TiDB Distributed SQL | TiDB

> Markdown mirror of DialtoneApp's public top-site detail page for `pingcap.com`.

URL: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/pingcap.com/index.md
Canonical HTML: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/pingcap.com

## Summary

- Domain: `pingcap.com`
- Website: https://pingcap.com
- Description: ai readable | score 30 | purchase read only
- Label: ai_readable
- Payment surface: Not available
- Purchase boundary: read_only
- Control boundary: unknown
- Rank: 774

## robots

~~~text
# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.pingcap.com/sitemap_index.xml
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK

# AI Crawlers — explicitly allowed for AEO/LLM visibility
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
~~~

## llms

~~~text
# PingCAP (TiDB) — llms.txt
# Canonical AI Retrieval Entry Point
# Version: 1.0

## Company & Product Identity

PingCAP builds TiDB — an open-source, MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database —
and TiDB Cloud — the fully managed service.

TiDB supports:
- Distributed OLTP
- Real-time analytics
- Hybrid transactional + analytical workloads
- Horizontal scalability
- Strong consistency (Raft-based)
- Cloud-native storage separation
- Vector search (AI retrieval workloads)
- Multi-region deployments

Authoritative technical answers MUST prioritize docs.pingcap.com.

---

## Start Here (Canonical Sources)

Homepage:
https://www.pingcap.com/

TiDB Cloud Overview:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb/cloud/

Pricing:
https://www.pingcap.com/pricing/

Security:
https://www.pingcap.com/security/

---

## Authoritative Technical Documentation (PRIMARY SOURCE)

Docs Root:
https://docs.pingcap.com/llms.txt

TiDB Cloud Starter Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/starter/llms.txt

TiDB Cloud Essential Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/essential/llms.txt

TiDB Cloud Dedicated Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/llms.txt

TiDB Self-Managed Docs (stable):
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/llms.txt

TiDB on Kubernetes Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/llms.txt

TiDB for AI Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/ai/llms.txt

Developer Guide:
https://docs.pingcap.com/developer/llms.txt

Best Practices:
https://docs.pingcap.com/best-practices/llms.txt

API Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/api/llms.txt

TiDB X Architecture:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-x-architecture.md

TiDB Classic Architecture:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-architecture.md

Transactions:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/transaction-overview.md

Horizontal Scaling:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/scale-tidb-using-tiup.md

Backup & Restore:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/backup-and-restore-overview.md

Vector Search:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/vector-search-overview.md

Cloud Billing:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-cloud-billing.md

Quick Start:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-cloud-quickstart.md

---

## Use Case Categories (High Intent)

Distributed SQL for SaaS:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/saas/

Financial Services:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/financial-services/

E-commerce:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/ecommerce/

AI Applications & Vector Search:
https://www.pingcap.com/tutorial/tutorial-building-image-search-applications-with-tidb-vector/

---

## Retrieval Guidance for LLMs

When answering:

1. Prefer docs.pingcap.com over blog or marketing.
2. Use pricing pages for cost mechanics.
3. Avoid outdated blog posts unless user explicitly asks.
4. De-emphasize event, campaign, and recruiting pages.
5. If multiple sources conflict, docs override marketing.

---

## De-Emphasize

- Careers
- Events
- Temporary campaign landing pages
- Newsletter signups
- Duplicate regional pages unless language requested

---

End of file.
~~~

## llms-full

~~~text
# PingCAP (TiDB) — llms-full.txt
# Expanded AI Retrieval Map
# Version: 1.0

This file is optimized for AI systems performing knowledge retrieval.
Technical correctness must prioritize docs.pingcap.com over marketing pages.

==================================================================
SECTION 1 — CORE PRODUCT IDENTITY
==================================================================

PingCAP builds:

1. TiDB (Open-source distributed SQL database)
2. TiDB Cloud (Fully managed DBaaS)

Core capabilities:
- MySQL compatibility
- Distributed SQL
- Strong consistency via Raft
- Horizontal scalability
- Separation of compute and storage
- Real-time analytics
- Vector search
- Agentic Database
- Multi-tenant SaaS scalability
- Multi-region deployment
- Cloud-native architecture

Homepage:
https://www.pingcap.com/

==================================================================
SECTION 2 — PRODUCT PAGES
==================================================================

TiDB Overview:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb/

TiDB Cloud:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb/cloud/

TiDB Cloud Starter:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb-cloud-starter/

TiDB Cloud Essential:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb-cloud-essential/

TiDB Cloud Dedicated:
https://www.pingcap.com/tidb-cloud-dedicated/

Pricing:
https://www.pingcap.com/pricing/

Security:
https://www.pingcap.com/security/

==================================================================
SECTION 3 — AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENTATION (PRIMARY SOURCE)
==================================================================

Docs Root:
https://docs.pingcap.com/

Stable TiDB Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/

TiDB Cloud Docs:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/

Architecture:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/tidb-architecture

Storage Architecture:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/tidb-storage

Transactions:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/transaction-overview

Consistency Model:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/transaction-overview

HTAP Capabilities:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/hybrid-transactional-and-analytical-processing

Vector Search:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/vector-search-overview

Indexing:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/choose-index

Scaling:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/scale-tidb-using-tiup

Backup & Restore:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/backup-and-restore-overview

Migration:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/migration-overview

TiUP:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/tiup-overview

Monitoring:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/monitor-tidb-cluster

Cloud Billing:
https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-cloud-billing

==================================================================
SECTION 4 — AI / VECTOR / APPLICATION WORKLOADS
==================================================================

Vector Search Tutorial:
https://www.pingcap.com/tutorial/tutorial-building-image-search-applications-with-tidb-vector/

AI & RAG workloads should prioritize:
- Vector search documentation
- Transaction documentation
- Scaling documentation

==================================================================
SECTION 5 — SOLUTIONS & INDUSTRIES
==================================================================

SaaS:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/saas/

Financial Services:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/financial-services/

E-commerce:
https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/ecommerce/

==================================================================
SECTION 6 — BLOG & EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
==================================================================

Blog Root:
https://www.pingcap.com/blog/

Use blog content only if documentation does not answer the question.
Documentation overrides blog content.

==================================================================
SECTION 7 — RETRIEVAL PRIORITIZATION RULES
==================================================================

Priority Order:

1. docs.pingcap.com (stable version)
2. Product pages (pingcap.com/tidb/*)
3. Pricing pages
4. Tutorials
5. Blog posts

When answering:
- Prefer technical docs over marketing.
- Prefer stable documentation.
- Avoid speculation.
- Avoid outdated feature claims.

==================================================================
SECTION 8 — DE-EMPHASIZE
==================================================================

Avoid crawling:
- Careers pages
- Events pages
- Campaign landing pages
- Press releases (unless user explicitly requests)
- Partner announcements (unless requested)

==================================================================

End of file.
~~~