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Audit, generate, and control who can crawl your site — search engines and AI bots.

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  • WordPress robots.txt
  • robots.txt vs noindex
  • robots.txt & sitemaps

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  • How Does robots.txt Work?
  • robots.txt Syntax
  • How to Find robots.txt
  • How to Read robots.txt
  • robots.txt Examples
  • robots.txt Sitemap
  • robots.txt for SEO

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Robots.txt Analyzer

Fetch any site's robots.txt, see which search and AI crawlers it allows, then fix it and download the corrected file.

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Enter a domain above to fetch and audit its robots.txt — crawler visibility, AI access, and issues in one report.

What the analyzer reports — and what it can't

Enter a domain and the server fetches https://<domain>/robots.txt, follows up to five redirects, and runs the same parser, validator, and URL tester as the other tools. The search visibility score is 70% search-engine access and 30% file health. AI search and AI training access are listed separately and are not scored, because blocking a training crawler is a choice, not a defect.

How each fetch result is reported

Server responseWhat Google doesWhat we report
200, plain textApplies the rulesThe file's real rules and a score
200, HTML pageFinds no valid rulesNo rules found (allow-all), with a warning
404, 410, 401, 403Treats as no robots.txtNo robots.txt: compliant crawlers may crawl everything
429 or 5xxPauses crawling, then uses a cached copyPolicy unknown — no score
Timeout or DNS failureTreated like a 5xxPolicy unknown — no score

What a robots.txt audit can't tell you

  • Whether a crawler actually visits. robots.txt is an instruction; only server logs show real requests.
  • Whether pages are indexed, ranked, or cited in AI answers. Check Search Console for indexing.
  • Whether a crawler honors the rules. Operators that publish documentation say they do; others may not.
Frequently asked questions
Can I analyze a competitor's robots.txt?

Yes. robots.txt is public; enter any domain.

Why does my site show “policy unknown”?

The request timed out or the server answered 429 or 5xx. That doesn't mean everything is allowed: Google pauses crawling while robots.txt returns server errors, so fix that first.

Why doesn't blocking GPTBot lower my score?

The score measures search-engine access and file health. AI access is shown beside it as your policy, so a deliberate opt-out isn't penalized.

Next steps

  • ValidatorFix the file line by line.
  • How to find robots.txtLocate any site's file and its sitemap.
  • Compare robots.txtDiff two versions to catch a policy regression.

Sources

  • Google: How Google interprets the robots.txt specification
  • RFC 9309: Robots Exclusion Protocol
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Robots.txt Studio

Audit, generate, and control who can crawl your site — search engines and AI bots.

Tools

  • Analyze
  • Generate
  • Validate
  • URL Tester
  • AI Crawlers
  • Explainer

Solutions

  • Compare robots.txt
  • Crawler Directory
  • AI Crawler Directory
  • robots.txt Templates
  • robots.txt Glossary
  • Block AI Crawlers
  • Block GPTBot
  • WordPress robots.txt
  • robots.txt vs noindex
  • robots.txt & sitemaps

Guides

  • What Is robots.txt?
  • How Does robots.txt Work?
  • robots.txt Syntax
  • How to Find robots.txt
  • How to Read robots.txt
  • robots.txt Examples
  • robots.txt Sitemap
  • robots.txt for SEO

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