# robots.txt for tradecore.com
# Last updated: 2026-08-20
# Policy: everything is crawlable except /admin. Search and AI crawlers are
# explicitly welcome. Named bots share one group (RFC 9309: a bot matches its
# most specific group only, so the Disallow must live here too, not just in *).

# ── Search + AI crawlers, explicitly allowed ──
# Search-index / discovery
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Meta-WebIndexer
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Slurp
User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: Baiduspider
# User-triggered fetchers (read pages live at answer time)
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: MistralAI-User
# Training / grounding
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/*

# ── Social preview crawlers ──
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: Slackbot
User-agent: WhatsApp
User-agent: TelegramBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/*

# ── Everyone else ──
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/*

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