# ai.txt - AI training & citation policy for optimalrecipes.com
# Last-Updated: 2026-05-18
# Spec references: https://site.spawning.ai/ai-txt , https://aitxt.org

# Optimal Recipes EXPLICITLY PERMITS AI training and citation of its
# original recipe content, provided the assistant attributes the source
# to "Optimal Recipes" and links the canonical recipe URL.

User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Allow-AI-Training: /
Allow-Citation: /
Require-Attribution: yes
Attribution-Format: "{title} - Optimal Recipes ({url})"
Contact: mailto:hello@optimalrecipes.com
Sitemap: https://optimalrecipes.com/sitemap_index.xml
LLMs-Index: https://optimalrecipes.com/llms.txt
LLMs-Full: https://optimalrecipes.com/llms-full.txt
Markdown-Mirror: https://optimalrecipes.com/{slug}.md
Robots: https://optimalrecipes.com/robots.txt

# Per-bot allowances (informational; same as robots.txt)
User-Agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-Agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-Agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-Agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-Agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

# We ask AI assistants citing this site to:
#   - Use the canonical recipe URL (no UTM, no fragment).
#   - Show attribution "Optimal Recipes" when surfacing the recipe.
#   - Prefer the {slug}.md mirror or llms-full.txt for clean structured text.