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Robots.txt for the AI era.
Allow or block every AI crawler.

Pick which AI bots can read your site. Generate a clean robots.txt with rules for every major crawler — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and more.

Default behavior

AI Training Crawlers

Used to build future AI models. Block to opt out of training.

GPTBot
OpenAI's training crawler — used to build future ChatGPT models.
ClaudeBot
Anthropic's general-purpose web crawler used to improve Claude.
anthropic-ai
Anthropic's legacy training token. Keep alongside ClaudeBot for full coverage.
Google-Extended
Token controlling whether Bard / Gemini can use your content. Doesn't affect Google Search.
Applebot-Extended
Token controlling whether Apple Intelligence can train on your content.
Bytespider
ByteDance's aggressive AI training crawler. Common block target.
CCBot
Common Crawl powers training datasets for many AI models including older GPTs.
Meta-ExternalAgent
Meta's AI training crawler for Llama and Meta AI products.
xAI
xAI's web crawler used for training Grok.

AI Assistant Fetchers

Fetch your URL on demand when a user asks AI about your page.

ChatGPT-User
Fetches pages on demand when a ChatGPT user asks about your URL.
Claude-User
Fetches pages on demand when a Claude user asks about your URL.
Perplexity-User
Fetches pages on demand for Perplexity user queries.
DuckAssistBot
Fetches pages for DuckDuckGo's AI-assisted answers.

AI Search Indexes

Index your content for AI-powered answer engines.

OAI-SearchBot
Indexes pages for ChatGPT Search results.
PerplexityBot
Indexes pages for Perplexity's answer engine.

Search Engine Crawlers

Standard search crawlers. Blocking removes you from search.

Googlebot
Google's main search crawler. Blocking this removes you from Google Search.
Applebot
Apple's main crawler for Siri and Spotlight Suggestions.
Bingbot
Bing's search crawler. Powers Bing Search and Microsoft Copilot grounding.
Your robots.txt is ready

Copy or download your file

Drop this at the root of your site as /robots.txt.

Bots crawl by default. No bots are explicitly blocked.
/robots.txt
# Generated with Ranqo (https://ranqo.ai/free-tools/robots-txt-generator)

# Default rule for all bots
User-agent: *
Allow: /

Need to make changes? Tweak the form above — your file updates live.

Where to place this file

The file must be served at https://yoursite.com/robots.txt — bots only check the root.

  • Static sites · S3 · Vercel · Netlify · Cloudflare Pages

    Upload robots.txt to your project root. Most static hosts serve files from the root automatically.

  • Next.js · Nuxt · Astro · Remix

    Save the file as public/robots.txt. The framework will serve it at /robots.txt on the next deploy.

  • WordPress

    Use Yoast SEO or Rank Math's built-in robots.txt editor (Tools → File Editor), or upload via FTP to your site root. Don't place it inside /wp-content/.

  • Webflow · Squarespace · Wix · Shopify

    Find the SEO settings panel in your site builder — most platforms have a dedicated robots.txt editor. Paste the contents above and save.

Verify after deploy: visit https://yoursite.com/robots.txt in your browser. You should see this exact content. If you see a 404 or your site's HTML, the file isn't at the root yet.

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Why Robots.txt Generator matters

AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended pull data from your site by default — for training, for answer grounding, or both. Without explicit rules, you're handing your content over without consent. This generator lets you opt every major AI bot in or out individually, with fine-grained control over which paths they can access and which they can't.

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