# robots.txt for TradePirate Marketing Site
# Generated for SEO optimization

# Allow all legitimate search engines
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Specifically allow major search engines
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

# Block specific unwanted crawlers
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

# Block generic AI scrapers (unless specifically allowed)
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

# Allow specific AI assistants for research purposes
User-agent: Anthropic-AI
Allow: /

# Block aggressive scrapers
User-agent: SiteAuditBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: WebCopier
Disallow: /

User-agent: HTTrack
Disallow: /

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://tradepirate.io/sitemap.xml

# Crawl-delay for well-behaved bots
Crawl-delay: 1