Check AI crawler permissions and readable page evidence together.

Review robots.txt access for GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot, then verify that the submitted page exposes useful text and metadata when fetched.

Report includesEvidence based

Access plus page readiness

Crawler permissions

Agent-specific robots.txt interpretation for major AI systems.

Readable content

Evidence that useful text exists in the fetched HTML.

Page signals

Title, description, canonical and heading availability.

Unknown activity

A clear reminder that real visits and citations need ongoing data.

Results describe the submitted URL and separate measured evidence from anything still unverified.

What the check covers

Useful answers, with the limits made clear.

GPTBot and ChatGPT-User

Separate OpenAI crawler identities with potentially different purposes.

ClaudeBot

Interpret the submitted path against Anthropic crawler rules.

PerplexityBot

Check path access and the content available in the fetched response.

AI-ready evidence

Review accessible content, metadata and structured signals without promising citations.

Why this matters

AI visibility begins with access, but access is only the first step

An AI crawler may be allowed and still never visit or cite a page. Useful content, authority, relevance, freshness and the product’s own retrieval system all influence outcomes beyond technical access.

RenderlySEO therefore keeps permission checks separate from real crawler activity and AI answer tracking. The free checker verifies what can be observed from a public fetch; ongoing monitoring is needed to confirm what actually happens over time.

Questions answered

AI Crawler Checker FAQ

Does this guarantee visibility in ChatGPT or Claude?+

No. It checks technical access and page evidence. No public tool can guarantee crawling, inclusion or citations in a third-party AI answer.

Why are GPTBot and ChatGPT-User separate?+

They are distinct user agents associated with different retrieval contexts. A site can define different robots.txt rules for each.

Can an AI system use content without its named crawler?+

AI products can rely on search indexes, partners, user-triggered requests and other sources. Named crawler access is one part of the visibility picture.

How do I confirm real AI crawler visits?+

Use server or edge request logs with ongoing monitoring. A one-time public audit can verify permissions but cannot prove historical visits.

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