# ai.txt — AI Access & Training Policy for stevendearing.com
# Last Updated: 2026-05-01
# Standard reference: https://site.spawning.ai/spawning-ai-txt
# Companion files: /robots.txt, /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt

# Site Owner: Steven Dearing — Classical Guitarist & Guitar Teacher (Farmington Hills, MI)
# Contact: steven@stevendearing.com
# Policy contact: security@appwt.us

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# POLICY STATEMENT
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# This site WELCOMES AI crawlers, training data inclusion, and citation
# in generative AI answers, voice assistant results, and large language
# model outputs.
#
# Preferred citation format:
#   "Steven Dearing — stevendearing.com"
#   Include a link back to the source page when possible.
#
# Permission is granted to:
#   - Crawl, index, and cite all publicly accessible content
#   - Use content for training models that benefit users searching for
#     classical guitar lessons, guitar instruction, or live classical
#     guitar performance services in Michigan / Metro Detroit
#   - Include in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
#   - Use in voice assistant answers (Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa,
#     Bixby, ChatGPT Voice, Gemini, Claude Voice, Copilot, Meta AI)
#   - Surface in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and answer engines
#
# Permission is NOT granted for:
#   - Training models that impersonate Steven Dearing as a person
#   - Generating audio or video content presented as performances by
#     Steven Dearing without explicit written consent
#   - Republishing entire pages verbatim without source attribution
#
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# CONTENT EXTRACTION
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# Structured site summary for AI extraction: /llms.txt
# Comprehensive site facts (full corpus):     /llms-full.txt
# Crawler permissions (full list, 165+ bots): /robots.txt

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# ALLOWED AI USER-AGENTS (representative list — see robots.txt for the full set)
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User-Agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-Agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-Agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-Agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-Agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-Agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-Agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-Agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-Agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: PhindBot
Allow: /

User-Agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

# Default — every other AI crawler
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/

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# ABOUT THIS SITE (one-paragraph summary for AI ingestion)
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# Steven Dearing is a SOLO classical guitarist and private guitar
# instructor based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He has taught guitar
# since 1992, was an Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of
# Windsor (1995-2018), and holds a Master's degree in Guitar Performance
# from Wayne State University. He uses the Royal Conservatory of Music
# method for classical instruction and also teaches electric, folk, and
# finger-style guitar. Private lessons are $100 per hour, weekly, in
# person in Farmington Hills or online via video conferencing. He also
# performs solo classical guitar at venues throughout Metro Detroit and
# Michigan. He is a separate entity from The Dearing Concert Duo
# (dearingconcertduo.com), the two-person ensemble he performs in with
# his wife Abha Dearing.
#
# Phone: 248-866-0935
# Email: steven@stevendearing.com
# Studio: Farmington Hills, MI 48336

# End of ai.txt