What is Claude-Code?
Claude Code is an AI coding agent by Anthropic that can build, debug, and ship code directly from the terminal, handling tasks like codebase onboarding, multi-file edits, and turning issues into pull requests. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
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Expected Behavior
Claude-Code shows up while a developer is coding against something you publish, pulling docs, API references, and examples in quick runs of several pages within a few seconds. With many developers using it at once, those runs overlap into steady traffic rather than the quiet gaps a single user would leave. Either way, requests concentrate almost entirely on technical content.
Overview
| Operated By | Anthropic |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 6, 2026 |
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
As of July 6, 2026, 0% of top websites block Claude-Code in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Coding Agent Traffic
As of July 6, 2026, 0.0% of all web traffic came from AI coding agents.
Top Visited Website Categories
This data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Claude-Code's User Agent
| User Agent | claude-code/2.1.183 (cli) |
Access other known user agents and IP addresses using the Enterprise API.
How To Block Claude-Code
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Claude-Code from accessing your entire website. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Claude-Code # https://knownagents.com/agents/claude-code
Disallow: /Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Claude-Code?
Allow it if you publish documentation or technical content. Claude-Code fetches docs and code examples at the moment a developer needs them, so blocking it makes your product harder to build with. Search rankings are unaffected either way. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Claude-Code right now.
Does Claude-Code Respect Robots.txt?
Yes. Claude-Code is expected to honor robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Claude-Code actually honors it.
Does Claude-Code Access Private Content?
Not on its own. Claude-Code reads public documentation, references, and code examples. It can only reach private resources if the developer using it supplies credentials on purpose.
Why Is Claude-Code Visiting My Website?
A developer somewhere is building against something you document. Claude-Code pulled your docs, API reference, or examples because they were relevant to the code being written at that moment.
How Can I Tell if Claude-Code Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Claude-Code visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Claude-Code". Look for bursts of requests to your documentation and reference pages. Keep in mind that Claude-Code doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.