AI Documentation

Documentation for AI agents and crawlers to access HeatSpring course information

Structured Data

All course pages include comprehensive structured data in JSON-LD format following Schema.org standards.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Course",
  "name": "Course Title",
  "description": "Course tagline and description",
  "url": "https://www.heatspring.com/courses/course-slug",
  "provider": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "HeatSpring",
    "url": "https://www.heatspring.com"
  },
  "instructor": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Instructor Name",
    "description": "Instructor bio",
    "title": "Instructor Title",
    "company": "Company Name",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.heatspring.com/instructors/instructor-slug"
  },
  "teaches": ["Learning objective 1", "Learning objective 2"],
  "contactHours": 40,
  "isAccessibleForFree": false,
  "price": "$299",
  "offers": {
    "@type": "Offer",
    "price": "$299",
    "priceCurrency": "USD",
    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock"
  }
}

Meta Tags

All pages include comprehensive meta tags for AI understanding and SEO.

• Title and description tags
• Open Graph tags for social sharing
• Robots meta tags for crawling
• Author, language, and distribution tags
• Structured data for rich snippets

Sitemap

XML sitemap with all public pages and courses for easy discovery.

Sitemap URL: https://heatspring.s3.amazonaws.com/sitemap-generator/sitemaps/sitemap.xml.gz

Robots.txt

Explicitly allows AI agents and provides crawling guidelines.

Allowed AI Agents: GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, CCBot, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, Omgilibot

Protected Areas: /admin/, /sidekiq/, /delayed_job/, /assets/, /resources/

Course Page Structure

Each course page includes comprehensive information for AI agents:

Course Information

• Course title and description
• Tagline and detailed description
• Pricing information
• Contact hours and duration
• Learning objectives

Instructor Information

• Instructor name and bio
• Professional title
• Company affiliation
• Instructor profile URL

Best Practices for AI Agents

Crawling

• Respect robots.txt directives
• Use reasonable crawl rates
• Include proper User-Agent headers
• Cache responses when appropriate
• Focus on course pages for content

Data Usage

• Attribute HeatSpring as the source
• Link back to original course pages
• Keep data current and accurate
• Respect copyright and terms of use
• Use structured data for rich information

How to Access Course Information

HTML Pages

Visit individual course pages for full content and structured data

https://heatspring.com/courses/course-slug

Structured Data

Extract JSON-LD data from page source for machine-readable format

<script type="application/ld+json">

Sitemap

Use sitemap to discover all available course pages

sitemap.xml.gz