Test robots.txt for AI Crawlers: Free Checker

Q: How to test robots.txt for AI crawlers?

The AI SEO Score automatically parses your robots.txt and evaluates rules for GPTBot, Google-Extended, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc. See in seconds if any AI crawler is blocked.

How to test robots.txt for AI crawlers

Your robots.txt file controls which crawlers can access your site. Here's how to test it for AI bots specifically.

Method 1: Manual inspection

Visit https://yourdomain.com/robots.txt
Search for these user-agents:

User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: anthropic-ai

For each, check what follows:

Disallow: / — Blocked from all content
Allow: / — Allowed full access
Disallow: /private/ — Blocked only from specific paths
(Missing) — Follows default (usually allowed)

Method 2: UltraScout automated test (fastest)

UltraScout's free AI SEO Score automatically:

Fetches your robots.txt
Parses all User-agent directives
Identifies rules for all major AI crawlers
Shows you at a glance which are allowed vs blocked

Common issues to watch for

Issue	Example	Fix
Global block	`User-agent: *` then `Disallow: /`	Add specific allow for AI bots before global block
Missing AI bots	No GPTBot entry	Add `User-agent: GPTBot` then `Allow: /`
Overly restrictive	`Disallow: /` for AI	Change to `Allow: /`

Example: Good robots.txt for AI

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/

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