# What is OAI-SearchBot?

> OAI-SearchBot (OpenAI): what it does, how it helps your site show up in AI products, and how to test access on your own URL.

Canonical: https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/oai-searchbot

AI crawler · retrieval · OpenAI

The crawler OpenAI uses to build the index behind ChatGPT search — the one that can surface and cite your pages in an answer.

### How this helps you show up

This is the bot you want reachable. If it can fetch your page, ChatGPT search has something real to quote. Clear titles, honest summaries, and stable URLs help it pick you over a competitor.

### If it cannot reach your page

ChatGPT search cannot cite what it cannot read. Sites often block this by accident while trying to block training bots, then wonder why they never appear in answers.

### The facts

**robots.txt token**

OAI-SearchBot

**Owner**

OpenAI

**Product it serves**

ChatGPT search

**Category**

retrieval — indexed so an answer can cite it

**Training opt-out**

Retrieval / user fetch — usually keep open for citations

**User agent as sent**

`Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; OAI-SearchBot/1.3; +https://openai.com/searchbot`

robots.txt is a request, not a lock. Our checker fetches your page as OAI-SearchBot and reports what actually came back — status code, challenge page, or real HTML.

### Check your site in a minute

The [AI crawler checker](https://crawlwise.site/tools/ai-crawler-check) tests OAI-SearchBot plus the other answer-engine bots on one URL. No account. Want robots.txt logic only? Use the [robots.txt tester](https://crawlwise.site/tools/robots-tester).

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- [GPTBot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/gptbot) — OpenAI
- [ChatGPT-User](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/chatgpt-user) — OpenAI
- [ClaudeBot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/claudebot) — Anthropic
- [Claude-SearchBot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/claude-searchbot) — Anthropic
- [Claude-User](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/claude-user) — Anthropic
- [Google-Extended](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/google-extended) — Google
- [PerplexityBot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/perplexitybot) — Perplexity
- [Perplexity-User](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/perplexity-user) — Perplexity
- [CCBot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/ccbot) — Common Crawl
- [Bytespider](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/bytespider) — ByteDance
- [Applebot-Extended](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/applebot-extended) — Apple
- [Meta-ExternalAgent](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/meta-externalagent) — Meta
- [Amazonbot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/amazonbot) — Amazon
- [cohere-ai](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/cohere-ai) — Cohere
- [Diffbot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/diffbot) — Diffbot
- [Timpibot](https://crawlwise.site/learn/crawler/timpibot) — Timpi