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# ClaudeBot

> ClaudeBot is Anthropic's web crawler primarily used to gather training data for its AI models, which contributes to the content available for Claude AI respo...

*Platform* · *AI Search*

## Definition

ClaudeBot is Anthropic's web crawler primarily used to gather training data for its AI models, which contributes to the content available for Claude AI responses. Like GPTBot, it is identifiable via its user-agent string in server logs. Content must be accessible to ClaudeBot to be available for citation in Claude's responses.

## Why It Matters for AI Search

Each major AI platform has its own crawler with distinct user-agent strings. Brands monitoring server logs for AI crawler activity can track which platforms are indexing their content and identify accessibility issues specific to each bot. ClaudeBot accessibility is the technical prerequisite for Claude citation.

## Related Terms

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  <Card title="AI Crawler" href="/ai-search-glossary/ai-crawler" />

  <Card title="GPTBot" href="/ai-search-glossary/gptbot" />

  <Card title="PerplexityBot" href="/ai-search-glossary/perplexitybot" />

  <Card title="Robots.txt" href="/ai-search-glossary/robotstxt" />

  <Card title="Indexability" href="/ai-search-glossary/indexability" />
</CardGroup>

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