What is ChatGLM-Spider?
ChatGLM-Spider is a web crawler operated by Zhipu AI, the Chinese company behind ChatGLM. It is used for collecting data to train and evaluate the company's large language models. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when ChatGLM-Spider visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ChatGLM-Spider/1.0; +https://zhipuai.cn/) |
| Operated By | Zhipu AI |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Yes |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is ChatGLM-Spider Visiting My Website?
Your content matched the criteria Zhipu AI set for a training dataset. ChatGLM-Spider typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.
Should I Block ChatGLM-Spider?
Block ChatGLM-Spider if you want more control over whether your work is used for AI training. Allowing it may increase the chance that your brand appears in AI-generated answers, but either choice leaves traditional search rankings unchanged. For context, 11% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for ChatGLM-Spider.
How Do I Block ChatGLM-Spider Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block ChatGLM-Spider from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider # https://knownagents.com/agents/chatglm-spider
Disallow: /Insights for ChatGLM-Spider
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From ChatGLM-Spider?
ChatGLM-Spider tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps across many pages. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.
Does ChatGLM-Spider Follow Robots.txt Rules?
ChatGLM-Spider is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether ChatGLM-Spider respects it.
Is ChatGLM-Spider Used for AI Model Training?
Yes. ChatGLM-Spider collects web content for use in AI training datasets. Blocking it limits future collection but cannot remove content that was collected previously.
Does Blocking ChatGLM-Spider Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Blocking ChatGLM-Spider limits collection for AI training rather than controlling a live AI search index or citation system.
Does ChatGLM-Spider Access Private Content?
Not through legitimate access. ChatGLM-Spider primarily targets public content, but some training-data scrapers also attempt to collect gated or paywalled pages. If content loads without authentication, assume it can be collected.
How Can I Verify a Request From ChatGLM-Spider?
Agent Analytics tracks ChatGLM-Spider visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "ChatGLM-Spider". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because ChatGLM-Spider does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.