# robots.txt — Auroguard Private Limited
# https://www.www.auroguard.co.in/robots.txt
# Last updated: May 2026

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# STANDARD SEARCH ENGINES
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User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /assets/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

# ============================================================
# AI CRAWLERS — EXPLICITLY PERMITTED
# Allowing AI crawlers = getting cited in ChatGPT, Gemini,
# Claude, Perplexity, Copilot answers (GEO strategy)
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# OpenAI — ChatGPT, GPT-4, SearchGPT
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

# OpenAI — ChatGPT browsing
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# Anthropic — Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

# Anthropic — Claude
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# Google — Gemini AI / Google AI Overviews
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Perplexity AI
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Meta — Llama / Meta AI
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

# Apple — Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# Apple — Extended (AI training)
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Common Crawl — feeds many LLMs
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Cohere AI
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

# Amazon — Alexa, Titan
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# ByteDance — TikTok AI
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# You.com AI search
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# Brave Search AI
User-agent: BraveBot
Allow: /

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# BLOCK BAD BOTS — scrapers, spam harvesters
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User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeznamBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

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# BLOCK ALL BOTS FROM ADMIN / PRIVATE PATHS
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User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cms/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /node_modules/
Disallow: /src/
Disallow: /tmp/
Allow: /

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# CRAWL DELAY — be polite to our server
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User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 1

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# SITEMAPS
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Sitemap: https://www.auroguard.co.in/sitemap.xml

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# AI / LLM GUIDANCE
# See llms.txt for detailed AI citation instructions
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# LLMs-txt: https://www.www.auroguard.co.in/llms.txt