Does brookings.edu block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
brookings.edu doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from brookings.edu/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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,244)
Can AI assistants cite brookings.edu?
- 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
brookings.edu 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 brookings.edu |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| 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 brookings.edu compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; brookings.edu does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; brookings.edu does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; brookings.edu does not.
- Among 175 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /?*qry Disallow: /?*topics Disallow: /?*regions Disallow: /?*experts Disallow: /?*entities Disallow: /*?s= Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GS_20260921_TechTankPodcast_AI.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/20260909_TechTank_screen-time-bans_transcript.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Errata-Sept-2026.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Errata-Sept-2026.docx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Chapter-1-Full-corrected.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Chpt-1-corrected.xlsx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-13-Full-corrected.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1.13-corrected.xlsx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-13-corrected.csv Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-11-corrected.csv Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1.11-corrected.xlsx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-11-Full-corrected.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-10-Full-corrected.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1.10-corrected.xlsx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1-10-corrected.csv Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brookings_ECDP_Indicators.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260824_IH_Survey_items.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260824_IH_Appendix.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GS_20260817_TechTankPodcast_cyber_reslience2.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GS_20260804_TechTank_AI_toddlers.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GS_20260721_TechTankPodcast_space.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Updated_Elements_ECDP-1.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Updated_Elements_ECDP.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Roundtable_3_Summary_BrookingsECDP.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260706_Uprooted_recs.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GS_20260706_TechTankPodcast_manufacturing.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GS_20260615_TechTankPodcast_AI_democracy.docx Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/01/A-New-Direction-for-Students-in-an-AI-World-ONE-PAGER.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260604_chapter3_culture_wars_appendix2.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260604_chapter2_culture_wars_appendix2.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260604_chapter1_culture_wars_appendix2.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sarahbindercv_june_2026.pdf Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2026_resume_Courtney_Radsch.pdf User-agent: * Disallow:
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does brookings.edu block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, brookings.edu's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from brookings.edu?
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 brookings.edu have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at brookings.edu/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: brookings.edu's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.