Claude-SearchBot
Anthropic search bot, purpose: search.
The Claude-SearchBot record on Rattlesnakes By Mail is the full published file on Claude-SearchBot, a search_bot from Anthropic. Each fact on the Claude-SearchBot record is a dated claim with a verbatim quote from Anthropic, a source URL, a verification method and a confidence. Sections run in a fixed order: Identity, Claims, Observations, Changes, Questions, Notes.
Identity
- vendor
- Anthropic
- kind
- search_bot
- purpose
- search
- ua_token
Claude-SearchBot- robots_token
Claude-SearchBot- ip_list_url
- https://claude.com/crawling/bots.json
- docs_url
- https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-content-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler
- status
- active
Navigates the web to improve Claude search result quality.
Claims
| Field | Value | Method | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| cites_sources | not_documented | vendor_doc | n/a |
| honours_crawl_delay | yes | vendor_doc | medium |
| publishes_ip_list | yes | vendor_doc | high |
| purpose_documented | search | vendor_doc | high |
| reads_llms_txt | not_documented | vendor_doc | n/a |
| respects_robots_txt | yes | vendor_doc | medium |
| separate_search_and_training_tokens | yes | vendor_doc | high |
| user_agent_string_full | not_documented | vendor_doc | n/a |
| verifiable_by_rdns | not_documented | vendor_doc | n/a |
Observations
- requests, last 30 days
- 0
- verified requests, last 30 days
- 0
- verified share, last 30 days
- no data yet
- daily rows recorded
- 0
Changes
| Date | Claim | Kind | Old value | New value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 | respects_robots_txt | new | yes | |
| 2026-09-13 | honours_crawl_delay | new | yes | |
| 2026-09-13 | publishes_ip_list | new | yes | |
| 2026-09-13 | verifiable_by_rdns | new | not_documented | |
| 2026-09-13 | purpose_documented | new | search | |
| 2026-09-13 | separate_search_and_training_tokens | new | yes | |
| 2026-09-13 | cites_sources | new | not_documented | |
| 2026-09-13 | reads_llms_txt | new | not_documented | |
| 2026-09-13 | user_agent_string_full | new | not_documented |
Notes
No published notes for this entity yet.
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Every claimed field for Claude-SearchBot is documented at /fields.
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