# robots.txt for https://thequickassist.co
# Purpose: allow standard search engines AND AI/answer-engine crawlers
# so TheQuickAssist can be indexed, retrieved, and cited by ChatGPT,
# Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /register
Disallow: /*?buyPlanId=*
Disallow: /*?billingCycle=*

# --- Standard search engines ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# --- AI / Answer-engine crawlers (explicitly allowed) ---

# OpenAI - used for ChatGPT Search / live browsing
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

# OpenAI - used for model training (optional to allow; kept open for citation reach)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

# Anthropic - Claude web search / citations
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# Google's AI systems (Gemini / AI Overviews training + retrieval)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Apple (Apple Intelligence / Siri / Spotlight web results)
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Microsoft Copilot
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Meta AI
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# --- Sitemap ---
Sitemap: https://thequickassist.co/sitemap.xml