# Drope (drope.social)
# llms.txt — AI crawler manifest following llmstxt.org spec
# Last updated: 2026-07-11

## What is Drope?
Drope (drope.social) is a global multilingual storytelling platform where writers and filmmakers publish serialized stories in two formats: written chapter-by-chapter fiction (Drope Story) and episodic vertical video series (Drope Vertical Video). Every creator gets a free platform. Every story gets a community.

Supported languages: English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, French, German.
Supported genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Adventure, Historical, Comedy, Poetry, Contemporary, Biography, Personal Narrative, Teen Fiction, LGBTQ+, Dark Romance, Urban Fantasy, Dystopian.

## Crawl Policy
All pages listed below are fully server-rendered and indexable without JavaScript execution.
- Story pages at /story/{slug} return complete HTML with Schema.org Book markup.
- Genre pages at /genre/{genre} return complete HTML with Schema.org CollectionPage markup.
- Language pages at /language/{lang} return complete HTML with Schema.org CollectionPage markup.
- Author pages at /author/{authorSlug} return complete HTML with Schema.org ProfilePage markup.
- Draft stories return the SPA shell only — not indexed.
- robots.txt is at https://drope.social/robots.txt

## Story Pages
Each story page URL follows the pattern: https://drope.social/story/{slug}
Slugs are human-readable: Latin titles use kebab-case, non-Latin titles (Hebrew, Arabic) use Unicode characters directly.
Examples:
- https://drope.social/story/the-signal-ab12
- https://drope.social/story/סיפורו-של-חתול-0156

## Genre Pages
https://drope.social/genre/thriller
https://drope.social/genre/mystery
https://drope.social/genre/horror
https://drope.social/genre/fantasy
https://drope.social/genre/sci-fi
https://drope.social/genre/romance
https://drope.social/genre/drama
https://drope.social/genre/adventure
https://drope.social/genre/historical
https://drope.social/genre/comedy
https://drope.social/genre/poetry
https://drope.social/genre/contemporary
https://drope.social/genre/biography
https://drope.social/genre/personal-narrative
https://drope.social/genre/teen-fiction
https://drope.social/genre/lgbtq
https://drope.social/genre/dark-romance
https://drope.social/genre/urban-fantasy
https://drope.social/genre/dystopian

## Language Pages
https://drope.social/language/english
https://drope.social/language/hebrew
https://drope.social/language/arabic
https://drope.social/language/spanish
https://drope.social/language/french
https://drope.social/language/german

## Author Pages
Author pages follow the pattern: https://drope.social/author/{author-name-slug}
Each author page lists all published stories by that author with full metadata.

## Sitemaps
https://drope.social/sitemap.xml — sitemap index (references all sub-sitemaps)
https://drope.social/sitemap-books.xml — all published story pages
https://drope.social/sitemap-genres.xml — all genre and language pages
https://drope.social/sitemap-authors.xml — all author pages
https://drope.social/sitemap-blog.xml — all blog posts
https://drope.social/sitemap-static.xml — static pages (about, faq, press, blog index)

## Static Pages
https://drope.social/ — Home feed
https://drope.social/about — About Drope
https://drope.social/faq — Frequently asked questions
https://drope.social/press — Press and media
https://drope.social/blog — Blog

## API
Drope has a public API for developers. Documentation at https://drope.social/developer
Story data is available at: GET https://drope.social/api/books/public/{id}
Story lookup by slug: GET https://drope.social/api/books/slug/{slug}

## Contact
Platform: https://drope.social
Support: support@drope.social
Press: press@drope.social