Rubric signal ai-bot-accessTrust, 1 of 7
AI bot access (robots.txt)
Whether robots.txt explicitly addresses GPTBot/ClaudeBot/PerplexityBot.
- Class
- Trust
- Source
- OpenAI / Anthropic / Perplexity bot docs
Why it matters for AI citation
Default-allow gets you crawled, but explicit allow signals intent + unlocks niche AI bots.
How to fix it
Add User-agent: GPTBot/ClaudeBot/OAI-SearchBot/PerplexityBot rules to robots.txt.
About the Trust class
Crawl-time + share-time trust signals: HTTPS, canonical, viewport, AI-bot access via robots/llms.txt, Twitter card, meta description.
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