# lawrencehitches.com, robots.txt
# AI crawler stance: POSITION 2 (deliberate, not default).
# Allow both training crawlers (GPTBot, CCBot, Google-Extended, ClaudeBot,
# anthropic-ai) AND retrieval crawlers (ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot,
# OAI-SearchBot). Strategic decision logged 2026-05-07. See companion strategy
# doc for reasoning.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.lawrencehitches.com/sitemap.xml

# AI training crawlers, explicitly allowed (Position 2, deliberate)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# AI retrieval crawlers, explicitly allowed
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Anthropic-AI-User
Allow: /

# Standard search crawlers
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /