# Robots.txt for Prop Firm Deal Finder
# Last updated: 2026-04-11

# Default rules for all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /assets/

# AI Crawlers — explicitly allowed with full access
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

# Search engine crawlers
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /assets/

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

# Social media crawlers
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /


# pfdf-auto-bots-v1
# Additional AI/search crawlers added 2026-04-13
User-agent: ExaBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Timpibot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: PhindBot
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /
Disallow:

User-agent: Kagibot
Allow: /
Disallow:

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://propfirmdealfinder.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://propfirmdealfinder.com/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://propfirmdealfinder.com/sitemap-complete-2026.xml