# HomeMaster robots policy.
#
# Canonical host is the apex https://homemaster.co (matches BASE_URL in
# src/components/SEO.tsx and SITE_ORIGIN in src/data/seo/routes.ts). The
# www host redirects to it; *.vercel.app previews carry noindex headers in
# vercel.json. This file previously advertised the vercel.app sitemap, which
# could never match our canonicals.
#
# NOTE: the app is a client-rendered SPA, so the authed surfaces below carry a
# `noindex` meta that only appears AFTER JS runs. Disallow limits crawling; it
# does not guarantee deindexing or replace authentication.

# One shared policy prevents crawler-specific exclusions from drifting.
User-agent: *
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Authed / role-gated app surfaces. Nothing here is useful in a search result.
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /provider
Disallow: /partner
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /bookings
Disallow: /my-bookings
Disallow: /affiliates
Disallow: /login

# Tokenised, per-customer transactional pages. Must never be indexed.
Disallow: /pay/
Disallow: /receipt/

# Internal tooling: the Helen sandbox and the public-API reference shell.
Disallow: /dev-helen
Disallow: /api

# ...but the plain-text OpenAPI spec that shell renders is public documentation
# for assistants and developers (linked from /agents and /llms.txt). The longer,
# more specific rule wins, so this one file is crawlable while /api is not.
# /llms.txt needs no line: nothing above disallows it.
Allow: /api/openapi.yaml

# The service-report sandbox (00544). Renders the real provider form against
# fabricated data with a stubbed submit. Its noindex is client-side only.
Disallow: /testform

# The wecasa-style SEO landing template reference page. A review surface, not a
# ranking page (noindex is also set client-side), so it must never be indexed.
Disallow: /seo-template

Sitemap: https://homemaster.co/sitemap.xml