{
  "id": 19964887,
  "title": "robots.txt for AI Crawlers: Which Bots to Allow and Which to Block",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/robots-txt-for-ai-crawlers-which-bots-to-allow-and-which-to-block",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-14T10:37:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/mansoorbhanpurawala/robotstxt-for-ai-crawlers-which-bots-to-allow-and-which-to-block-13f9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity each operate distinct bots for training, search indexing, and user-triggered fetches. To maintain visibility in AI search while excluding content from training, block the training bot but permit the search bot. User-triggered fetchers often ignore robots.txt directives. Always verify the latest bot names and rules from each vendor's documentation before implementing changes.",
  "summary": "TL;DR: OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity each run separate bots for training, search and user-triggered fetches. Block the training bot and you can still show up in AI search. Block the search bot and you disappear from that product's answers. User-triggered fetchers may ignore robots.txt entirely. Last checked: November 2026. Bot names and rules change, so verify against each vendor's docs before…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}