# AI-ML Companion - Content Protection
# Block AI training crawlers and content scrapers

# AI Training Bots
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

# Common Scrapers
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

# AhrefsBot and SemrushBot allowed - they help track YOUR backlinks and SEO visibility
# Blocking them only hides your site from your own SEO tools

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

# Allow legitimate search engines (for SEO/discoverability)
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /assets/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /assets/

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /assets/
Disallow: /api/

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://aimlcompanion.ai/sitemap.xml