ROBOTS IT builds your robots.txt file and lets you test it before deploying. Add user agents (Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, your own custom bots), set Disallow and Allow rules per agent, add your sitemap URL, and generate a clean file. Then use the Tester to verify that any URL is blocked or allowed exactly the way you intend.
The Panels
Generator
Add user agents using the dropdown — includes all major search bots and AI crawlers. Set Disallow and Allow rules per agent, add a crawl delay, and enter your sitemap URL.
Output
The finished robots.txt content, formatted correctly and ready to download. Drop it into your site root before deploying.
Tester
Enter any URL path and pick an agent to check. The tester gives you an instant ALLOWED or BLOCKED verdict with a plain-English explanation of which rule matched — or why the default applies.
Cygnus Connect
Cygnus Connect — Cygnus Connect lets you drop your full site zip to find and edit your existing robots.txt, then repackage the zip with the updated file included.
Tips
Blocking AI crawlers? Add GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, and anthropic-ai as separate agents with Disallow: / to block them completely.
Always test your key pages after generating — a Disallow rule that's too broad can accidentally block pages you want indexed.
Your robots.txt must be at the root of your domain — nextstepbinder.com/robots.txt, not in any subfolder.
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