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#  2slides.com robots.txt
#  Last reviewed: 2026-05-06
#  Strategy: explicit allow for AI search/browse crawlers (GEO),
#            explicit deny for training-only crawlers (per seo/GEO-ANALYSIS.md).
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# Default policy: allow all standard search engines
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Prevent crawlers from hitting API endpoints
Disallow: /api/v1/

# Block admin routes from indexing
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Reduce duplicate crawling due to query parameters (Google supports * and $)
Disallow: /*?*

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#  AI search & browse crawlers - EXPLICITLY ALLOWED
#  These power citations in ChatGPT search, Claude, Perplexity, Google
#  AI Overviews, Bing Copilot. Allowing them = the GEO citation pipeline.
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# OpenAI
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Anthropic
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Google (separate from Googlebot - controls Gemini/AI Overview training)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Apple (Apple Intelligence)
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Meta
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# Mistral
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

# DuckDuckGo Assist
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /hello-2slides

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#  Training-only crawlers - DENIED
#  These feed model weights but do NOT drive search citations.
#  Per seo/GEO-ANALYSIS.md (2026-03-24).
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User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioRssBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

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