# OAI-SearchBot

Bot · Crawlers · Builds a search index · operated by openai

**Identity:** Publishes its IP addresses.

## How to recognise it

- Published IP list: https://openai.com/searchbot.json
- User agent contains `OAI-SearchBot`

## Allow or block

To opt out, add to robots.txt:

```robots
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /
```

## With Double Agent

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

Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots · Operator docs: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots