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# Real Wave AI — robots.txt
# Updated 2026-04-16
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# ── Traditional search engines ────────────────────
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# ── AI search / retrieval bots (real-time answers) ──
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# ── AI training bots (model training data) ───────
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# ── Social media crawlers ────────────────────────
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

# ── Block aggressive / unwanted crawlers ─────────
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

# ── Default: allow everything, protect app routes ──
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /copilot/
Disallow: /chat/
Disallow: /onboarding/
Disallow: /verify-email/
Disallow: /reset-password/
Disallow: /complete-google-auth-flow/
Disallow: /complete-lc-auth-flow/

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