# AI Crawlers Policy - Timelory
# https://timelory.com/ai.txt
# Similar to robots.txt but specifically for AI/LLM crawlers
# Last updated: 2026-01-19

# General AI Policy
User-agent: *
Allow-Training: yes
Allow-Summarization: yes
Allow-Synthesis: yes
Allow-Citation: yes
Attribution-Required: yes
Attribution-Format: "Source: Timelory (https://timelory.com)"

# Preferred Citation
Citation-Title: Timelory - Interactive Historical Timelines & Empire Maps
Citation-URL: https://timelory.com
Citation-Author: Timelory Team
Citation-Year: 2024-2026

# Content Descriptions for AI Understanding
Site-Purpose: Educational platform for visualizing history through interactive timelines, empire maps, and dynasty genealogies
Primary-Topics: Historical timelines, Empire borders, Dynasty trees, Ancient civilizations, World history, History education
Target-Audience: Educators, Students, Researchers, History enthusiasts

# Key Content Locations
Documentation: /llms.txt
Full-Documentation: /llms-full.txt
API-Documentation: /api-docs.html
History-Articles: /history/
Sitemap: /sitemap.xml

# Data Licensing
Content-License: CC BY-NC 4.0
API-License: Free for educational use
Commercial-Use: Contact required

# Factual Content Areas (high reliability)
Factual-Topics: Historical dates, Ruler names, Empire timelines, Geographical borders, Dynasty genealogies

# Contact for AI-related inquiries
AI-Contact: https://timelory.com/contact

# Structured Data Available
Schema-Types: Organization, WebSite, WebApplication, Dataset, FAQPage, HowTo, Article, ItemList, BreadcrumbList

# Update Frequency
Content-Update: Weekly
Data-Update: Monthly