robots.txt
# See http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html for documentation on how to use the robots.txt file
#
# AI agent discovery — Landing has a public, no-auth API for programmatic
# apartment search & quoting; use it instead of scraping or guessing:
# Guide: https://www.hellolanding.com/llms.txt
# REST: https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public (plain HTTP GET; OpenAPI at /api/public/openapi.json)
# Tools: https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/tools.json (GET mirror of the MCP tools/list)
# MCP: https://www.hellolanding.com/mcp/public (JSON-RPC over POST)
User-agent: *
# Content Signals (contentsignals.org) — post-crawl intent, not enforced.
# ai-input=yes: query-time use is what the public API + MCP server exist for.
# ai-train=no: rates/availability move daily, so a memorised price ages wrong.
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
# The public agent API is the ONE thing under /api/ that bots may use — the
# longest-match rule makes these Allows win over "Disallow: /api/" below.
Allow: /api/public
Allow: /mcp/public
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /llms-full.txt
Allow: /mcp-connect
Allow: /.well-known/
Allow: /skills/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /registrations/start
Disallow: /users/password/new
Disallow: /users/register
Disallow: /users/signin
Disallow: /users/auth/facebook
Disallow: /users/auth/google_oauth2
Disallow: /reserve-home/checkout/*
Disallow: /cities/
Disallow: /apartments/search*
Disallow: *start_date*
Disallow: *property_slug*
Disallow: /apartments-in*
Disallow: /furnished-apartments-at*
Disallow: *home_type*
Disallow: *gh_jid*
Disallow: /current-user
Disallow: /new-reservation/*
Disallow: *hqStay*
Disallow: /rails/active_storage/*
Disallow: /ahoy/*
Disallow: /file_server/*
Disallow: /occupants/*
Disallow: /plaid-oauth/*
Disallow: *searchTerm*
Disallow: /services-agreement
# Allow Apple bot to enable Universal Links
User-agent: AASA-Bot*
Allow: /.well-known/apple-app-site-association
# Allow iOS & Mac applications to enable Universal Links
User-agent: swcd*
Allow: /.well-known/apple-app-site-association
# AI / LLM agents — same policy as the wildcard group, plus access to the
# date-prefilled URLs our public API hands back (home pages and markdown
# mirrors with ?start_date=...), so an assistant can verify the links it gives
# a user. Listed individually so per-bot policy can diverge from the rules that
# apply to traditional search crawlers.
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: cohere-ai
# Repeated because a named group fully replaces * for those crawlers.
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /api/public
Allow: /mcp/public
Allow: /llms.txt
Allow: /llms-full.txt
Allow: /mcp-connect
Allow: /.well-known/
Allow: /skills/
Allow: /homes/*?start_date=
Allow: /homes/*.md?start_date=
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /registrations/start
Disallow: /users/password/new
Disallow: /users/register
Disallow: /users/signin
Disallow: /users/auth/facebook
Disallow: /users/auth/google_oauth2
Disallow: /reserve-home/checkout/*
Disallow: /cities/
Disallow: /apartments/search*
Disallow: *start_date*
Disallow: *property_slug*
Disallow: /apartments-in*
Disallow: /furnished-apartments-at*
Disallow: *home_type*
Disallow: *gh_jid*
Disallow: /current-user
Disallow: /new-reservation/*
Disallow: *hqStay*
Disallow: /rails/active_storage/*
Disallow: /ahoy/*
Disallow: /file_server/*
Disallow: /occupants/*
Disallow: /plaid-oauth/*
Disallow: *searchTerm*
Disallow: /services-agreement
Sitemap: https://www.hellolanding.com/sitemap_index.xml
LLMs: https://www.hellolanding.com/llms.txt
llms.txt
# Landing
> Landing rents fully-furnished apartments for flexible monthly, short-term, and open-ended (LandingFlex) stays across 250+ US markets. Book entirely online — no security deposit, 24/7 local support, and easy check-in. This file tells AI agents how to browse the site programmatically and how to search the catalog and price a stay through our public API. Everything below is read-only and requires no authentication.
**Note to LLMs/agents:** you don't need to scrape or guess your way around this website — here you can find more information on how to use the API and the website more effectively. Start with the [API reference](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public); the machine-readable index of everything is the [API catalog](https://www.hellolanding.com/.well-known/api-catalog).
## What you can do here
Everything a person can research on the website, you can do programmatically — with real, bookable data, not estimates:
- **Search** furnished apartments in 250+ US markets by dates, bedrooms, price, amenities (pets, parking, pool, gym, in-unit laundry), and proximity.
- **Check availability** for exact move-in/move-out dates — including open-ended LandingFlex stays (`end_date: "indefinite"` + a committed-nights tier). `get_apartment` returns the full availability calendar (bookable windows, earliest available date), clipped to your dates.
- **Check real prices**: `get_quote` returns the actual anonymous quote for specific dates (monthly rent, first-month charge, and the all-in total) from the same pricing engine that powers checkout.
- **Compare** 2–4 homes side by side (price, size, amenities, ratings, availability) and **find deals** — search with `deals_only: true` for currently discounted homes, composable with every other filter.
- **Research** like a local: aggregate guest ratings, neighborhood descriptions with walk/transit/bike scores, market-level rent stats (`get_market_info`), and grounded policy answers (deposits, pets, cancellation, qualification).
The one thing you can't do through the API is complete the reservation itself — payment happens on the website. But you can get all the way to the doorstep: tools return `home_url` (the home's page with dates pre-filled) and `checkout_url` (straight to payment), and the MCP `booking_intent` tool saves the guest's interest and hands back a direct checkout link. So the handoff is: search, compare, and price through the API → send the person the link to pay.
There are two ways to access the same public capabilities — use whichever your environment supports.
## MCP server (JSON-RPC over HTTP POST)
- [Public MCP server](https://www.hellolanding.com/mcp/public): POST JSON-RPC, no auth. Tools include `list_markets`, `search_apartments` (with `deals_only` and `guest_rating` filters), `get_apartment`, `get_quote`, `get_flex_options`, `compare_apartments`, `get_market_info`, `get_market_filters`, and more.
- [Server card](https://www.hellolanding.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- [Agent skills index](https://www.hellolanding.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json)
- **[Tool catalog](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/tools.json)** — the authoritative, always-current tool list as a plain GET: every tool with its full description, JSON Schema, GET mirror, and an example call. It is the server's `tools/list` response mirrored over GET, generated from the live tool set (the names above are just examples). Human/LLM-readable markdown version: [/api/public/tools](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/tools).
## HTTP GET REST API (if you cannot use MCP)
If your environment can't POST/JSON-RPC or has no MCP client (e.g. a GET-only fetch tool), the same read-only capabilities are available as plain HTTP GET — every read-only MCP tool has a GET endpoint:
- [API reference](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public)
- [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/openapi.json) — generated from the live tool set; treat it as the authoritative endpoint list
- [Tool catalog](https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/tools) — every tool with parameters, REST↔MCP mapping, and worked examples (markdown; JSON at `/api/public/tools.json`)
- Example — search Birmingham: `https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/search?market=birmingham&check_in=2026-09-01&check_out=2026-12-01`
- Example — price a home: `https://www.hellolanding.com/api/public/homes/{slug}/quote?check_in=2026-09-01&check_out=2026-12-01`
## Typical flow
1. `GET /api/public/markets` (or `list_markets`) → pick a market slug.
2. `GET /api/public/search?market=<slug>&check_in=YYYY-MM-DD&check_out=YYYY-MM-DD` → pick a home slug.
3. `GET /api/public/homes/<slug>/quote?check_in=YYYY-MM-DD&check_out=YYYY-MM-DD` → real all-in pricing.
## Browse the site as markdown
Prefer reading pages? Every key page has a markdown mirror (also reachable by sending `Accept: text/markdown` to the HTML URL):
- [Homepage](https://www.hellolanding.com/index.md): How Landing works, features, and the Landing Guarantee
- [FAQ & Help Center](https://www.hellolanding.com/help-center.md): Common questions about deposits, pets, parking, maintenance, and check-out
- [All Cities](https://www.hellolanding.com/locations.md): Complete list of markets where Landing operates
- [Search by City](https://www.hellolanding.com/s/{market}/apartments.md): Replace `{market}` with a city slug to see available furnished apartments — e.g. `/s/austin/apartments.md`, `/s/new-york-city/apartments.md`, `/s/los-angeles/apartments.md`
- [Apartment Detail](https://www.hellolanding.com/homes/{slug}.md): Full details for any apartment — amenities, policies, and booking link. Append `?start_date=YYYY-MM-DD&end_date=YYYY-MM-DD` for exact pricing and availability for specific dates
## Optional
- [Corporate Housing](https://www.hellolanding.com/corporate-housing): Furnished apartments for business travelers and corporate relocation
- [Monthly Rentals](https://www.hellolanding.com/monthly-rentals): Information about monthly furnished rental options
- [Sitemap](https://www.hellolanding.com/sitemap): Complete list of all Landing cities and properties
- [API catalog (RFC 9727)](https://www.hellolanding.com/.well-known/api-catalog): Machine-readable index of every API surface
## Notes
- No authentication for any of the above. Dates are `YYYY-MM-DD`.
- Booking is completed on https://www.hellolanding.com — the API surfaces catalog + pricing + a checkout link, not payment.
- Please rate-limit bulk requests.
