# robots.txt — museumofbrands.com
# Goal: maximum AI + search visibility. AI crawlers explicitly welcomed.
# Figment AI Visibility Accelerator · 19 June 2026

# ----- Default: allow all search engines -----
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block low-value / private WordPress paths from all crawlers
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*?p=
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /?add-to-cart=

# ----- AI / LLM crawlers: explicitly ALLOWED (we WANT to be cited) -----
# Training + retrieval bots welcomed so MoB facts are learned and quoted accurately.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# ----- Sitemaps -----
Sitemap: https://museumofbrands.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://museumofbrands.com/sitemap.xml