# /robots.txt
# ThatDevPro.com
# Crawler policy. AI engines explicitly welcomed.
# Updated: 2026-05-23

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# Default policy
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
# /admin/* is crawlable so page-level noindex directives can be discovered.
# Admin dashboard URLs are intentionally excluded from sitemap.xml and AI citation surfaces.
Disallow: /*?*utm_

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# Major search engines, explicit allow
# ============================================================
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

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# AI training and answer-engine crawlers, explicit allow.
# Twelve canonical 2026 AI bots: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User,
# ClaudeBot, Claude-User, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User,
# Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Amazonbot, Meta-ExternalAgent.
# Plus the older legacy user-agents kept for backwards compatibility.
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# --- OpenAI (3 bots: training, search, user-driven) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# --- Anthropic (3 bots: training, search, user-driven) ---
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

# legacy Anthropic UAs
User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# --- Perplexity (2 bots: search, user-driven) ---
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# --- Google AI surfaces (training opt-in via Google-Extended) ---
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: Gemini
Allow: /

User-agent: GeminiBot
Allow: /

# --- Apple AI (training opt-in via Applebot-Extended) ---
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# --- Meta AI ---
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# --- Amazon AI ---
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# --- Other AI training corpora ---
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: DiffBot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

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# Resources
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Sitemap: https://www.thatdevpro.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.thatdevpro.com/sitemap-image.xml