Does atom.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
atom.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from atom.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 2
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,299)
Can AI assistants cite atom.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
atom.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on atom.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How atom.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; atom.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; atom.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; atom.com does not.
- Among 188 sites of similar popularity, 20% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /controllers/ Disallow: /dashboard/ Disallow: /payments/ Disallow: /users/payment Disallow: /User/ User-agent: * Disallow: /cdn-cgi/mirage/* Disallow: /*download.php Disallow: /controllers/ Disallow: /search_result_win.php*?* Disallow: /views/marketplace/* Disallow: /controllers/* Disallow: /lease-to-own/* Disallow: /rent-domain/* Disallow: /users/payment* Disallow: /payments/* Disallow: /testimonials-feedback/* Disallow: /geo-business-names/* Disallow: /business-name-generator/word/* Disallow: /brand-alignment/* Disallow: /User/* Disallow: /Name-Ideas/name/* Disallow: /startups/* Disallow: /logo-design-contest/* Disallow: /app-name-ideas/* Disallow: /domainContest/* Disallow: /book-title-name-ideas/* Disallow: /movie-name-ideas/* Disallow: /manualpay.php/* Disallow: /var/* Disallow: /dashboard/* Disallow: /cb/* Disallow: *tip-logo-designer* Disallow: *.com/edit* Disallow: *.org/edit* Disallow: *.net/edit* Disallow: *.io/edit* Disallow: *.ai/edit* Disallow: *.co/edit* Disallow: *.app/edit* Disallow: *.xyz/edit* Disallow: *.vc/edit* Disallow: *.gg/edit* Disallow: *.ly/edit* Disallow: /domain_audios/* Disallow: /nodb/*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does atom.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, atom.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from atom.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does atom.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — atom.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: atom.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.