Claim 47
ClaudeBot honours industry standard robots.txt directives that signal do not crawl.
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- entity
- ClaudeBot
- field
- respects_robots_txt
- value
yes- statement
- ClaudeBot honours industry standard robots.txt directives that signal do not crawl.
- evidence_url
- https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-content-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler
- evidence_quote
- "Anthropic's Bots respect "do not crawl" signals by honoring industry standard directives in robots.txt." source dated 2026-04-07
- method
- vendor_doc
- verified_at
- 2026-09-13
- confidence
- high
- status
- current
- supersedes
- none
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