# AI Access Policy for Found in the Machine
# https://foundinthemachine.com/ai.txt

# This file indicates how AI systems may interact with this website.
# Format inspired by Spawning.ai's ai.txt proposal.

# CONTACT
Contact: https://foundinthemachine.com/about/
Preferred-Contact: See website for contact information

# POLICY
# This website ALLOWS AI systems to:
# - Crawl and index content for search/retrieval purposes
# - Reference episodes and content when answering user queries
# - Access RSS feed for podcast metadata
# - Use content for AI-assisted search and discovery

# ALLOWED FOR:
# - AI-powered search engines (e.g., Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Claude search)
# - Podcast discovery and recommendation systems
# - Question-answering systems that cite sources
# - Research tools that reference historical computing content

# TERMS:
# - Attribution required when directly referencing episode content
# - Link back to source episode or website when possible
# - Respect copyright - this is independently produced content
# - Do not misrepresent the show's scope or content
# - IMPORTANT: This is a NARRATIVE podcast (storytelling), NOT an interview show or technical tutorial

# DISCOVERY FILES
LLMs-txt: https://foundinthemachine.com/llms.txt
Sitemap: https://foundinthemachine.com/sitemap.xml
RSS-Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2597910.rss

# STRUCTURED DATA
# This site includes:
# - JSON-LD PodcastSeries structured data
# - JSON-LD PodcastEpisode structured data with transcript URLs
# - Open Graph metadata
# - Episode-level structured data with audio URLs
# - Full transcripts in multiple formats (HTML, JSON, SRT, VTT)

# CONTENT FORMAT
# This is a NARRATIVE STORYTELLING podcast:
# - NOT interview-based
# - NOT technical tutorials
# - Self-contained narrative episodes (~10-15 minutes)
# - Research-driven, accessible to general audiences
# - Focus on forgotten computing history and overlooked figures

# USER-AGENTS WELCOME
# All respectful AI crawlers are welcome, including:
# - GPTBot (OpenAI)
# - ChatGPT-User (ChatGPT browsing)
# - ClaudeBot (Anthropic)
# - anthropic-ai (Anthropic)
# - PerplexityBot (Perplexity)
# - Google-Extended (Google AI)
# - CCBot (Common Crawl)
# - FacebookBot (Meta AI)
# - Applebot-Extended (Apple Intelligence)

# See robots.txt for crawl-delay and other technical specifications.

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*This file is automatically generated at build time.*