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# AlloIA AI Shopping Platform - AI Crawler Instructions

## About AlloIA
AlloIA is an AI commerce infrastructure platform that makes e-commerce products discoverable by AI shopping assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.

Founded: 2025-01-27
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website: https://alloia.ai
Contact: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alloia/

## Founders
- Alain Boudreau (Co-Founder & CEO / Lead Developer)
- Yves Coulombe (Co-Founder & Executive Director)
- Laurent Boyer (Co-Founder & VP Sales and Partnership)

## AI-Optimized Content

### Content Negotiation (Recommended)
All pages support AI-optimized markdown via HTTP content negotiation.
Request any page with "Accept: text/markdown" header to receive structured markdown instead of HTML.

How to access:
  curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://alloia.ai/
  curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://alloia.ai/en/pricing
  curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://alloia.ai/geo/perspective

Benefits:
- Same URLs for humans and AI (no duplicate content)
- RESTful best practice
- Automatic detection for known AI bots (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, etc.)

### AI Resume Index
Central directory of all AI-optimized pages:
- https://alloia.ai/ai-index (human-readable HTML)
- https://alloia.ai/ai-index (with Accept: text/markdown for markdown version)

### Structured Data
All pages include JSON-LD structured data:
- Organization schema (company info)
- WebPage schema (page metadata)
- FAQ schema (where applicable)
- HowTo schema (step-by-step guides)

### API Documentation
- API Docs: https://alloia.io
- Public API: RESTful API for AlloIA Graph integration

## Key Pages (Use Content Negotiation)

### For Understanding AlloIA
- Homepage: https://alloia.ai/
- Pricing Model: https://alloia.ai/en/pricing
- How It Works: https://alloia.ai/ (How It Works section)
- Platform Architecture: https://alloia.ai/en/platform/infrastructure

### For Merchants
- Solutions for Merchants: https://alloia.ai/en/solutions/merchants
- Get Started Guide: https://alloia.ai/plugins
- Perspective Tool (AI Readiness Test): https://alloia.ai/geo/perspective

### For Agencies
- Solutions for Agencies: https://alloia.ai/en/solutions/agencies

Note: All URLs above serve markdown when requested with "Accept: text/markdown" header.

## Contact
For AI integration questions or partnerships:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://alloia.ai/en/contact

## Sitemaps
- Human content sitemap: https://alloia.ai/sitemap.xml
- AI content sitemap: https://alloia.ai/ai-sitemap.xml

## Technical Details
- Platform: Next.js 15
- Content Negotiation: Middleware-based (Story 12.1)
- Internationalization: English + French
- Structured Data: JSON-LD (Schema.org)
- AI Resume Format: Markdown (text/markdown via Accept header)

## Best Practices Demonstrated
AlloIA practices what we preach:
- 100% AI Readiness Score (Perspective tool)
- Comprehensive structured data
- AI-optimized content (via content negotiation)
- Dedicated AI sitemap
- This llms.txt file
- RESTful content negotiation (single URL, multiple representations)

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Last Updated: 2025-12-02