Updated 2026-05-12

AI crawler user agents checked by the tool

OAI-SearchBot

Search and retrieval for OpenAI search experiences.

Operator: OpenAI
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot

ChatGPT-User

User-triggered browsing or retrieval actions from ChatGPT.

Operator: OpenAI
User-agent: ChatGPT-User

GPTBot

OpenAI web crawler used for model improvement according to OpenAI documentation.

Operator: OpenAI
User-agent: GPTBot

Claude-SearchBot

Search and retrieval crawler for Claude experiences.

Operator: Anthropic
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot

Claude-User

User-triggered fetches from Claude.

Operator: Anthropic
User-agent: Claude-User

ClaudeBot

Anthropic crawler for model-related web access.

Operator: Anthropic
User-agent: ClaudeBot

PerplexityBot

Perplexity crawler for search and answer experiences.

Operator: Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot

Google-Extended

Google product improvement control token for Gemini and Vertex AI training use.

Operator: Google
User-agent: Google-Extended

Googlebot

Classic Google Search crawling and indexing.

Operator: Google
User-agent: Googlebot

Bingbot

Classic Bing Search crawling and indexing.

Operator: Microsoft
User-agent: bingbot

CCBot

Common Crawl web archive crawler used by many downstream projects.

Operator: Common Crawl
User-agent: CCBot

Applebot-Extended

Apple extension token for AI-related use controls.

Operator: Apple
User-agent: Applebot-Extended

Meta-ExternalAgent

Meta crawler token commonly used for AI training controls.

Operator: Meta
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

Bytespider

ByteDance crawler often discussed in AI crawler policies.

Operator: ByteDance
User-agent: Bytespider