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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Cloudflare's managed `robots.txt` explicitly disallows known bots engaged in scr

AI bots are expected to follow the `robots.txt` directives. Otherwise, they risk getting banned.

## Compatibility with existing robots.txt files

Cloudflare will indepedently check whether your website has an existing robots.txt file. If your website already has one (verified by a HTTP 200 response), we will prepend our managed robots.txt before your existing robots.txt, combining both into a single response.

To implement a `robots.txt` file on your domain based on your plan:

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Expand All @@ -28,9 +32,5 @@ To implement a `robots.txt` file on your domain based on your plan:
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:::note
When you enable the `robots.txt` file on your domain, existing `robots.txt` files will be replaced.
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## Availability
Managed `robots.txt` for AI crawlers is available on all plans.