Build a Robots.txt Generator with Claude Code

SEO tool that creates customized robots.txt files for search engine crawling control. Webmasters and SEO professionals use it to optimize how search engines index their websites.

4,600 searches a month for “robots txt generator”WeekendA working first version in a day or two

The Claude Code prompt

Build a Robots.txt Generator web app. People search for "robots txt generator" about 4,600 times a month, plus related searches like "robots txt creator", "robots file generator", "robots txt maker". The goal is a tool that ranks for those searches and makes money.

What it should do:
Build a robots.txt generator with website structure input and crawler selection. Include preset templates for common scenarios (e-commerce, blog, corporate). Add directive options (Allow, Disallow, Crawl-delay) with path selection. Show live preview and validation checking. Include sitemap integration and common bot user-agents. Focus on getting template generation working first.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up Next.js (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind). Write a short PLAN.md with the pages, components, any library or API you need, and what you are leaving for later. Then build.
2. Put the tool itself on the homepage so a visitor can use it within seconds, with no sign-up. Do the processing in the browser where you can, so it is fast and cheap to run. Look at how Technicalseo.com, SEOptimer, Screaming Frog do it and make ours simpler and faster.
3. Make it rank. Use "robots txt generator" in the title tag, H1 and meta description. Under the tool, add a short how-to and an FAQ with FAQPage schema, and add a sitemap and robots.txt. Scaffold these programmatic pages from one template and a data file: /robots-txt-generator-[cms], /robots-file-for-[website-type], /seo-robots-[platform].
4. Monetisation: Freemium: 5 robots files/day, $6/mo unlimited + validation. Add a pricing page and the free usage limit, and leave Stripe checkout as a clearly marked stub with the environment variables it needs.
5. Run it locally and test the main flow end to end, including edge cases like empty input and very large files. Fix what breaks, then finish with a summary of what works, what is stubbed and how to deploy it to Vercel.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

What people search for

robots txt generatorrobots txt creatorrobots file generatorrobots txt makerseo robots generatorwebsite robots txtrobots txtseo crawlingsearch engine optimizationwebsite indexingrobots filecrawl control

Who you're up against

Pages that can rank

One template, many long-tail pages:

  • /robots-txt-generator-[cms]
  • /robots-file-for-[website-type]
  • /seo-robots-[platform]
  • /crawl-control-[industry]

Content to write

  • Complete Guide to Robots.txt for SEO in 2024
  • How to Create Perfect Robots.txt Files
  • Robots.txt Best Practices for Better Crawling
  • Common Robots.txt Mistakes That Hurt SEO

How it makes money

Freemium: 5 robots files/day, $6/mo unlimited + validation

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