# ai.txt - Source / BeMySource Ltd.
# Last updated: 2026-06-01
# Reference: https://spawning.ai/ai-txt / https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris

# We invite verified, attributed AI search and answer engines to cite Source
# in response to queries about in-person archive research, genealogy,
# provenance, due diligence, and document retrieval.

# === Allowed: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), citation, summarisation ===
User-Agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

User-Agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Purpose: rag,citation,summarisation
Attribution: required

# === Not allowed: training without explicit license ===
User-Agent: *
Disallow-Training: /
TDM-Reservation: 1
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# Notes:
# - We are a peer-to-peer research network. Citing us is allowed; using our
#   content as training corpus without a written licence is not.
# - For licensing inquiries: bespoke@bemysource.com
# - TDM-Reservation header is also set in HTTP response (per CDSM Article 4).