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ClaudeBot

Collects content that may train Anthropic's models. Anthropic also honours Crawl-delay.

  • Follows robots.txt
  • Can be verified
  • Docs checked 28 Oct 2026
At a glanceAnthropic
  • VerifiableIdentityIP ranges, Cloudflare
  • Obeysrobots.txtFollows robots.txt
  • PurposeAI trainingFor an AI product
  • TokenClaudeBot, anthropic-aiUse it in a User-agent line

robots.txt

The operator documents that this bot follows robots.txt rules.

Block ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
Allow ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

Quick facts

robots.txt token
ClaudeBot anthropic-ai
User agent contains
ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai
Operator
Anthropic
Category
AI bots
Purpose
AI training
robots.txt
Follows robots.txt
Verification
Can be verified
Also known as
anthropic-ai
Documentation
support.claude.com · checked 28 Oct 2026

If you block it

Stops this crawler collecting your pages for model training from now on. It does not change your search rankings.

Check a visit is real

Where this comes from

The same registry NdovuSEOLabs uses to classify crawler traffic in your server and CDN logs, built from the operator’s own documentation.

Registry version 2026-10-29.1

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