# robots.txt — The Self Index
# https://theselfindex.com

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block private/authenticated routes from indexing
Disallow: /profile
Disallow: /subscription
Disallow: /payment-success
Disallow: /subscription/success
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /school/admin
Disallow: /school/dashboard
Disallow: /school/student
Disallow: /school/career-report/
Disallow: /business/admin
Disallow: /business/member
Disallow: /business/join
Disallow: /coaches/dashboard
Disallow: /coaches/member
Disallow: /coaches/join
Disallow: /org/invite/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /magic-link
Disallow: /per-test/success
# Off-brand routes removed from public routing — block crawlers too
Disallow: /social
Disallow: /social/
Disallow: /quiz
Disallow: /quiz/

# Allow AI crawlers explicitly (some require explicit opt-in)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

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