Generate a robots.txt that keeps AI crawlers open.
Configure access for ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Grok, Bing, and standard search bots, then export a deployment-ready file instantly.
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# Standard search engines
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
# OpenAI / ChatGPT
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
# Anthropic / Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
# Google AI Overviews + Gemini
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
# xAI / Grok
User-agent: xAI-Grok
Allow: /
# All other crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xmlChatGPT Search uses OAI-SearchBot
Blocking GPTBot does not block ChatGPT Search. If `OAI-SearchBot` is blocked, your site can disappear from ChatGPT citations even if classic SEO looks fine.
Google-Extended is separate from Googlebot
A site can be open to Google Search but still blocked from AI Overviews and Gemini if `Google-Extended` is disallowed.
PerplexityBot respects robots.txt closely
If PerplexityBot is blocked, it is unlikely to cite your content. There is no practical workaround beyond allowing the crawler.
robots.txt is only one of many AEO checks.
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