Does canonical.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
canonical.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from canonical.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
- 11
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,504)
Can AI assistants cite canonical.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
canonical.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 canonical.com |
|---|---|---|
| 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 canonical.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; canonical.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; canonical.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; canonical.com does not.
- Among 199 sites of similar popularity, 20% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /legal/contributors/agreement/api Disallow: /asset/ Disallow: /careers/roles.json Disallow: /juju/latest.json Disallow: /user-country-tz.json Disallow: /solutions/infrastructure/private-cloud-pricing.json Disallow: /sitemap_parser Disallow: /navigation Disallow: /tests/ Disallow: /search Disallow: /juju/docs/search Disallow: /dqlite/docs/search Disallow: /maas/docs/search Disallow: /mir/docs/search Disallow: /microk8s/docs/search Disallow: /contact-us Disallow: /careers/application/ Disallow: /careers/results Disallow: /*/thank-you Disallow: /partners/thank-you Disallow: /multipass/download/ Disallow: /blog/feed Disallow: /maas/blog/feed Disallow: /careers/feed Disallow: /401 Disallow: /404 Disallow: /500 Disallow: /502 User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: Bytespider Allow: /*?format=md Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /blog/ Allow: /documentation/ Allow: /knowledge/ Allow: /juju/docs/ Allow: /maas/docs/ Allow: /microk8s/docs/ Allow: /openstack/ Allow: /kubernetes/ Allow: /lxd/ Allow: /multipass/ Allow: /solutions/ Allow: /case-study Allow: /academy/ Disallow: /blog/author/ Disallow: /blog/tag/ Disallow: /blog/archive Disallow: /maas/blog/author/ Disallow: /maas/blog/tag/ Disallow: /maas/blog/archive Disallow: /*/thank-you Disallow: /asset/ Disallow: /navigation Disallow: /search Disallow: /tests/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does canonical.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, canonical.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from canonical.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 canonical.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — canonical.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: canonical.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.