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AI Readiness Generator

AI robots.txt generator.

Your robots.txt controls which web crawlers can access your site and which paths they can visit. AI crawlers each have their own user-agent string. This generator creates the correct robots.txt rules for every major AI crawler based on your site's current access settings.

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What it is

robots.txt is a plain-text file at the root of your domain (yoursite.com/robots.txt) that tells web crawlers which pages and directories they are allowed or not allowed to access. AI search engines follow robots.txt just like Google does. A missing or misconfigured robots.txt can silently block AI crawlers from indexing your content.

Allow rule

# Allow all AI search crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Block API endpoints from all crawlers
User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/

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Frequently asked

How do I allow all AI crawlers in robots.txt?

Add explicit Allow rules for each AI user-agent: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended. A global "User-agent: * / Allow: /" allows all crawlers including AI ones, but explicit rules confirm intent.

Will "User-agent: * / Allow: /" automatically allow all AI crawlers?

Yes for crawlers that follow the robots.txt standard. However, explicit per-agent rules are better practice. They document your intent, are easier to audit, and prevent confusion when checking your robots.txt.

Where does robots.txt go?

Place robots.txt at the root of your domain: yoursite.com/robots.txt. It must be publicly accessible, return HTTP 200, and have content-type: text/plain.

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