Robots.txt AI Crawl Checker

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Robots.txt AI Crawl Checker

Enter any domain and instantly see which AI crawlers are allowed or blocked โ€” with a ready-to-copy fix for every issue found.

ROBOTS.TXT AI CRAWL CHECKER
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No login required. Works on any public domain.
Fetching robots.txtโ€ฆ
1
Enter your domain
Just the domain โ€” no path needed. The tool fetches your robots.txt from the standard location at yoursite.com/robots.txt.
2
Review AI crawler status
Each major AI crawler is checked: GPTBot (OpenAI), PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot (Anthropic), Google-Extended, Bingbot, and Applebot. Status is Allowed, Blocked, or Default (no explicit rule).
3
Understand “Default” status
A crawler marked Default has no specific rules โ€” it follows your wildcard User-agent: * rules. If you have Disallow: / as a wildcard, all Default crawlers are blocked. Check your wildcard rules carefully.
4
Copy the fixes and update robots.txt
Each blocked crawler gets a ready-to-copy Allow rule. Add these to your robots.txt file and verify at yoursite.com/robots.txt within a few minutes of deploying.
5
Re-run after making changes
Once you’ve updated robots.txt, re-run this tool to confirm the changes are live. AI crawlers typically pick up robots.txt changes within 24โ€“48 hours.
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About the Author

Artur Ferreira is the founder of The GEO Lab with over 20 years (since 2004) of experience in SEO and organic growth strategy. He developed the GEO Stack framework and leads research into Generative Engine Optimisation methodologies. Connect on X/Twitter or LinkedIn.

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