# Knowledge Navigators — robots.txt
# A GEO agency MUST welcome AI crawlers. This is non-negotiable.

# ─── Traditional search ──────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

# ─── Generative & answer engines (explicitly welcomed) ──────
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# ─── Default (everyone else) ────────────────────────────────
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /legal/
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /*?gclid=
Disallow: /*?fbclid=

# ─── Sitemaps ───────────────────────────────────────────────
Sitemap: https://www.knowledge-navigators.com/sitemap.xml