# robots.txt — Castle Design & Modular Studio
# https://www.castledesign.in
# Interior designers & modular furniture manufacturers, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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# Default: every crawler is welcome on every public page.
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /component/
Disallow: /PHPMailer/
Disallow: /leads/
Disallow: /uploads/
Disallow: /inquiry
Disallow: /service-inquiry
Disallow: /popup-inquiry
Disallow: /lead-handler
Disallow: /smtp-config
Disallow: /404
Disallow: /404.php
Disallow: /thankyou
Disallow: /thankyou.php
Disallow: /tracker.php
Disallow: /quick-connect
Disallow: /*?*

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# AI / LLM crawlers — explicitly allowed.
# We want this studio's work cited in AI answers. See /ai.txt and /llms.txt.
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User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

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# Scrapers with no search or citation benefit to this business.
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User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

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Sitemap: https://www.castledesign.in/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.castledesign.in/sitemap-index.xml