# AI Crawler Access Checker (`q_services/ai-crawler-access-checker`) Actor

Audit robots.txt policies for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, PerplexityBot and other AI crawlers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/q\_services/ai-crawler-access-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Q Services](https://apify.com/q_services) (community)
- **Categories:** AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 checked domains

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## AI Crawler Access Checker

Check whether websites allow, block or partially restrict common AI crawlers in `robots.txt`.

The Actor checks GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Amazonbot and Bytespider.

**Example result:**

```json
{
    "domain": "example.com",
    "status": "mixed_policy",
    "blockedBots": ["GPTBot", "CCBot"],
    "partialBots": ["Google-Extended"],
    "allowedBots": ["PerplexityBot"],
    "robotsTxtUrl": "https://example.com/robots.txt",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T10:30:00.000Z"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Paste domains or website URLs.
2. Start the Actor.
3. Use the dataset to monitor GEO / AI visibility access policies over time.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---:|
| Actor start | $0.005 |
| Checked domain | $0.0005 |

1,000 checked domains cost about $0.505.

### Output fields

| Field | Type | Always present? |
|---|---|---|
| `domain` | string | Yes |
| `status` | string | Yes |
| `hasRobotsTxt` | boolean | Yes |
| `blockedBots` | array | Yes |
| `partialBots` | array | Yes |
| `allowedBots` | array | Yes |
| `unspecifiedBots` | array | Yes |
| `policies` | array | Yes |
| `sitemaps` | array | Yes |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO date | Yes |

### Limitations

- Reads `robots.txt`; it does not verify how each AI company actually crawls the site.
- Uses deterministic robots rules, not AI-generated recommendations.
- `partial` means the bot has one or more path-specific restrictions.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Domains or URLs whose robots.txt should be checked for AI crawler access policies.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

The Actor stops and stops charging after this many domains.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy configuration. The default Apify Proxy works for most websites.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://apify.com"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://apify.com"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("q_services/ai-crawler-access-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": ["https://apify.com"],
    "maxResults": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("q_services/ai-crawler-access-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://apify.com"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call q_services/ai-crawler-access-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=q_services/ai-crawler-access-checker",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OaNxIThAc1A9rcj5u/builds/4lSdBARE0GW0FWCJM/openapi.json