Mydentify AI Crawler Access Checker

Mydentify's AI Crawler Access Checker is a free, read-only tool that shows whether AI bots can reach your website. Enter any public URL and it reads your robots.txt, checks page-level indexing directives, and probes the page with documented crawler user agents. It reports OpenAI's OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, and GPTBot alongside Anthropic's Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, and ClaudeBot, keeping search, user-requested retrieval, and training access separate. No account, API key, or payment is needed to run a check. Results are color-coded and easy to scan for non-technical site owners.

Key Features

Robots.txt Analysis

The tool reads your robots.txt for any public URL, reporting which AI crawlers are blocked, allowed, or conflicted.

Crawler Group Reports

Results group documented search, user-requested, and training crawlers, showing how each bot category is treated.

Noindex Detection

Flags page-level noindex signals that block indexing even when crawlers can reach your pages.

Fetch Status

Reports the actual fetch status observed when requesting your page, confirming real bot accessibility.

No Account Needed

Run checks instantly with no signup, API key, or payment. Deliberately frictionless for quick technical audits.

Honest Limitations

Never promises rankings or AI citations. Documentation clearly separates access from indexing and citation outcomes.

Machine-Readable Guide

An llms.txt companion documents the method and limits in machine-readable form for AI assistants.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the checker do?

It reads a public URL's robots.txt, checks page-level indexing directives, and probes the page with documented crawler user agents. Results separate search, user-requested retrieval, and training access per crawler group.

Which AI bots are checked?

OpenAI's OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, and GPTBot, plus Anthropic's Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, and ClaudeBot. Together they cover the crawler families behind ChatGPT and Claude.

Does it guarantee AI citations?

No. Access only means bots may read your pages; it promises no crawling, indexing, citations, or traffic. Mydentify states these limits clearly.

Do I need an account?

No. The checker is completely free and read-only: enter a URL and get results instantly, with no signup, API key, or payment of any kind.

How is access different from indexing?

Access means a bot may fetch your page; indexing means a system stores it; a citation means an AI tool quotes it. The checker measures only the first stage.

How often should I check?

Re-run it after changing robots.txt, launching new pages, or when AI tools seem to miss your content. Crawler rules change, so fresh checks keep results current.

Conclusion

Mydentify's checker is an honest, focused diagnostic for the AI-search era: it shows exactly which AI crawlers can reach your pages without promising rankings or citations. It will not improve visibility by itself, but for anyone needing a quick, free, no-signup answer to whether AI bots can read their site, it does exactly that.