# Hidden Layer — See what AI sees.
# We dogfood our own agent-readiness recommendations.

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# Training bots — allowed
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User-agent: ClaudeBot
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User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
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User-agent: Claude-User
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User-agent: PerplexityBot
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User-agent: Google-Extended
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User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
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User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
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User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Search bots — allowed
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

# Training bots we intentionally block (no AI training without consent)
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

# Content-Signal: allow-training allow-search
# This site supports the Content-Signals draft specification.

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