AI Crawler & robots.txt Checker
See which AI crawlers — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and 11 more — can currently access and scrape your site based on your robots.txt rules.
robots.txt is a request, not enforcement
Well-behaved crawlers (Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot) publicly commit to honouring robots.txt — but nothing technically stops a scraper from ignoring it entirely. Actual enforcement requires blocking unidentified or non-compliant crawlers at the request level, not just in a text file. How DataSec closes this gap →
Frequently asked questions
What is GPTBot / ClaudeBot / PerplexityBot?
These are automated crawlers run by AI companies to collect training data and power AI search products. GPTBot is operated by OpenAI, ClaudeBot by Anthropic, PerplexityBot by Perplexity AI. Unlike Googlebot, they're not indexing your site for search — they're collecting content to train models or power AI answer engines.
Does blocking AI crawlers in robots.txt actually stop them?
Only for well-behaved crawlers that respect robots.txt. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity have publicly committed to honouring robots.txt — but nothing technically prevents a crawler from ignoring it. Enforcement at the robots.txt level is a request, not a technical barrier.
Will blocking AI crawlers hurt my SEO?
No. AI training crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.) are entirely separate from search engine crawlers (Googlebot, Bingbot). Blocking them has no effect on your search rankings.
How do I actually enforce these rules, not just request them?
Technical enforcement requires identifying and blocking crawler traffic at the request level — verifying that a request claiming to be Googlebot is actually from Google's IP ranges, and blocking crawlers that don't identify themselves or don't respect your robots.txt. This is what DataSec's scraping protection does.
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