# robots.txt for willitcite.com
#
# Retrieval crawlers are allowed, because being citable is the entire point of
# this project. Training crawlers are listed but left commented: blocking them
# is a licensing decision and has no effect on citations.

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# --- Retrieval & user-fetch crawlers ---
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

# --- Training / corpus crawlers ---
# Uncomment to opt out. Does not affect AI search visibility.
# User-agent: GPTBot
# Disallow: /

# User-agent: ClaudeBot
# Disallow: /

# User-agent: CCBot
# Disallow: /

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