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/tools/ai-robots-txt-generator.htmlGoogle robots.txt generator for AI crawlers: safe rules to copy
A robots txt google generator playbook for keeping Googlebot crawlable while setting clear AI crawler rules for Google-Extended, GPTBot, and OAI-SearchBot.
Fast answer
If your goal is to generate robots.txt rules without accidentally blocking Google Search, start with this framing: people searching for robots txt google generator often want a quick copyable file, but they can damage discovery if they confuse Googlebot with Google-Extended or mix search crawlers with training-use tokens. The useful deliverable is a copy-and-check robots.txt workflow that separates Googlebot, Google-Extended, GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, Applebot, PerplexityBot, and CCBot.
This page is intentionally conservative. It treats crawler files, URL inspection, feeds, and server logs as discovery and measurement aids, not as guaranteed ranking levers.
When to use this playbook
Use it when new domain owners, publishers, ecommerce teams, and technical SEOs editing robots.txt for Google and AI crawlers need a concrete next step and a page that can be linked from a hub, a community answer, a README, or a launch checklist. The page should help someone make a decision even if they never buy anything or contact the site owner.
The strongest pages in this topic cluster have three traits: they answer one narrow question, they include a copyable artifact, and they link to the relevant tool or proof page so the reader can act immediately.
Recommended workflow
- Start with the business goal: maximum discovery, search yes and training no, or cautious AI blocking.
- Keep Googlebot crawlable if Google Search traffic matters.
- Write separate user-agent blocks for Google-Extended, GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, Applebot, PerplexityBot, and CCBot.
- Run the generated file through a checker and confirm sitemap.xml is still reachable.
Pre-publish checklist
- Googlebot is not accidentally disallowed.
- Google-Extended has its own deliberate rule.
- OAI-SearchBot and GPTBot are not treated as the same crawler.
- private paths are protected by login, not just robots.txt.
- sitemap line points to the canonical sitemap.
Copyable working note
Use this as a starting point in a ticket, README, client note, or launch log. Edit it to match the real site before publishing.
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xmlProof and measurement plan
- Search Console query filter for robots txt google generator and robots.txt generator variants.
- Search Console page filter for /tools/ai-robots-txt-generator.html to watch impressions, clicks, CTR, and average position.
- Server-log checks for Googlebot, OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot, and CCBot after publishing.
- Robots.txt fetch checks after each rule change so crawler access problems are found before rankings move.
What not to count as proof
Do not count this setup as traffic by itself. A submitted sitemap, an IndexNow receipt, a crawler log hit, or an indexing request can show discovery work, but none of them proves rankings, impressions, clicks, conversions, or AI citations. Organic proof should come from Search Console, analytics, qualified referral evidence, or server logs interpreted for the right purpose.
The main pitfall for this topic is: Copying a viral all-bots blocklist and accidentally removing the search crawler that was bringing or testing organic visibility.
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