ClaudeBot
ClaudeBot is Anthropic's primary web crawler designed to index public websites for training future iterations of Claude AI models. It strictly honors robots.txt directives and crawls with polite request delays.
Technical Specifications
ClaudeBotFrequently Asked Questions
Does ClaudeBot respect robots.txt?
Yes, ClaudeBot respects robots.txt Disallow directives immediately upon fetching.
How do I block ClaudeBot?
User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /
Ensure this bot can index your public pages for citations.
# Allow ClaudeBot User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: /
Prevent this bot from accessing any content on your domain.
# Block ClaudeBot User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /
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