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

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
OAI-SearchBot

Robots.txt Snippet

Copy-ready 
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: /

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
2026-04-01
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

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.
  • 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

GPTBot Neutral

GPTBot

GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler used to discover publicly available content that may support generative AI systems.

OpenAI OpenAI Ai Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
GPT-Actions Neutral

GPT-Actions

GPT-Actions is an AI agent from OpenAI used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

OpenAI OpenAI Ai Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
chatgpt-operator Safe

ChatGPT-Operator

ChatGPT-Operator is an AI agent from OpenAI used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

OpenAI OpenAI Ai Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
ChatGPT-User Neutral

ChatGPT-User

ChatGPT-User represents user-initiated browsing or retrieval activity from ChatGPT.

OpenAI OpenAI Ai Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Official Documented

Similar purpose: Ai Search

PerplexityBot Safe

PerplexityBot

PerplexityBot is an AI crawler from Perplexity used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Perplexity Perplexity Ai Ai Search
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
Claude-SearchBot Safe

Claude-SearchBot

Claude-SearchBot is Anthropic’s search-focused crawler for retrieving web content.

Anthropic Anthropic Ai Ai Search
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented

WordPress Bot Protection

Bot Blocker for WordPress

Monitor bot traffic, review live activity, and control AI crawlers, scrapers, scanners, spam bots, and fake trusted bots from one clean WordPress dashboard.

Buy Now Start Free Trial