Crawlers Trfyx checks
Every AI assistant, search index, and training crawler classified on the server — because those bots request HTML without running your analytics script.
AI answers
User-triggered / 16 crawlers
OpenAI
ChatGPT-User
Fetches a page when a person asks ChatGPT to open it.
Anthropic
Claude-User
Fetches a page when a person asks Claude to open it.
Perplexity
Perplexity-User
Fetches a page so Perplexity can cite it in a person’s answer.
Google
Google-Agent
User-triggered Google fetcher used by AI and product experiences.
Google
Google-NotebookLM
Fetches sources a person added to NotebookLM.
Google
Google-Read-Aloud
Fetches a page for Google read-aloud and assistant playback.
Google
GoogleAgent
Alternate Google agent token used by AI product fetches.
Mistral
MistralAI-User
Fetches a page when a person asks a Mistral product to open it.
Microsoft
Copilot
Fetches a page when Microsoft Copilot needs it for a person.
Amazon
Amzn-User
Fetches a page when an Amazon assistant needs a live answer.
DuckDuckGo
DuckAssistBot
Fetches sources for DuckDuckGo’s AI-assisted answers.
xAI
xAI-SearchBot
Fetches pages xAI uses for Grok search-style answers.
xAI
Grok-DeepSearch
Fetches sources during a Grok DeepSearch run.
Meta
meta-externalfetcher
Fetches a URL a person requested or shared in a Meta product.
Moonshot AI
Kimi-User
Fetches a page when a person asks Kimi to open it.
Alibaba
Qwen-User
Fetches a page when a person asks Qwen to open it.
Search indexes
Discovery / 13 crawlers
OpenAI
OAI-SearchBot
Indexes public pages so they can appear in ChatGPT search.
Anthropic
Claude-SearchBot
Discovers and refreshes pages for Claude search.
Perplexity
PerplexityBot
Keeps Perplexity’s answer and search index fresh.
Google
Google-InspectionTool
Fetches a URL when someone inspects it in Google’s webmaster tools.
Google
Googlebot
Indexes the web for Google Search, including AI-related search features.
Mistral
MistralAI-Index
Indexes public pages for Mistral search and answers.
Microsoft
Bingbot
Indexes the web for Bing Search and Copilot retrieval.
Microsoft
msnbot
Legacy Microsoft crawler still seen on some search fetches.
Amazon
Amzn-SearchBot
Makes pages eligible for Amazon search experiences.
Moonshot AI
Kimi-SearchBot
Indexes public pages for Kimi search.
ByteDance
TikTokSpider
Indexes public pages for TikTok search surfaces.
Baidu
Baiduspider
Indexes the web for Baidu Search.
You.com
YouBot
Indexes public pages for You.com search and answers.
Training crawlers
Model data / 19 crawlers
OpenAI
GPTBot
Collects public web text that may be used to train OpenAI models.
Anthropic
ClaudeBot
Collects public content that may be used to improve Claude.
Google
GoogleOther
Generic Google fetcher used by product teams for public pages.
Google
Google-Extended
Robots token controlling Gemini training and grounding use.
Google
Google-CloudVertexBot
Crawls sites that owners have connected to Vertex AI agents.
Apple
Applebot-Extended
Robots token controlling whether Apple may use Applebot crawls for AI.
Apple
Applebot
Apple’s crawler for Search and, unless opted out, Apple Intelligence.
Amazon
Amazonbot
Crawls public pages to improve Amazon products and services.
Meta
meta-externalagent
Crawls public pages to improve Meta products and AI systems.
Moonshot AI
KimiBot
Collects public content for Moonshot AI / Kimi systems.
ByteDance
Bytespider
ByteDance’s public-web crawler for product and model data.
Baidu
ERNIEBot
Collects public content for Baidu’s ERNIE models.
Alibaba
QwenBot
Collects public content for Alibaba’s Qwen models.
Zhipu AI
ChatGLM-Spider
Collects public content for Zhipu AI’s ChatGLM systems.
DeepSeek
DeepSeekBot
Collects public content for DeepSeek models.
Cohere
cohere-ai
Cohere crawler for public content used in Cohere systems.
Cohere
cohere-training-data-crawler
Cohere crawler that collects public pages for training data.
Allen AI
AI2Bot
Finds public documents for Allen Institute research systems.
Common Crawl
CCBot
Builds the open Common Crawl datasets that many models train on.
Other AI bots
AI crawler / 11 crawlers
OpenAI
OAI-AdsBot
Fetches landing pages for OpenAI advertising surfaces.
xAI
GrokBot
xAI crawler associated with Grok product fetches.
xAI
xAI-Bot
Generic xAI crawler token seen on product fetches.
xAI
xAI-Grok
Alternate Grok crawler token from xAI.
xAI
xAI-Web-Crawler
xAI’s general web crawler token.
xAI
Grok
Short Grok token xAI still sends on some requests.
Meta
FacebookBot
Meta crawler traffic associated with Facebook bot fetches.
ByteDance
Doubaobot
ByteDance crawler associated with Doubao product fetches.
Baidu
YiyanBot
Baidu crawler associated with Ernie Bot / Yiyan product fetches.
Alibaba
TongyiBot
Alibaba crawler associated with Tongyi product fetches.
Alibaba
AliyunBot
Alibaba Cloud crawler seen on product and research fetches.
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