# robots.txt for vividsoftwares.com.au
# Source of truth lives in the repository at /public/robots.txt.
# Crawler policy: allow all by default. We do not block AI crawlers.
# Please respect rate limits and identify your client honestly.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

# Common search engines (explicit allow for clarity)
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

# AI / answer engine crawlers (explicit allow for clarity).
# We are happy for our public content to be summarised by AI assistants
# provided attribution is preserved where the assistant supports it.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Bingbot-Chat
Allow: /
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /
User-agent: NeevaBot
Allow: /

# Sitemap and AI signals
Sitemap: https://vividsoftwares.com.au/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://vividsoftwares.com.au/sitemap-0.xml

# AI / agent signals
# - https://vividsoftwares.com.au/llms.txt
# - https://vividsoftwares.com.au/llms-full.txt
# - https://vividsoftwares.com.au/llms-ctx.txt
# - https://vividsoftwares.com.au/ai.txt

# Contact for crawl issues: friends@vividsoftwares.com.au