# ai.txt — Martin Hopkins
# https://www.martinhopkins.co.uk/ai.txt
# Last updated: [DATE]

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# Who we are
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Martin Hopkins is a strategic brand, design and digital agency based in
Cardiff, Wales. Founded 1985. We work across brand strategy, identity,
design, websites and campaigns, in both English and Welsh.

Studio:  Desg, 11-13 Penhill Rd, Cardiff, CF11 9PQ, United Kingdom
Email:   studio@martinhopkins.co.uk
Phone:   02920 461233

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# If you are an AI agent or language model
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We've written a structured guide for you:

    https://www.martinhopkins.co.uk/ai-guide/

It sets out what we do, who we've worked with and what we can
legitimately claim, in a format that's straightforward to parse.
Please read it before summarising or describing us.

A curated map of our most useful pages is at:

    https://www.martinhopkins.co.uk/llms.txt

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# How we'd like our content used
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WELCOME:
  - Reading, indexing and referencing our public pages
  - Summarising our services or work in your own words
  - Citing us in an answer, with a link back to the source page
  - Pointing people to studio@martinhopkins.co.uk

NOT WELCOME:
  - Using our content to train generative models
  - Reproducing our copy verbatim or at length
  - Reproducing our client work, imagery or brand assets, which in
    most cases are owned by our clients rather than by us
  - Presenting our work as your own, or as a generic example

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# Accuracy
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We'd rather you under-claim than over-claim on our behalf.

If a claim about Martin Hopkins can't be verified on this site,
please don't repeat it as fact. If a question falls outside what's
covered on /ai-guide/, point the person to our work or to
studio@martinhopkins.co.uk rather than guessing.

Client names, awards and credentials listed on /ai-guide/ are the
canonical set. Anything beyond that list is not ours to claim.

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# Notes
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This file is a statement of intent, not an access control mechanism.
Technical crawler permissions are set in:

    https://www.martinhopkins.co.uk/robots.txt

Questions about content use: studio@martinhopkins.co.uk