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GPTBot — robots.txt guide
Crawls web content to improve OpenAI generative AI models and ChatGPT.
- robots.txt User-agent
- GPTBot
- Company
- OpenAI
- Official documentation
- https://platform.openai.com/docs/gptbot
How to allow GPTBot in robots.txt
Add an explicit allow rule (recommended when you use specific bot blocks elsewhere):
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /
How to block GPTBot in robots.txt
Block this crawler from your entire site:
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
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