# LoveCater robots.txt
# Optimized for Google, Bing, and modern AI search crawlers.

# --- Major search engines ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# --- AI / generative search crawlers (GEO) ---
# Allow LLM crawlers to index public content for AI answers.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# --- Default policy ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /driver/
Disallow: /driver-auth
Disallow: /customer/checkout
Disallow: /customer/payment
Disallow: /customer/orders
Disallow: /customer/dashboard
Disallow: /customer/settings
Disallow: /customer/addresses
Disallow: /customer/receipts
Disallow: /customer/track-order
Disallow: /customer/expenses
Disallow: /customer/marketing-preferences
Disallow: /customer/group-polls
Disallow: /customer/schedule-order
Disallow: /track-driver/
Disallow: /restaurant/site/
Disallow: /restaurant-auth
Disallow: /restaurant/reset-password
Disallow: /print-order
Disallow: /ready
Disallow: /chat/
Disallow: /chat
Disallow: /~oauth
Disallow: /checkout-success

# Sitemap index — references sitemap-static.xml, sitemap-cities.xml, sitemap-cuisines.xml
Sitemap: https://lovecater.com/sitemap.xml