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# ai.robots.txt
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<img src="/assets/images/noai-logo.png" width="100" />
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This list contains AI-related crawlers of all types, regardless of purpose. Users should consult [the table of bot metrics](./table-of-bot-metrics.md) to guide the implementation of their list. We encourage you to contribute to and implement this list on your own site. See [information about the listed crawlers](./table-of-bot-metrics.md) and the [FAQ](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/blob/main/FAQ.md).
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A number of these crawlers have been sourced from [Dark Visitors](https://darkvisitors.com) and we appreciate the ongoing effort they put in to track these crawlers.
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If you'd like to add information about a crawler to the list, please make a pull request with the bot name added to `robots.txt`, `ai.txt`, and any relevant details in `table-of-bot-metrics.md` to help people understand what's crawling.
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## Usage
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This repository provides the following files:
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- `robots.txt`
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- `.htaccess`
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- `nginx-block-ai-bots.conf`
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- `Caddyfile`
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- `haproxy-block-ai-bots.txt`
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`robots.txt` implements the Robots Exclusion Protocol ([RFC 9309](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9309.html)).
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`.htaccess` may be used to configure web servers such as [Apache httpd](https://httpd.apache.org/) to return an error page when one of the listed AI crawlers sends a request to the web server.
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Note that, as stated in the [httpd documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html), more performant methods than an `.htaccess` file exist.
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`nginx-block-ai-bots.conf` implements a Nginx configuration snippet that can be included in any virtual host `server {}` block via the `include` directive.
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`Caddyfile` includes a Header Regex matcher group you can copy or import into your Caddyfile, the rejection can then be handled as followed `abort @aibots`
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`haproxy-block-ai-bots.txt` may be used to configure HAProxy to block AI bots. To implement it;
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1. Add the file to the config directory of HAProxy
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2. Add the following lines in the `frontend` section;
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```
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acl ai_robot hdr_sub(user-agent) -i -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy-block-ai-bots.txt
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http-request deny if ai_robot
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```
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(Note that the path of the `haproxy-block-ai-bots.txt` may be different in your environment.)
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[Bing uses the data it crawls for AI and training, you may opt out by adding a `meta` tag to the `head` of your site.](./docs/additional-steps/bing.md)
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### Related
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- [Robots.txt Traefik plugin](https://plugins.traefik.io/plugins/681b2f3fba3486128fc34fae/robots-txt-plugin):
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middleware plugin for [Traefik](https://traefik.io/traefik/) to automatically add rules of [robots.txt](./robots.txt)
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file on-the-fly.
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## Contributing
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A note about contributing: updates should be added/made to `robots.json`. A GitHub action will then generate the updated `robots.txt`, `table-of-bot-metrics.md`, `.htaccess` and `nginx-block-ai-bots.conf`.
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You can run the tests by [installing](https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/) Python 3 and issuing:
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```console
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code/tests.py
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```
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## Subscribe to updates
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You can subscribe to list updates via RSS/Atom with the releases feed:
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```
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https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/releases.atom
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```
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You can subscribe with [Feedly](https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed/https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/releases.atom), [Inoreader](https://www.inoreader.com/?add_feed=https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/releases.atom), [The Old Reader](https://theoldreader.com/feeds/subscribe?url=https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/releases.atom), [Feedbin](https://feedbin.me/?subscribe=https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/releases.atom), or any other reader app.
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Alternatively, you can also subscribe to new releases with your GitHub account by clicking the ⬇️ on "Watch" button at the top of this page, clicking "Custom" and selecting "Releases".
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## Report abusive crawlers
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If you use [Cloudflare's hard block](https://blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-block-ai-bots-scrapers-and-crawlers-with-a-single-click) alongside this list, you can report abusive crawlers that don't respect `robots.txt` [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbUZ2vlNSdcsb8LyTeSF7uLzQI96s0BKGoJ6wQ6ocUFNOKEg/viewform).
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But even if you don't use Cloudflare's hard block, their list of [verified bots](https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/verified-bots) may come in handy.
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## Additional resources
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- [Blocking Bots with Nginx](https://rknight.me/blog/blocking-bots-with-nginx/) by Robb Knight
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- [Blockin' bots.](https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/blockin-bots/) by Ethan Marcotte
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- [Blocking Bots With 11ty And Apache](https://flamedfury.com/posts/blocking-bots-with-11ty-and-apache/) by fLaMEd fury
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- [Blockin' bots on Netlify](https://www.jeremiak.com/blog/block-bots-netlify-edge-functions/) by Jeremia Kimelman
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- [Blocking AI web crawlers](https://underlap.org/blocking-ai-web-crawlers) by Glyn Normington
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- [Block AI Bots from Crawling Websites Using Robots.txt](https://originality.ai/ai-bot-blocking) by Jonathan Gillham, Originality.AI
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