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CRAWLER OPERATOR

OpenAI crawlers.

OpenAI runs 5 bots in this directory: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-AdsBot, ChatGPT agent. Each can be allowed or blocked on its own.

  • 5 bots
  • 5 can be verified
  • 5 for AI products
OpenAI5 bots
  • VerifiableGPTBotAI training
  • VerifiableOAI-SearchBotAI search retrieval
  • VerifiableChatGPT-UserUser-directed fetch
  • VerifiableOAI-AdsBotAdvertising
  • VerifiableChatGPT agentTransactional agent, User-directed fetch

OPENAI

Every OpenAI bot.

Open a bot for its robots.txt rule, verification and documentation.

5 bots

OpenAIVerifiable

ChatGPT agent

No robots.txt token

  • Transactional agent
  • User-directed fetch

User-triggered

OpenAIVerifiable

ChatGPT-User

ChatGPT-User

  • User-directed fetch

User-triggered

OpenAIVerifiable

GPTBot

GPTBot

  • AI training

Follows robots.txt

OpenAIVerifiable

OAI-AdsBot

OAI-AdsBot

  • Advertising

Not documented

OpenAIVerifiable

OAI-SearchBot

OAI-SearchBot

  • AI search retrieval

Follows robots.txt

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