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Robots.txt generator for AI visibility

Make sure AI tools can read the pages you want them to quote. Sophyx writes your robots.txt so crawlers can reach your important pages and skip the ones they don’t need.

robots.txt is a small file on your site that tells crawlers, including AI crawlers like GPTBot, which pages they may read.

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harbourphysio.ca/robots.txtExample
# robots.txt for harbourphysio.ca

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /services/
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /patient-portal/
Disallow: /staging/

# AI crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Allow: /services/
Allow: /blog/

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://harbourphysio.ca/sitemap.xml

Why crawl rules still matter

Search engines and AI tools both check robots.txt before they read your site. One wrong rule can hide the pages you most want them to see.

Pages must be reachable

If a crawler can’t reach a page, it can’t read it or quote it. A good robots.txt keeps your key pages open to search and AI crawlers.

Old rules cause problems

Old or conflicting rules, or no rules for AI crawlers, leave crawlers guessing. Their guess may not favour you.

One part of a set

robots.txt works with JSON-LD, llms.txt, your sitemap and your content. Each covers a different part of how AI reads your site.

What the robots.txt generator does

It looks at your site and suggests crawl rules that keep the right pages open. You get a file that is ready to publish, with rules for each crawler and a plain-English note on each one.

Based on your site

Rules follow how your site is built and which pages matter.

Rules for AI crawlers

Clear rules for GPTBot, Google-Extended, anthropic-ai and more.

Finds conflicts

Flags old rules that block important pages by accident.

Ready to publish

A copy-paste file, with a note on what each rule does.

Generate your robots.txt

Rules for each crawler (example)

Googlebot
Custom

Allow

/services//blog//

Block

/admin//staging/
GPTBot
Custom

Allow

/services//blog//

Block

/patient-portal/
anthropic-ai
Custom

Allow

/
Bingbot
Default

Allow

/

Block

/admin/

Technical checklist

robots.txt set up

Rules set for every crawler

AI crawlers covered

Rules for GPTBot, Google-Extended and anthropic-ai

JSON-LD live

Organization, Product and FAQ schemas published

llms.txt published

Not published yet

Sitemap submitted

Every page listed, with priorities

Crawl conflicts fixed

Blog blocked by an old rule

Technical readiness for AI visibility

Good content is only part of it. AI also needs clear crawl rules, labelled facts, a guide to your key pages and a tidy site. The robots.txt generator handles the crawl rules.

  • Check your current rules for gaps and conflicts
  • Give AI crawlers the access they need
  • Keep robots.txt in step with JSON-LD, llms.txt and your sitemap
  • Track technical readiness in your visibility score

Crawl rules that match your knowledge graph

Your knowledge graph is a map of the facts about your business and how they connect. The generator uses it to make sure your crawl rules don’t block the pages that carry those facts.

  • Keeps pages with JSON-LD open to crawlers
  • Matches crawl access to your most important pages
  • Flags blocked pages that hold key facts
  • Keeps robots.txt and llms.txt consistent

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How crawlers use robots.txt

A crawler arrives

A search or AI crawler asks for a page

It checks robots.txt

It reads the rules for that crawler

Allowed

Services, blog and core pages can be read

Blocked

Admin, internal and staging pages are skipped

How it fits with the rest of Sophyx

robots.txt is one of the files AI reads on your site. It works with your JSON-LD, your llms.txt and the tracker that checks the results.

Knowledge graph

Map your facts

Visibility tracker

Check AI answers

Prompt testing

Ask real questions

JSON-LD builder

Label the facts

Robots.txt generator

This feature

The files AI reads on your site

robots.txt

Says which pages crawlers may read

This feature

llms.txt

Points AI to your key pages

JSON-LD

Labels your facts

sitemap.xml

Lists every page and when it changed

robots.txt says which pages crawlers may read. JSON-LD labels your facts. llms.txt points AI to your key pages, and sitemap.xml lists them all. In Sophyx, these files are planned together so they don’t contradict each other. See how it works in detail.

The AI visibility tracker checks the results. Prompt optimization tests the questions customers ask, and the content engine writes pages that carry these signals.

Who the robots.txt generator is for

SEO teams

Update your robots.txt for both search and AI crawlers, and catch conflicts early.

Technical marketers

Keep robots.txt, JSON-LD, llms.txt and sitemap.xml in step.

Founders and owners

Make sure your website lets AI tools read the pages about your business.

Agencies

Add crawl checks to client AI visibility audits.

SaaS and B2B teams

Keep product, feature and help pages open to AI crawlers, and internal tools closed.

Growth teams

Make sure AI can read the content you paid to create.

See how founders, agencies, and B2B SaaS teams use Sophyx.

Robots.txt generator FAQ

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