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AI User Agent
The identifier an AI crawler uses when accessing a website.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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AI Search & AI OverviewsAn AI user agent is the identifier an AI crawler uses when requesting pages from a website. Examples include GPTBot (OpenAI), ClaudeBot (Anthropic), and PerplexityBot. Websites can allow or block specific AI user agents through robots.txt rules.
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