Does threatlocker.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
threatlocker.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from threatlocker.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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,107)
Can AI assistants cite threatlocker.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
threatlocker.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 threatlocker.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 threatlocker.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; threatlocker.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; threatlocker.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; threatlocker.com does not.
- Among 180 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /401 Disallow: /404 Disallow: /demo-test-copy Disallow: /free-trial-submitted Disallow: /thank-you Disallow: /blackhat Disallow: /post-meeting Disallow: /post-presentation Disallow: /post-webinar Disallow: /new-home-2025 Disallow: /book-a-threatlocker-demo---cameron-2 Disallow: /new-demo-2025
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does threatlocker.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, threatlocker.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from threatlocker.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 threatlocker.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at threatlocker.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: threatlocker.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.