# BenefitKarma Robots.txt
# Production Mode - Indexing Enabled
# Updated: May 2026

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /articles/
Allow: /resources/
Allow: /learn/
Allow: /guides/
Allow: /tools/
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /llms-full.txt
Allow: /ai
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /onboarding/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /debug-roles/
Disallow: /pdf-preview/
Disallow: /honeypot/
Disallow: /landing/
Disallow: /consent/
Disallow: /pixel-test
Disallow: /install
Disallow: /va-records-request/correct
Disallow: /va-records-request/correction
Disallow: /search
# Auth-gated app routes — crawlers see only a redirect/spinner (~21s timeout),
# polluting Core Web Vitals. Logged-in users still reach them normally.
Disallow: /disability-application
Disallow: /intent-to-file
Disallow: /va-records-request

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://benefitkarma.com/sitemap.xml

# AI-friendly companions
# LLMs.txt:      https://benefitkarma.com/llms.txt
# LLMs-Full.txt: https://benefitkarma.com/llms-full.txt
# AI Fact Sheet: https://benefitkarma.com/ai