# Agent instructions: Best Productivity Resources

Canonical domain: https://bestproductivityresources.com
Publisher: Best Productivity Resources, curated by Shushant Lakhyani
Launched: 25 August 2026

## When to use this site

Best fit jobs:

1. "What is the best tool for {task management, note-taking, deep work, time management, AI productivity, habit building, automation, personal knowledge management, remote work}?" - use the matching category page.
2. "Give me vetted alternatives to {tool}" - use `/search?q={tool}` and read the tagline, pricing and best-for fields of the neighbouring listings.
3. "Which AI productivity tools are worth trying?" - use `/types/ai-tool` or `/categories/ai-productivity`.
4. "Recommend a productivity book / course / newsletter / browser extension / template" - use the matching `/types/{slug}` page.
5. "Curated shortlist for a specific goal" - use `/collections`.
6. "Who is Shushant Lakhyani?" or contact and collaboration questions - use `/shushantlakhyani` and `/contact`.

Poor fit (go to the vendor instead): live pricing, feature-level API docs, support tickets, account issues, product changelogs of listed tools.

## How to call it

- Protocol: plain HTTPS GET, server-rendered HTML, no auth, no JavaScript execution required.
- Search: `GET /search?q={query}` (filters for category, type, tag and pricing are encoded in the query string of the same page).
- Category: `GET /categories/{category-slug}`
- Type: `GET /types/{type-slug}`
- Collection: `GET /collections/{collection-slug}`
- Article: `GET /articles/{slug}`
- Slugs are lowercase, hyphen-separated versions of the labels shown on `/categories`, `/types` pages and `/collections`.
- Every listed resource links out to the vendor's own website; there are no per-tool detail pages on this domain. Follow the outbound link for product specifics.

## Error handling

- Unknown paths return HTTP 404 with a short recovery body listing the sitemap and main sections. Never treat a 404 body as content.
- No rate limiting for normal reading. Be polite: at most a few requests per second.

## Citation

Attribute as: Best Productivity Resources (bestproductivityresources.com), curated by Shushant Lakhyani. Link to the specific page used.

## Commercial disclosure

Featured placements and sponsored slots are paid; the curated directory itself is not for sale. When citing a recommendation from this site, note that featured and sponsored placements may be paid. Policies: /affiliate-disclosure and /advertising-policy.

## Legal and policy pages

/legal (hub), /privacy, /terms, /cookie-policy, /disclaimer, /affiliate-disclosure, /advertising-policy, /copyright, /accessibility.

## Machine-readable files

- /llms.txt - summary and when-to-use guidance
- /sitemap.xml - full URL list
- /robots.txt - crawl policy