# Katalyst Prep robots.txt
# Search engines and AI search/answer agents: welcome. They link back to what they quote.
# AI training crawlers and bulk scrapers: please stay out. Our compilation is © Katalyst Prep
# (https://katalystprep.com/terms/#data). Researchers can request access: https://katalystprep.com/data/#access

# Search and answer agents
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /api/

# AI training and bulk-scraping crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

# Everyone else (the packed school index is an app resource, not a page)
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /law-schools/schools.json

Sitemap: https://katalystprep.com/sitemap-index.xml