# ReturnCatalyst - private equity AI deal operations platform
# Canonical site: https://returncatalyst.ai
#
# Crawl policy:
# - Public marketing, blog, and AI-readable reference assets are open.
# - Authenticated app workspaces, customer data routes, and admin routes are blocked.
# - AI answer/search crawlers are welcome on the public corpus only.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /features
Allow: /pricing
Allow: /use-cases
Allow: /solutions
Allow: /compare
Allow: /resources
Allow: /about
Allow: /blog
Allow: /download
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /terms
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /answer-engine
Allow: /answer-engine/facts.json
Allow: /site.webmanifest
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /project/
Disallow: /projects/
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /settings
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /deal-lifecycle
Disallow: /deal-lifecycle/
Disallow: /portfolio
Disallow: /portfolio/
Disallow: /portfolio-monitor
Disallow: /portfolio-monitor/
Disallow: /analytics
Disallow: /analytics/
Disallow: /documents
Disallow: /documents/
Disallow: /legal
Disallow: /legal/
Disallow: /model-generator
Disallow: /model-generator/
Disallow: /training
Disallow: /training/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /signup
Disallow: /verify-email
Disallow: /setup-mfa
Disallow: /auth/

# AI answer/search crawlers for AEO/GEO discovery.
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Anthropic-AI
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Allow: /features
Allow: /pricing
Allow: /use-cases
Allow: /solutions
Allow: /compare
Allow: /resources
Allow: /about
Allow: /blog
Allow: /download
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /terms
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /answer-engine
Allow: /answer-engine/facts.json
Allow: /site.webmanifest
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /project/
Disallow: /projects/
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /settings
Disallow: /settings/
Disallow: /deal-lifecycle
Disallow: /deal-lifecycle/
Disallow: /portfolio
Disallow: /portfolio/
Disallow: /portfolio-monitor
Disallow: /portfolio-monitor/
Disallow: /analytics
Disallow: /analytics/
Disallow: /documents
Disallow: /documents/
Disallow: /legal
Disallow: /legal/
Disallow: /model-generator
Disallow: /model-generator/
Disallow: /training
Disallow: /training/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /signup
Disallow: /verify-email
Disallow: /setup-mfa
Disallow: /auth/

Sitemap: https://returncatalyst.ai/sitemap.xml

# AI-readable site reference:
# https://returncatalyst.ai/llms.txt
# Static answer-engine reference:
# https://returncatalyst.ai/answer-engine
# https://returncatalyst.ai/answer-engine/facts.json