--- title: "Claude Crawler Simulator - Test ClaudeBot | Free Tool" description: "Simulate how Anthropic's Claude and ClaudeBot crawl your website. Test your site's visibility to Claude AI and optimize for AI citations." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![Anthropic](/crawler-logos/claude.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # Claude Crawler Simulator Test how Anthropic's Claude AI crawler sees your website. Optimize your content for visibility in Claude's AI-powered responses. SIMULATE ## Test your site with Anthropic Enter your URL to see how Anthropic views your site. ![anthropic](/crawler-logos/claude.svg)Anthropic (default) Simulate Anthropic (default) OVERVIEW ## What is Anthropic? ClaudeBot is Anthropic's web crawler used by Claude AI to access and understand web content. When users interact with Claude and reference URLs or ask questions that require web knowledge, Claude may use this crawler to fetch your content. Making your site accessible to ClaudeBot ensures Claude can accurately represent and cite your content in conversations. WHY ALLOW IT ## Why allow Anthropic? Get cited when Claude users ask about topics you cover Enable Claude to accurately summarize your web pages Improve visibility in Claude-powered applications and integrations Ensure accurate representation of your brand in AI responses Support Claude's ability to fact-check and verify information ROBOTS.TXT ## Anthropic robots.txt configuration Control how Anthropic accesses your website using robots.txt directives. Add these rules to your robots.txt file at the root of your domain. ### Allow Anthropic \# Allow Claude/Anthropic crawler User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: / User-agent: Claude-Web Allow: / ### Block Anthropic \# Block Claude/Anthropic crawler User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-Web Disallow: / **User-Agent String:** `ClaudeBot/1.0` ## Anthropic FAQ ### What is ClaudeBot and when does it crawl my site? ### How do I get Claude to cite my website? ### What's the difference between ClaudeBot and anthropic-ai user agents? ### Does Claude execute JavaScript when crawling? ### Can I control which pages Claude accesses? ## Related Crawler Simulators [ ![ChatGPT Fetch](/crawler-logos/chatgpt.svg) ChatGPT Fetch Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/chatgpt-crawler-simulator)[ ![PerplexityBot](/crawler-logos/perplexity.png) PerplexityBot Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/perplexitybot-simulator)[ ![Grok](/crawler-logos/xai.svg) Grok Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/grok-crawler-simulator)[ ![Googlebot](/crawler-logos/google-search.svg) Googlebot Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/googlebot-simulator) ## More Free SEO Tools Continue auditing your site with these companion tools. 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