Can Claude Access My Website? Check ClaudeBot

Q: Can Claude access my website?

UltraScout's AI SEO Score scans for ClaudeBot rules in your robots.txt. The free report shows if Claude is allowed, blocked, or missing, plus recommendations to fix.

Can Claude access your website?

Yes — if ClaudeBot is allowed in your robots.txt. Check your current status instantly with the free AI SEO Score tool below.

Anthropic's Claude uses ClaudeBot to crawl the web. To check if Claude can read your content:

Quick check with UltraScout

Use the free AI SEO Score tool — it automatically scans your robots.txt for:

User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Any blocking directives

Manual check

Visit https://yourdomain.com/robots.txt and search for:

User-agent: ClaudeBot

If followed by Disallow: / — Claude is blocked
If followed by Allow: / — Claude is allowed
If missing — Claude follows default rules (usually allowed)

How to allow ClaudeBot

Add to your robots.txt:

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

Why it matters

Claude is used by millions for research, content generation, and question answering. If Claude can't access your site, your expertise won't appear in Claude-powered answers.

How to block ClaudeBot (if needed)

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

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