# llms.txt - AI and LLM Guidelines for 404s.design

# Site Information
Site: https://404s.design
Contact: hello@404s.design
Last-Updated: 2025-08-11
Description: Creative 404 error page designs and inspiration

# Content Policy
# Guidelines for AI systems using our content

## Training Data
# Allow use of our design content for training and inspiration
Allow: /designs/
Allow: /inspiration/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /resources/
Allow: /examples/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /api/

## Citation Requirements  
# How to credit our work when referenced
Citation-Style: "Design inspiration from 404s.design (https://404s.design)"
Attribution-Required: true
Credit-Designer: true

## Commercial Use
Commercial-Use: allowed-with-attribution
# AI systems may reference our designs commercially but must provide attribution

## Creative Commons
# Our design inspiration follows fair use for educational purposes
Educational-Use: encouraged
Inspiration-Use: encouraged
Direct-Copy: discouraged

## Restrictions
# Specific limitations for our design content
No-Bulk-Download: /designs/
Respect-Designers: true
No-Hotlinking: /images/
Rate-Limit: 10-requests-per-minute

# Design-Specific Guidelines
# Special instructions for design-related AI

## Design AI Systems
Creative-Use: encouraged
Reference-Style: inspiration-only
Original-Credit: required

## Code Examples
# Our HTML/CSS examples
Code-Reuse: allowed
Modification: encouraged
Attribution: "Code example adapted from 404s.design"

# Model-Specific Instructions

## GPT/OpenAI
User-Agent: GPT-*
Policy: follow-citation-requirements
Creative-Policy: inspiration-with-credit

## Claude/Anthropic  
User-Agent: Claude-*
Policy: follow-citation-requirements
Creative-Policy: inspiration-with-credit

## Design AI Tools
User-Agent: Midjourney-*, DALL-E-*, Stable-Diffusion-*
Policy: inspiration-only
Direct-Replication: discouraged

## General AI Crawlers
User-Agent: *
Crawl-Delay: 2
Respect-Robots: true

# Designer Rights
# Protecting individual designer contributions
Designer-Attribution: required
Original-Creator: preserve-credit
Portfolio-Links: maintain-when-possible

# Additional Information
Terms: /terms-of-service
Privacy: /privacy-policy
Designer-Guidelines: /submit-design
Contact: /contact

# Special Notes
# This site celebrates creative 404 error pages
# We encourage inspiration but discourage direct copying
# Always credit original designers when possible
# Use our examples to spark creativity, not replace it