Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
The Crawler Index
An index of 70 AI crawlers and agents, with their user-agent tokens, purposes, verification methods, and measured robots.txt block rates.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Site operators tracking AI crawler access
- Worth noticing
- It distinguishes explicit token blocks from wildcard robots.txt refusals, rather than treating every refusal as deliberate.
Field notes
Each crawler entry pairs its exact user-agent token with a stated purpose, robots.txt behavior, and verification method. The report says 5,938 of the top 10,000 sites had a parsed robots.txt; it also separates sites naming a token from those caught by a wildcard rule. The page dates this crawl to November 4, 2026, and labels its own crawler token as a control.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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