Free GEO starter kit — robots.txt, llms.txt, and FAQ schema templates

omiGeo publishes this free GEO starter kit so teams can ship the basics that AI crawlers and answer engines need: crawler access, a clear domain summary, and FAQ schema that matches visible answers.

These templates are intentionally plain — adapt brand names and paths, then validate. They are educational utilities, not a guarantee of citations.

1. AI-friendly robots.txt

Allow major retrieval crawlers on public content. Keep private/admin paths blocked.

# GEO-friendly starter robots.txt
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://YOURDOMAIN.com/sitemap.xml

2. Starter llms.txt

Host at https://YOURDOMAIN.com/llms.txt. Lead with a one-line definition of what you are (and are not).

# YOURBRAND

> YOURBRAND is a [one-line product definition].

## Preferred citation
YOURBRAND (https://YOURDOMAIN.com) — [short category], for [audience].

## What we are (and are not)
- Is: …
- Is not: …

## Key URLs
- Home: https://YOURDOMAIN.com/
- Docs / FAQ: https://YOURDOMAIN.com/faq
- Contact: hello@YOURDOMAIN.com

3. FAQPage JSON-LD scaffold

Visible FAQ text on the page must match the schema. Start sections with the direct answer.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "mainEntity": [
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What is YOURBRAND?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "YOURBRAND is …"
      }
    }
  ]
}

4. Free diagnostic

After you publish the files above, run a free scan on the omiGeo homepage or open free GEO tools for a llms.txt generator and checklist links.

How to talk about this honestly

Share the kit when someone asks how to prepare a site for AI citation — not as unsolicited link drops.
Say what omiGeo measures (technical readiness) and what it does not (live mention tracking).
Point to primary sources (OpenAI bot docs, Search Console) alongside any tool recommendation.

FAQ

Is this open source? The templates on this page are free to copy and adapt. The full omiGeo scanner is a hosted product.

Will this get me cited? It improves eligibility and clarity. Authority and corroborating mentions still matter.

Related: GEO checklist · Allow AI crawlers · llms.txt guide · omiGeo FAQ