diff --git a/src/pages/robots.txt.ts b/src/pages/robots.txt.ts
index 9ab742ae6..b4b777650 100644
--- a/src/pages/robots.txt.ts
+++ b/src/pages/robots.txt.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
 import type { APIRoute } from "astro";
 
 const robotsTxt = `
+# AI Search & Citation Bots — block these = disappear from AI answers
+User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: ChatGPT-User
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: Claude-User
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: PerplexityBot
+Allow: /
+
+# AI Training Bots — feeds model knowledge of Akash
+User-agent: GPTBot
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: ClaudeBot
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: Google-Extended
+Allow: /
+
+User-agent: CCBot
+Allow: /
+
+# Block low-value scrapers
+User-agent: Bytespider
+Disallow: /
+
+# Standard crawlers
 User-agent: *
 Allow: /