Implement robots.txt
Publish a valid robots.txt at your site root per RFC 9309.
Requirements
- Serve
/robots.txtastext/plainwith HTTP 200 - Include
User-agentdirectives withAllow/Disallowrules - Reference your sitemap if one exists:
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Cloudflare
AI Crawl Control can manage your robots.txt from the dashboard, including AI-specific bot rules.
Validate
POST https://isitagentready.com/api/scan
Content-Type: application/json
{"url": "https://YOUR-SITE.com"}
Check that checks.discoverability.robotsTxt.status is "pass".