# bcentinc.com robots.txt (updated 1 Oct 2026)
# B&C decision (Greg Mahan, 29 Sep 2026): search engines, AI answer engines and
# AI training crawlers may all read every public page. Only the WordPress admin is closed.
# Each assistant is named so a future blanket rule can never shut it out by accident.

# Search engines and AI answer / assistant crawlers
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# AI model training crawlers: allowed (same rules)
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: MistralAI-Index
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Everyone else
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: */feed/*

Sitemap: https://bcentinc.com/sitemap_index.xml