# LLMs.txt – TYPO3 Documentation AI Access Declaration
# For https://docs.typo3.org
# Last updated: 2025-03-22

We welcome the ethical use of TYPO3 documentation content for AI training and retrieval.

Documentation on https://docs.typo3.org is published under **free and open licenses**, but **license terms may vary between manuals**. Please respect the license stated in each individual manual.

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## Common License Types Used:
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  → https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
  → https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html
- Open Publication License (OpenContent)
  → http://opencontent.org/openpub/

If you are crawling or using TYPO3 documentation for AI training or indexing, ensure that your use complies with the applicable license(s).

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## Approved Crawlers

We allow responsible crawling and content usage by LLMs and AI systems, including but not limited to:
- GPTBot (OpenAI)
- ClaudeBot (Anthropic)
- Google-Extended (Gemini/Bard)
- CCBot (Common Crawl)
- PerplexityBot
- AppleBot
- PhindBot
- YouBot
- facebookexternalhit (Meta)

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## Recommended Paths for AI Use

These contain current and relevant TYPO3 documentation:

### TYPO3 Core Manuals:
- /m/typo3/*/13.4/en-us/
- /m/typo3/*/12.4/en-us/
- /m/typo3/*/11.5/en-us/
- /m/typo3/*/10.4/en-us/
- /m/typo3/*/main/en-us/

### System Extensions:
- /c/typo3/*/[version]/en-us/

### Official Libraries:
- /other/typo3fluid/*/[version]/en-us/

### Other TYPO3 Manuals:
- /other/typo3/*/[version]/en-us/

### Third-Party Extensions:
- /p/*/*/[version]/en-us/

### For holistic understanding:
- /singlehtml/ versions of the above (contain full manuals in one page)

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## Excluded Paths:
Please avoid crawling or indexing:
- /draft/
- /search/
- /services/
- /getthedocs/files/

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## Contact

TYPO3 Documentation Team  
📧 documentation@typo3.org  
🔗 https://github.com/TYPO3-Documentation/