# robots.txt for sxo-ai.net
# Generated 2026-05-27 — SXO-grade-A baseline.
# Explicit allow-list for AI crawlers; blocking these is the single most
# common cause of missed AI citations.

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# ── AI answer-engine crawlers (explicit allow) ──────────────────────────────
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Mistralbot
Allow: /

# ── Sitemap ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Sitemap: https://sxo-ai.net/sitemap.xml