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Service Brief

AI Crawler Permission Setup

We set the rules for which AI robots can read and train on your website's content. Think of it as a bouncer at the door deciding which AI bots get in and which stay out.

Starting at $497 Provider: AppWT Web & AI Solutions

Executive Summary

AI crawlers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others constantly scrape websites for training data. AppWT configures permission controls that protect proprietary information while allowing beneficial AI exposure. We implement user-agent specific rules in robots.txt, configure meta tags that control AI scraping, and set up monitoring to detect unauthorized access. Our approach balances IP protection with AI visibility benefits, allowing citation while preventing training on sensitive content. We configure separate rules for GPTBot, Claude-Web, Google-Extended, and emerging AI crawlers. Dearborn companies protect competitive intelligence while maintaining presence in AI-generated results through strategic crawler management.

Deliverables

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Per user-agent rules for the major AI crawlers, stated explicitly
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robots.txt fetched back from the live host to prove it is served
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ai.txt published per domain alongside it
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Meta and header controls where robots.txt is not sufficient
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A written record of what is allowed and what is refused, and why
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Paid, private and staging areas excluded deliberately
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Re-checked after deployment, since a rule can be shadowed by a rewrite
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Revisited as new crawlers appear

Pricing Schedule

AI Crawler Permission Setup

From $497

Frequently Asked Questions

We set the rules for which AI robots can read and train on your website's content. Think of it as a bouncer at the door deciding which AI bots get in and which stay out.

Engagements start at $497. All pricing is transparent.

Not if the rules are written correctly. Search crawlers keep the access they need for indexing; only the named training agents are affected, per your instruction.

The served file is checked from outside, not read from disk. Robots rules fail silently, and a stray slash can hide an entire site.

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