What you’ll need
Public URLs and selected AI crawler tokens.
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AI Bot Access Tester
Compare robots permission and HTTP access for AI crawlers.
Free to use · No saved inputs01Crawling workspace
- 1 Add your input
- 2 Run the tool
- 3 Get your results
Public URLs and selected AI crawler tokens. New here? Start with “Try an example”.
More settings (optional)
The URL and chosen crawler/language settings reach our inspection server, which contacts the target website. No login pages, credentials or private-network addresses are supported. Inputs and results are not stored.
Public target inspection · No paid API
How it works
Fetch robots.txt and each URL with the chosen agent; report rule permission and observed response independently.
Know the limits
User-agent simulation is not a verified crawler IP. CDN challenges and geographical access may differ.
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Separate AI crawler permission from actual access
You want to understand whether selected AI crawlers can request a public page, but a robots rule alone cannot explain a firewall block. This AI bot checker puts stated permission beside the observed HTTP response. Use it after changing a crawler policy or when an allowed agent appears unable to reach content. It helps distinguish two layers of access without claiming to verify a bot’s identity.
How to use AI Bot Access Tester
Enter the public page URLs you want to inspect. Use representative articles or landing pages instead of assuming the homepage represents the entire website.
Choose the crawler identities to compare and run the live check. The inspection server requests the public pages and their robots rules.
Review permission and HTTP status separately. Keep the export when asking a developer or hosting provider to investigate an unexpected block.
What do the results mean?
Allowed rules with a 403 response suggest a separate access barrier in this observation. A successful response does not prove that a genuine crawler visited or will use the content. User-agent strings can be copied; actual bots may arrive from different IPs and encounter different challenges.
What to do next
Check the ordinary page response with Fetch & Render, then review CDN or firewall logs if the agent-specific response is unexpected.
Keep the scope in mind
User-agent simulation is not a verified crawler IP. CDN challenges and geographical access may differ.
Common questions about AI Bot Access Tester
Does a successful check mean my site appears in AI answers?
No. This checks public access signals, not citations, training inclusion or visibility inside an assistant. Those outcomes cannot be established by an HTTP request.
Can this prove that an AI crawler obeys robots.txt?
No. It evaluates the declared rules and makes a request with a selected user-agent string. Enforcement and actual crawler behavior require separate evidence, such as verified server logs.