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Check AI Crawler Access to Your Site

Verify whether AI search crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot can access and index your content.

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AI-powered search engines are sending their own crawlers to index the web -- GPTBot for ChatGPT, ClaudeBot for Claude, PerplexityBot for Perplexity. If your robots.txt blocks these crawlers, your content is invisible to AI search. Many sites block them without realizing the traffic implications.

The check_ai_crawlers skill tests whether major AI crawlers can access your site. It checks robots.txt rules, response codes, and any explicit blocks that would prevent AI indexing. You get a clear pass/fail for each crawler.

This is the first step in any Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) strategy. Before optimizing content for AI discovery, you need to confirm the crawlers can reach it. A single misconfigured robots.txt rule can make your entire site invisible to AI search results.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Check if AI crawlers can access my site using the geo tool" and provide your URL
  3. Claude tests access for all major AI crawlers
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ChatGPT

  1. Configure ToolRouter in ChatGPT
  2. Ask: "Check if AI search crawlers can access my website" and provide the URL
  3. ChatGPT tests each crawler and reports access status
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Check if AI crawlers can access our site using the geo tool"
  3. Copilot reports the access status for each AI crawler
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask OpenClaw: "Check if AI crawlers can access my site" and provide the URL
  3. OpenClaw tests each major AI crawler
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