Validate robots.txt

Diagnose issues, check crawler configuration, and get a health score.

robots.txt content
Health score

Health good

Syntax
100
AI config
60
Best practice
78
Issues

Crawl-delay of 0

Line 1

The group for * sets Crawl-delay: 0, which has no effect. Remove it or set a positive value.

Sitemap uses HTTP

Line 9

Sitemap on line 9 uses http://. Prefer https:// for your sitemap URL.

ClaudeBot inherits the default rules

ClaudeBot (Anthropic) has no explicit group and follows your "User-agent: *" rules. Add an explicit group if you want a different policy for it.

PerplexityBot inherits the default rules

PerplexityBot (Perplexity) has no explicit group and follows your "User-agent: *" rules. Add an explicit group if you want a different policy for it.

CCBot inherits the default rules

CCBot (Common Crawl) has no explicit group and follows your "User-agent: *" rules. Add an explicit group if you want a different policy for it.

Google-Extended inherits the default rules

Google-Extended (Google) has no explicit group and follows your "User-agent: *" rules. Add an explicit group if you want a different policy for it.

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