Directory Crawlers

Claude-SearchBot Bot

Builds a search index. Operated by anthropic.

Identity: Publishes its IP addresses.

How to recognise it

  • Published IP list: https://claude.com/crawling/bots.json
  • User agent contains Claude-SearchBot

Allow or block

To opt out, add to robots.txt:

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Disallow: /

With Double Agent

Sessions from Claude-SearchBot are labelled bot with agent_id: anthropic.claude-searchbot, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518 ยท Operator docs: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518