# llms.txt - GraduationSource
# Purpose: Guidance for Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents that access this site.
# Last-Updated: 2026-02-06
# Canonical: https://www.graduationsource.com/llms.txt

# Contact for AI usage, licensing, or takedown requests:
# https://www.graduationsource.com/about-us/contact-us.html

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# 1) High-level policy (applies to all LLMs unless overridden)
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User-agent: *
# Allowed uses:
Use: browse
Use: retrieval
Use: summarization

# Restrictions:
Training: disallow
Fine-tuning: disallow
Model-improvement: disallow
Dataset-creation: disallow
Embedding/Indexing: allow

# Attribution rules:
Attribution: required
Preferred-Attribution: "GraduationSource (graduationsource.com)"
Canonical-Preference: required

# Quoting rules (reduce verbatim reproduction):
# Small, attributed excerpts are ok; do not reproduce large portions of pages.
Max-Quote: 90-words
No-Republish: true

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# 2) Access rules (mirror the intent of robots.txt)
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# Block transactional and account areas
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /onestepcheckout/
Disallow: /customer/
Disallow: /customer/section/load/

# Block internal Magento technical directories and files
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /lib/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /var/
Disallow: /phpserver/
Disallow: /pkginfo/
Disallow: /report/
Disallow: /index.php/
Disallow: /pub/

# Block common parameterized / duplicate URL patterns
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /*SID=

# Block CMS and duplication-prone areas
Disallow: /sendfriend/
Disallow: /review/
Disallow: /blog/page/*
Disallow: /blog/?*

# Block internal search and compare pages
Disallow: /catalogsearch/
Disallow: /catalog/product_compare/
Disallow: /catalog/category/view/
Disallow: /catalog/product/view/
Disallow: /catalog/

# Optional legacy paths
Disallow: /files/
Disallow: /pdf/
Disallow: /Book/

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# 3) Allowed public content
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Allow: /

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# 4) Discovery
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Sitemap: https://www.graduationsource.com/pub/sitemap.xml

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# 5) Notes for AI agents
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# - Treat URLs with query parameters as non-canonical
# - Prefer canonical URLs when summarizing or citing
# - Summarize policies instead of quoting large sections