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# File Location: /robots.txt
# Environment: Production
# Description: Standard exclusion protocol directives for web crawlers.
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# Global Directives
# Rules applied to all compliant search engine crawlers and bots.
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User-agent: *

# Explicitly allow crawling of all root content (Default behavior)
Allow: /

# Prevent crawling of experimental or development directories
Disallow: /lab/

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# Sitemap Declaration
# Directs search engines to the primary XML sitemap for optimal indexing.
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Sitemap: https://monograph.org/sitemap.xml