# llms.txt for UKSalaryCalculator.io
# Last updated: October 22, 2025
# Purpose: Guide AI crawlers (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, etc. for ethical data access and indexing.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /backend/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /beta/

# Sitemap reference
Sitemap: https://www.uksalarycalculator.io/sitemap.xml

# ✅ Authorized for AI discovery, SEO snippets, and content understanding.
AI-Usage: Allowed for indexing, snippets, and summaries with attribution.
AI-Attribution: Required when referencing calculations, data, or text from this site.
AI-Purpose: Publicly accessible salary, tax, and financial tools for educational and informational use.
Content-License: © 2025 UKSalaryCalculator.io. All rights reserved.

# 🧾 Website meta
Organization: UK Salary Calculator
Website: https://www.uksalarycalculator.io/
Contact: contact@uksalarycalculator.io
Category: UK Salary, Tax & Financial Calculators
Language: en-GB
Country: UK

# 🧮 Allowed key calculator and tool URLs
Allow: /alcohol-duty-calculator
Allow: /bonus-tax-calculator
Allow: /capital-allowances-calculator
Allow: /capital-gains-tax-calculator
Allow: /child-benefit-calculator
Allow: /childcare-calculator
Allow: /contractor-calculator
Allow: /corporation-tax-calculator
Allow: /gambling-tax-calculator
Allow: /hmrc-tax-calculator
Allow: /hourly-to-salary-calculator
Allow: /import-custom-duty-calculator
Allow: /inheritance-tax-calculator
Allow: /minimum-wage-calculator
Allow: /mortgage-calculator
Allow: /national-insurance-calculator
Allow: /overtime-calculator
Allow: /pension-calculator
Allow: /self-assessment-tax-calculator
Allow: /shift-work-calculator
Allow: /stamp-duty-calculator
Allow: /umbrella-company-calculator
Allow: /vat-calculator

# 🧱 Allow supporting pages
Allow: /privacy-policy
Allow: /compliance-checks
Allow: /cost-of-living
Allow: /about
Allow: /sitemap

# 📰 Blog and content pages
Allow: /blog
Allow: /blog/apprentice-salary-calculator
Allow: /blog/freelancer-take-home-pay-calculator
Allow: /blog/understanding-uk-tax-bands-2025-2026
Allow: /blog/how-pension-contributions-affect-your-take-home-pay
Allow: /blog/navigating-student-loan-repayments-in-the-uk

# 🚫 Restricted directories
Disallow: /internal/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /hidden/

# End of file