Bot intelligence record

GPTBot

Review first

Use the GPTBot identifier to separate OpenAI AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Ai Ai Training Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
GPTBot

Robots.txt Snippet

Copy-ready 
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /

Handling Guidance

Depends

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

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Training
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-04-30
Source type
Official
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

Notes

GPTBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI crawler from OpenAI. The primary identifier for log review is GPTBot.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: GPTBot
  • Family: OpenAI
  • Type: AI
  • Kind: Crawler

Common use

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Verification and handling

Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for GPTBot.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: Yes.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for GPTBot.
  • AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
  • User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

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

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