# ai.txt — Automated Access & AI Usage Policy for The Armor List
# Operator: IntelAlytic  |  Domain: https://armorlist.com/
# Binding terms: https://armorlist.com/legal
# This file is a machine-readable reservation of rights. Continued automated
# access constitutes acceptance of the terms below.

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# 1. RIGHTS RESERVATION (text & data mining)
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# IntelAlytic expressly RESERVES all text-and-data-mining rights in the content
# and database compilation of The Armor List, including the reservation under
# Article 4(3) of EU Directive 2019/790 (DSM Directive) and equivalent UK/US
# rights. No general license for TDM or AI-model training is granted.
tdm-reservation: 1
tdm-policy: https://armorlist.com/legal

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# 2. PERMITTED USE (public editorial layer only)
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# Answer/citation engines listed in /robots.txt MAY retrieve the PUBLIC
# EDITORIAL layer (The Standard, About, Why, Standards Registry, glossary,
# guides, marketing pages) SOLELY to generate answers that CITE the source
# WITH ATTRIBUTION and a link. Index of permitted URLs: /llms.txt
Allow-citation: /The Standard, /About, /Why, /Standards, /NIJ, /FAQ, /Pricing, /Trust Center, /Article

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# 3. PROHIBITED USE (no exceptions)
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# The following are NOT licensed for retrieval, reproduction, redistribution,
# citation, indexing, or model training by any automated system:
Disallow-training: /            # no use of any content for model training
Disallow-ai: /companies, /company, /products, /product, /materials, /material, /armor-intelligence, /find-a-replacement, /search, /data/, /account, /dashboard, /admin
# The manufacturer/supplier directory, product catalog, materials database, and
# Armor Intelligence are a proprietary compilation protected by copyright and
# database rights. Bulk extraction, scraping, or circumvention of the login gate
# is prohibited and may violate contract, the CFAA, DMCA §1201, and EU/UK
# database rights.

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# 4. ENFORCEMENT
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# Access is logged. Canary records are seeded in proprietary datasets to detect
# and evidence unauthorized extraction. Violations: support@intelalytic.com
# Licensing / API access for verified data: support@intelalytic.com