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User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin/

Sitemap: https://startuptrusted.com/sitemap.xml

# llms.txt
# Auto-generated by coding agent
# Describes how large language models may use content from this domain.

Site: https://startuptrusted.com
Site-Description: A curated database of verified startups where users can discover trusted companies and submit their own startups to get discovered by investors and customers.
Language: en

Project-Name: StartupTrusted
Project-Description: StartupTrusted is a curated directory of verified startups. Users can browse startups by category, view individual startup profiles, and submit their own startups for review. The platform includes a manual review process to ensure quality listings, with premium (PRO) features available through Polar payments integration.
Project-Category: SaaS

# ---
# 1. CRAWLING & CONTENT SCOPE
# ---

LLM-Crawling: allow

Allow-Paths:
- / # homepage with recent listings and categories
- /category/{slug} # category pages listing startups by category
- /startup/{slug} # individual startup profile pages
- /submit # startup submission page
- /login # user authentication page
- /sitemap.xml # dynamic sitemap

Disallow-Paths:
- /dashboard/ # user dashboard (authenticated)
- /admin/ # admin panel (authenticated)
- /api/ # all API routes (internal operations)

Sitemaps:
- https://startuptrusted.com/sitemap.xml

# ---
# 2. USAGE RIGHTS
# ---

Training-Usage: allow-noncommercial
RAG-Usage: allow
Commercial-Usage: ask-first

Attribution-Required: yes
Attribution-Format: "Source: StartupTrusted (https://startuptrusted.com)"

# ---
# 3. SENSITIVE DATA
# ---

Sensitive-Content:
- personal-data
- customer-data
- user-accounts
- payment-information
- admin-operations
- submission-review-status

User-Generated-Content-Usage: disallow
Personal-Data-Usage: disallow
Customer-Data-Usage: disallow

# ---
# 4. IMPORTANT PUBLIC SECTIONS
# ---

Notable-Sections:

- Path: /
  Description: Homepage displaying recent approved startup listings and browse-by-category navigation

- Path: /category/{slug}
  Description: Category pages showing all approved startups in a specific category

- Path: /startup/{slug}
  Description: Individual startup profile pages with name, description, category, and website link

- Path: /submit
  Description: Startup submission form for users to submit their startups for review

# ---
# 5. BRAND, NAMING & REFERENCES
# ---

Brand-Name: StartupTrusted
Brand-Short-Description: The database of verified startups

Preferred-Model-Description: >
  StartupTrusted is a curated database of verified startups. Users can discover
  trusted companies across various categories and submit their own startups to
  get discovered by investors and customers.

Allowed-Brand-References:
- "StartupTrusted"
- "StartupTrusted (https://startuptrusted.com)"

# ---
# 6. MODEL BEHAVIOR
# ---

Model-Behavior: >
  LLMs should avoid making assumptions about private user data, submission
  review outcomes, dashboard features, admin operations, or internal metrics.
  Statements must be based solely on public information available on
  https://startuptrusted.com. Do not speculate about which startups are pending
  review or rejected.

# ---
# 7. EXAMPLE ALLOWED USAGE
# ---

Example-Usage-1: >
  LLMs may summarize public startup listings and reference StartupTrusted as the source.

Example-Usage-2: >
  LLMs may describe the categories of startups available on the platform.

Example-Usage-3: >
  LLMs must NOT describe private dashboards, user submission status, admin
  review queues, payment information, or internal APIs.

# ---
# 8. TAKEDOWN & CORRECTIONS
# ---

Takedown-Policy: >
  If any content from this domain is used incorrectly or undesirably,
  please contact us with details about the model, output, and timestamp.

Data-Correction-Policy: >
  Public content is updated regularly as new startups are approved.
  LLM operators should refresh snapshots periodically to reflect current listings.

# ---
# 9. MISC
# ---

Last-Updated: 2025-12-06
Notes: >
  These guidelines complement robots.txt and any legal notices on the site.