--- title: "Free Robots.txt Analyzer - Check Crawler Access Rules | Encited (formerly LovableHTML)" description: "Analyze your robots.txt file to see which crawlers are allowed or blocked. Check rules for Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other AI crawlers." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free ROBOTS.TXT ANALYZER # Robots.txt Analyzer Check which crawlers are allowed or blocked by your robots.txt file. See rules for Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and 20+ other bots. ANALYZE ## Check any robots.txt Enter your domain to see which crawlers are allowed or blocked. Analyze ## Robots.txt Examples Copy these templates to control how crawlers access your site. ### Allow All Crawlers Best for most websites wanting maximum visibility User-agent: \* Allow: / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml ### Block AI Training Only Allow search engines but block AI training crawlers User-agent: \* Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml ### Allow Search + AI Citations Be indexed by search engines and cited by AI assistants User-agent: \* Allow: / # Allow AI assistants to cite your content User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml ### Block Specific Paths Allow most content but protect admin/private areas User-agent: \* Allow: / Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /\*.json$ Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml ## More Free SEO Tools Continue auditing your site with these companion tools. 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