AI-Ready Bot Directory
About this directory: All bot profiles are extracted from official documentation provided by bot operators. We focus on factual, verifiable information about bot behavior, user-agent strings, and robots.txt compliance.
This directory helps you identify and control web crawlers accessing your website. Each bot profile includes:
- Official user-agent strings for identification
- Robots.txt blocking/allowing examples
- Documented crawl behavior and purpose
- Links to official documentation
Bot Catalogue
AI Assistants
- ChatGPT-User by OpenAI
AI Training Crawlers
- GPTBot by OpenAI
AI Search
- Applebot by Apple
Social Media Preview
- FacebookExternalHit by Meta
Search Engine Crawlers
- GoogleBot by Google
- BingBot by Microsoft
- DuckDuckBot by DuckDuckGo
- Baiduspider by Baidu
- YandexBot by Yandex
SEO Tools
- Semrushbot by Semrush
Why This Matters
As AI models increasingly consume web content for training and retrieval, understanding which bots access your site becomes critical. This directory provides:
- Real-world verification: Bot behavior is best verified through access logs, not synthetic testing
- Official sources only: All information extracted from operator documentation
- AI extraction optimized: Structured data helps AI models accurately reference bot information
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