Bot intelligence record

OAI-SearchBot

Usually allow

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

Ai Ai Search Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
OAI-SearchBot
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: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.

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 Search
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-05-20
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for OAI-SearchBot.
IP ranges
https://openai.com/searchbot.json
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

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

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: OAI-SearchBot
  • 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 OAI-SearchBot.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe 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 OAI-SearchBot.
  • Match `OAI-SearchBot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • 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

Same family: OpenAI

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Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented
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Operator and family: OpenAI Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
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Operator and family: OpenAI Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
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Operator and family: OpenAI Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot

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ChatGPT-User Neutral

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Operator and family: OpenAI Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Official Documented

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Operator and family: Perplexity Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Search
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
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Operator and family: Anthropic Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Search
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented

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