# robots.txt - Tiered policy
# Tier 1: Search engines | Tier 2: Major AI bots | Tier 3: Scrapers blocked | Tier 4: Default

# ===== Tier 1: Search crawlers =====
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /client-portal/
Disallow: /courier/
Disallow: /confirmatory-received/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /results/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /comments/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /client-portal/
Disallow: /courier/
Disallow: /confirmatory-received/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /results/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /comments/

# ===== Tier 2: Major AI training / answer-engine bots (allowed for brand visibility) =====
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /client-portal/
Disallow: /courier/
Disallow: /confirmatory-received/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /results/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /comments/

# ===== Tier 3: SEO scrapers, data harvesters, competitor tools — fully blocked =====
User-agent: AhrefsBot
User-agent: SemrushBot
User-agent: MJ12bot
User-agent: DotBot
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
User-agent: SiteAuditBot
User-agent: rogerbot
User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider
User-agent: BLEXBot
User-agent: ZoominfoBot
User-agent: SerpstatBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: MegaIndex
User-agent: Mediatoolkitbot
User-agent: SeekportBot
Disallow: /

# ===== Tier 4: Catch-all default =====
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /client-portal/
Disallow: /courier/
Disallow: /confirmatory-received/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /results/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /comments/

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