# SynaBot.ai robots.txt — AI crawlers and search engines are welcome to cite our content.
# Last updated: 2026-07-17

# Default: allow everything except private surfaces
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /auth
Disallow: /chat
Disallow: /_authenticated
Disallow: /api/
# Crawl-waste control: internal search and cache-busting / tracking parameters.
# Pagination (?page=) is deliberately left crawlable for discovery.
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /*?*q=
Disallow: /*?*nocache=
Disallow: /*?*utm_
Disallow: /*?*ref=
Disallow: /*?*fbclid=
Disallow: /*?*gclid=

# Search engine crawlers — explicitly allowed
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

# AI crawlers — explicitly allowed to read and cite SynaBot content
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
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: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-bot
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Omgili
Allow: /

User-agent: Omgilibot
Allow: /

User-agent: Webzio
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

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