How to Identify Bot Traffic with Claude
Detect bot traffic by IP geolocation with Claude and ToolRouter. Classify automated vs human visitors.
Tool
Claude applies analytical depth to bot identification by examining ISP data, hosting provider signatures, and traffic patterns across your visitor IPs. It compares data center traffic ratios to residential traffic, identifies which cloud providers the bots originate from, and helps you build nuanced allowlists separating legitimate crawlers from malicious scrapers.
Connect ToolRouter to Claude
1Open connector settings Open Settings
2Add a custom connector with these details
Name
ToolRouterURL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Let Claude set you up Open Claude
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the IP Geolocation tool:
- Ask Claude: "Bulk look up these IPs using ip-geolocation and identify which are from hosting providers"
- Claude classifies each IP by ISP type
- Ask: "Which of these are likely bots based on the hosting provider?"
- Use the results to tune your bot filtering rules
Example Prompt
Try this with Claude using the IP Geolocation tool
Bulk look up these 50 IPs from our access logs. Identify which come from cloud hosting providers like AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean -- those are likely bots.
Tips
- Data center and cloud provider IPs are strong indicators of automated traffic
- Cross-reference with User-Agent strings for more accurate classification
- Legitimate bots like Googlebot have known IP ranges you can whitelist