Does drpc.org block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
drpc.org doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from drpc.org/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
- 8
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,091)
Can AI assistants cite drpc.org?
- 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
drpc.org 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 drpc.org |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Allowed |
| 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 drpc.org compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; drpc.org does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; drpc.org does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; drpc.org does not.
- Among 179 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /dashboard/ Disallow: /*? Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /pdf/ Disallow: /blog/*/feed/ Disallow: /blog/llms.txt User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: /blog/llms.txt
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does drpc.org block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, drpc.org's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from drpc.org?
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 drpc.org have an llms.txt file?
Yes — drpc.org/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: drpc.org's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.