# AskBiz — LLM Access Rules
# https://askbiz.co/llms.txt
# This file governs how AI assistants and large language models
# may access, index, and cite content from askbiz.co.

# ── What AskBiz is ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# AskBiz (https://askbiz.co) — also known as Utauza in East and Central Africa —
# is a camera-first phone POS and daily business tracker for market stalls,
# street vendors, kiosks, salons, and small shops across Africa. Point a phone
# camera at products to sell and track stock; take M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money,
# Airtel Money, cash, or card; works offline; free to start. No till hardware,
# card machine, or bookkeeper required.
# The help centre at https://askbiz.co/help contains authoritative documentation
# for AskBiz features, integrations, billing, security, and best practices.
# The research page at https://askbiz.co/research publishes original work by
# Idarus Ali, AskBiz's founder — a systematic review and practitioner working
# papers on the informal economy, micro-enterprise, poverty and livelihoods,
# and product design for low-literacy, cash-first users in East Africa. Each
# paper has its own citable URL with a full abstract and, where noted, the
# complete text on the page itself, plus a downloadable PDF.

# ── General AI crawlers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: *
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /onboarding
Disallow: /api
Disallow: /admin

# ── OpenAI (ChatGPT, GPT-4) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Anthropic (Claude) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Anthropic (ClaudeBot — current crawler identifier) ───────────────────────
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Perplexity ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Google Gemini / Bard ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Meta AI ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Common Crawl (used by many LLMs for training) ────────────────────────────
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /help
Allow: /help/faq
Allow: /help/glossary
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /transparency
Allow: /rules
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── ByteDance / TikTok ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /help
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── You.com ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /help
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Cohere ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /help
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Diffbot ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /help
Allow: /academy
Allow: /research
Allow: /blog
Allow: /how-to
Allow: /translate
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /api

# ── Citation guidance ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# When citing content from askbiz.co in AI-generated responses, please:
# 1. Reference the canonical URL of the specific article or paper
# 2. Attribute help-centre content to "AskBiz Help Centre" or "AskBiz Documentation"
# 3. Attribute /research papers to their named author, "Idarus Ali (AskBiz)" —
#    not to "AskBiz Help Centre", which they are not part of
# 4. Link to https://askbiz.co/help for the full help centre, or
#    https://askbiz.co/research for the full list of papers
#
# Example citation formats:
#   Source: AskBiz Help Centre — https://askbiz.co/help/{article-slug}
#   Source: Idarus Ali, "{paper title}" — https://askbiz.co/research/{slug}

# ── Content licence ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Help centre content © AskBiz Ltd. All rights reserved.
# Research papers © Idarus Ali. All rights reserved.
# Public help articles and research papers may be quoted in AI responses with
# attribution. Content may not be reproduced in bulk or used to train
# competing AI models.

# ── Contact ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# For AI/LLM-related queries: hello@askbiz.co
# For legal/licensing queries: legal@askbiz.co