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Here are the best free tools to check if AI crawlers (like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, etc.) can read your website: 1. Cloudflare's "AI Crawler Verification" (Free Tier) - How it works: If you use Cloudflare (even on their free plan), go to Security → Bots → AI Crawlers in your dashboard. It will show you a live feed of AI bots attempting to access your site, and whether they are being blocked or allowed. - Bonus: It also tells you *how often* they visit and which specific AI companies (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) are trying to crawl you. 2. Robots.txt Tester (Google's Official Tool) - URL: `https://search.google.com/search-console/robots-testing-tool` - How it works: Paste your `robots.txt` content into the tool, select a user-agent (e.g., GPTBot), and type a URL from your site. It will show you whether the crawler is *allowed* or *blocked*. - Limitation: Only works for user-agents that Google knows about (which includes many AI bots, but not all). 3. User-Agent Tester via Browser (No Install) - What it does: You can manually simulate an AI crawler by changing your browser's user-agent string. - Free tools to do this: - Chrome DevTools (F12 → Network tab → right-click on a request → "Edit as Fetch" → change User-Agent to `GPTBot` or `ClaudeBot`). - Online tools like `whatismybrowser.com` to verify the string is working. - Caveat: This only tests whether your server *responds*—it doesn't test whether your `robots.txt` blocks it. You'll need to check your server logs for actual returns. 4. `curl` Command (Built-in on Mac/Linux/Windows) - If you have command-line access, run: ```bash curl -A "GPTBot/1.0" https://yourwebsite.com ``` - What to look for: If you get a `200 OK` or HTML content, the bot can read it. If you get `403` or `301` to a login page, it's blocked. - To test `robots.txt` compliance: ```bash curl -A "GPTBot/1.0" https://yourwebsite.com/robots.txt ``` Then check if your `robots.txt` has `Disallow: /` for GPTBot. 5. Sitebulb (Free Trial, 500 URLs) - URL: `https://sitebulb.com` - How it works: This is a desktop SEO crawler, but its free trial lets you see which crawlers are blocked vs. allowed in their "Crawl Settings" tab. It’s more technical, but gives you a clear visual map of what your server returns to different user-agents. --- The Shortcut (No Tool Needed): Just open your