Exclude URLs from syncing

Written by:Amr Mohamed

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URL exclusions help you control which pages your AI Agent can access and use during conversations.

This is useful for excluding:

  • admin pages

  • checkout pages

  • account areas

  • duplicate content

  • internal tools

  • unnecessary pages

Open the website sync settings

To exclude pages from syncing:

  1. Open Content Library

  2. Stay inside the Sources tab

  3. Open your website source

  4. Find URL globs to exclude

Inside this field, you can add URL patterns that should be ignored during crawling.

Add exclusion patterns

Mando AI supports wildcard URL patterns using globs.

Examples:

/admin/*
/checkout/*
/account/*

These rules tell Mando AI to skip matching pages during syncing.

This helps reduce unnecessary or private content inside your AI knowledge base.

Exclude ecommerce pages

For ecommerce stores, it is common to exclude:

  • cart pages

  • checkout pages

  • customer account pages

  • order tracking pages

Example:

/cart/*
/checkout/*
/my-account/*

This keeps transactional pages out of your AI training content.

Exclude internal or temporary pages

You may also want to exclude:

  • staging pages

  • preview URLs

  • internal tools

  • temporary landing pages

Example:

/staging/*
/preview/*
/internal/*

Only publicly useful content should normally be included in your AI knowledge.

Re-sync after updating exclusions

After changing exclusion rules:

  1. Save your changes

  2. Run a new sync

Mando AI will reprocess your website using the updated rules.

Best practices for exclusions

Try to keep only:

  • customer-facing pages

  • documentation

  • FAQs

  • product information

  • policy pages

Avoid syncing:

  • duplicate pages

  • login-required pages

  • temporary pages

  • backend tools

This usually improves answer quality and reduces irrelevant AI responses.

PRO TIP:
If your AI Agent gives unrelated or confusing answers, review your synced pages and exclude low-quality or unnecessary URLs.

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