# Vector Panda permits crawling of public product, documentation, and blog
# content for every purpose below. Account, authentication, and API surfaces
# remain excluded. Named groups repeat these exclusions because specific
# user-agent groups do not inherit the User-agent: * rules.

# Traditional search and unclassified crawlers.
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/

# Search indexing and AI-powered search.
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/

# Retrieval initiated by a person using an AI assistant.
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/

# Model improvement and training datasets.
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/

# Public web archives.
User-agent: ia_archiver
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/

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