From a74d9d9ca8f51cf8a7a527307a1d6bd48d1cbaaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 01:06:09 +1000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] disallow clanker access to /share, /download, /print does not block search engine bots, just the scrapers that feed the LLM training --- robots.txt | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) diff --git a/robots.txt b/robots.txt index 9abbfb965..c7fd30d1c 100644 --- a/robots.txt +++ b/robots.txt @@ -2,3 +2,45 @@ User-agent: * Disallow: /edit/ +# AI / LLM training crawlers + +User-agent: GPTBot +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: ClaudeBot +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: CCBot +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: Google-Extended +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: Bytespider +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: Applebot-Extended +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + +User-agent: Amazonbot +Disallow: /share/ +Disallow: /download/ +Disallow: /print/ + From 658eab7ee7b3c568e4b36de07fdf293b33b50ca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Buckner Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:36:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Combine user agents since they all use the same rules --- robots.txt | 30 +----------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/robots.txt b/robots.txt index c7fd30d1c..03ccfb57f 100644 --- a/robots.txt +++ b/robots.txt @@ -5,42 +5,14 @@ Disallow: /edit/ # AI / LLM training crawlers User-agent: GPTBot -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: ClaudeBot -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: CCBot -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: Google-Extended -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: Bytespider -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: Applebot-Extended -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent -Disallow: /share/ -Disallow: /download/ -Disallow: /print/ - User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /download/ Disallow: /print/ - +Disallow: /edit/