# bookhotels.direct — launched 2026-10-16 (B-LAUNCH). Everything public is crawlable,
# except the API. /check/ is a prototype with demo data: it stays crawlable so crawlers
# can see its noindex tag (a Disallow would hide the tag).
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

# AI crawlers and answer engines are welcome (AEO).
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

# AI search and answer crawlers: the find, hotel and place pages are written for them (D-091).
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/

Sitemap: https://bookhotels.direct/sitemap.xml