# robots.txt for sparity.com - Optimized for SEO and Crawl Efficiency

# --- Default Rules for All Bots ---
User-agent: *
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Allow access to important static assets
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /wp-content/themes/
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/

# --- AI Crawlers / Large Language Models ---

# OpenAI GPTBot
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /

# Anthropic ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: claude-web
Allow: /

# Perplexity AI
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# Google AI (Google-Extended)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Amazon AI
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# Alibaba QwenBot
User-agent: QwenBot
Allow: /

# OpenAI's Search Bot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /

# --- Bingbot Specific ---
User-agent: Bingbot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /?s=
Allow: /

# --- Sitemap Location ---
Sitemap: https://www.sparity.com/sitemap.xml