GPTBot
Definition
GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler user-agent used for collecting public content that may support OpenAI models and products.
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Full definition
Site owners control GPTBot with robots.txt User-agent: GPTBot groups. It is distinct from ChatGPT-User (live conversation fetches) and OAI-SearchBot (search-oriented crawling). Blocking one token does not automatically block the others.
Allowing GPTBot is a common AI-visibility choice for public marketing and documentation; blocking is reasonable for licensing constraints or deliberate content-control policy. robots.txt preferences do not erase prior training snapshots or third-party mirrors.
Confirm current spelling, purpose, and IP guidance against OpenAI’s official bot documentation when updating policy. See AI Crawler and robots.txt.
Example
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /