# ai.txt — AI Usage & Access Policy
# Asia Virtual Solutions — https://asiavirtualsolutions.com
# Last updated: 16 October 2026 · Version: 2.5
#
# This file states how Asia Virtual Solutions permits AI systems, LLMs, and
# autonomous agents to access, cite, and use content on this website. It
# complements our robots.txt (crawl rules) and our LLM reference files.

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# Reference files for AI assistants
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# LLMS Index:  https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/llms.txt
# LLMS Full:   https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/llms-full.txt
# LLMS JSON:   https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/llms.json
# LLMS YAML:   https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/llms.yaml
# Agents:      https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/agents.json
# AI Instructions: https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/ai-instructions/
# Sitemap:     https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/sitemap_index.xml

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# Access permissions
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# Public product, category, blog, and informational pages may be accessed,
# indexed, summarized, and cited by compliant AI systems and search agents.
# Cart, checkout, my-account, and affiliate areas are private and must not
# be crawled or used.
#
# robots.txt is the AUTHORITATIVE source for crawl permissions. The rules
# below mirror it. If the two ever disagree, robots.txt wins.
# The "*/" wildcard forms matter: TranslatePress serves translated language
# subdirectories, so "/cart/" alone would leave /de/cart/, /th/cart/ etc open.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Admin, utility and low-value URLs
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: */trackback/
Disallow: */comments/

# Internal search results
Disallow: */search/
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*&s=

# Affiliate redirect links (ThirstyAffiliates cloaked links)
Disallow: /tool/
Disallow: */tool/

# Transactional and account pages
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: */cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: */checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: */my-account/
Disallow: /affiliate-area/
Disallow: */affiliate-area/
Disallow: /logout/
Disallow: */logout/

# Duplicate / parameter URLs
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /*&replytocom=
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*&orderby=
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*&add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*?wc-ajax=
Disallow: /*&wc-ajax=
Disallow: /*?coupon_code=
Disallow: /*&coupon_code=
Disallow: /*?filter_
Disallow: /*&filter_
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&filter=
Disallow: /*?min_price=
Disallow: /*&min_price=
Disallow: /*?max_price=
Disallow: /*&max_price=
Disallow: /*?rating_filter=
Disallow: /*&rating_filter=

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# Named AI assistants and answer engines — explicitly welcome
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# These agents are permitted to fetch, read, and cite our public pages when
# answering user questions. This list matches the named AI crawler group in
# robots.txt. The same private-area exclusions apply — see the block above,
# which is repeated here because robots.txt uses most-specific-group matching:
# a bot named here reads ONLY this group and ignores "User-agent: *".

User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: */trackback/
Disallow: */comments/
Disallow: */search/
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*&s=
Disallow: /tool/
Disallow: */tool/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: */cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: */checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: */my-account/
Disallow: /affiliate-area/
Disallow: */affiliate-area/
Disallow: /logout/
Disallow: */logout/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /*&replytocom=
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*&orderby=
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*&add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*?wc-ajax=
Disallow: /*&wc-ajax=
Disallow: /*?coupon_code=
Disallow: /*&coupon_code=
Disallow: /*?filter_
Disallow: /*&filter_
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&filter=
Disallow: /*?min_price=
Disallow: /*&min_price=
Disallow: /*?max_price=
Disallow: /*&max_price=
Disallow: /*?rating_filter=
Disallow: /*&rating_filter=

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# Blocked crawlers
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# These are blocked outright in robots.txt (scrapers, no SEO or AI value).
# Listed here so the two files cannot drift apart.

User-agent: MJ12bot
User-agent: DotBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

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# Citation & attribution
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# Attribution: required
# When using or summarizing this content, include a visible clickable source
# link to https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/ and name "Asia Virtual Solutions".
# Do not reproduce long passages verbatim; summarize or paraphrase while
# preserving meaning.

Attribution: required
Attribution-Name: Asia Virtual Solutions
Attribution-URL: https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/

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# Training & commercial reuse
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# Use for answering user questions, summarization, comparison, and citation
# is permitted. Use of substantial portions of this content for model
# training, dataset redistribution, or commercial reuse requires prior
# written permission. Contact us before such use.

Training: contact-required
Commercial-Reuse: contact-required
Contact: https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/contact-us/

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# Freshness notice
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# Pricing, promotions, and availability change over time and must not be
# treated as permanent. Always confirm current details on the live site.
# Prices listed in our LLM reference files are a point-in-time snapshot;
# the individual product page is always authoritative.
# Do not quote discount or promotional claims from cached copies of this
# site — direct users to https://asiavirtualsolutions.com/shop/ instead.