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GPT-Actions

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GPT-Actions is an AI crawler from OpenAI used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval; it appears in server logs as `GPT-Actions`.

Ai Ai Assistant Verified Bot Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-06-23

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
GPT-Actions
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: GPT-Actions
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

GPT-Actions is used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Assistant
Identity type
Verified Bot
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-06-23
Last checked
2026-06-23
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify GPT-Actions by matching `GPT-Actions` to OpenAI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
GPT-Actions has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

Notes

  • GPT-Actions is an AI crawler from OpenAI used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is GPT-Actions.
  • GPT-Actions is verified with High confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is official operator documentation.
  • GPT-Actions is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
  • GPT-Actions should be handled according to the site owner’s AI crawler policy, with allow, block, or rate-limit rules applied deliberately.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify GPT-Actions by matching `GPT-Actions` to OpenAI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • GPT-Actions traffic is primarily detected by the `GPT-Actions` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with OpenAI infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • GPT-Actions is used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.
  • GPT-Actions has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots

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