Automatic Robots.txt
Get a full-coverage robots.txt that updates automatically as new bots are discovered.
# Known Agents (updated 1 hour ago)
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
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Sign Up With GoogleSet rules for bot categories, not individual bots
Automatic Robots.txt adds a section to your robots.txt file with rules for all of the bots in the categories you select.
Rules for new bots are added automatically
Manual edits are slow, incomplete, and risky
A single typo in your robots.txt can quietly tank your traffic and cost you customers.
Save money on your server bill
Add the generated block alongside your existing directives, then change your category selections whenever your policy changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does robots.txt even work?
You should always have one as a first line of defense. The data shows that the vast majority of first-party AI Data Scrapers and third-party AI Data Providers actually do follow robots.txt rules.
The few bad actors willing to ignore them are usually small and have limited reach, so they probably aren't much of a threat to your business anyway.
Won't other bots just scrape my pages and sell the data?
It's possible, but Automatic Robots.txt also lets you block third-party AI Data Providers and general Scrapers, in addition to first-party AI Data Scrapers. Most of them also follow robots.txt rules.
You can also use Agent Analytics to monitor suspicious activity and bots that ignore your rules. You can then inspect their attributes, such as location and IP address, and forcefully block them.
What about bots that don't identify themselves?
Use Agent Analytics to monitor unidentified automated browsers, suspicious activity, and bots that ignore your rules. You can then inspect their attributes, such as location and IP address, and forcefully block them.
How can I enforce these rules?
Follow the Block Bad Bots documentation for platform-specific instructions on enforcing robots.txt rules against bots that ignore them.
Is this compatible with my existing firewall (e.g. Cloudflare)?
Yes. Automatic Robots.txt works alongside your existing CDN, firewall, and other server-side protections.
This layered approach is ideal: robots.txt is the first line of defense, telling bots which rules to follow, while your firewall provides a second layer by blocking bots that ignore them.
Robots.txt also saves bandwidth and server costs because bots that follow the rules never make the disallowed requests. A firewall acts only after a request is made. An edge firewall can protect your origin server, but it still has to process each attempt.
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