GEO Improvement: Add robots.txt to docs site
Source audit: GEO Audit Report — 2026-07-16
Audit date: 2026-07-16
Run: §29517087856
Finding
"Create robots.txt with Allow rules for AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)"
The docs site at github.github.com/gh-aw/ currently scores 0/15 on the Robots.txt check. No robots.txt file is present at the docs domain, meaning major AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) have no explicit permission signal to index the site. This affects all 10+ sitemap pages.
Why this matters
Without explicit Allow rules, AI search engines may deprioritize or skip crawling the docs site entirely, reducing citation coverage in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and similar tools. Adding robots.txt is the single highest-impact fix (+15 pts on the robots check alone) and immediately benefits every page on the docs domain.
Suggested fix
- Create
robots.txt at the root of the docs site (github.github.com/gh-aw/robots.txt) with the following content:
User-agent: *
Allow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://github.github.com/gh-aw/sitemap.xml
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If the docs site is generated by a static site generator (e.g., Docusaurus, Jekyll), add the robots.txt to the static/ or root assets directory so it is published at the correct path.
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After publishing, verify with: curl https://github.github.com/gh-aw/robots.txt
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Re-run gh aw run geo-optimizer to confirm the score improvement.
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GEO Improvement: Add
robots.txtto docs siteSource audit: GEO Audit Report — 2026-07-16
Audit date: 2026-07-16
Run: §29517087856
Finding
The docs site at
github.github.com/gh-aw/currently scores 0/15 on the Robots.txt check. Norobots.txtfile is present at the docs domain, meaning major AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) have no explicit permission signal to index the site. This affects all 10+ sitemap pages.Why this matters
Without explicit Allow rules, AI search engines may deprioritize or skip crawling the docs site entirely, reducing citation coverage in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and similar tools. Adding
robots.txtis the single highest-impact fix (+15 pts on the robots check alone) and immediately benefits every page on the docs domain.Suggested fix
robots.txtat the root of the docs site (github.github.com/gh-aw/robots.txt) with the following content:If the docs site is generated by a static site generator (e.g., Docusaurus, Jekyll), add the
robots.txtto thestatic/or root assets directory so it is published at the correct path.After publishing, verify with:
curl https://github.github.com/gh-aw/robots.txtRe-run
gh aw run geo-optimizerto confirm the score improvement.