What is OAI-AdsBot? AI crawler guide
OAI-AdsBot is a crawler or fetcher associated with OpenAI. See source-graded user-agent, robots.txt, verification, and observation guidance.
What is OAI-AdsBot?
OAI-AdsBot is a documented OpenAI crawler or fetcher. OpenAI crawler that reviews the safety and relevance of pages submitted as ChatGPT ad landing pages.
Evidence status
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Evidence | Officially documented |
| Lifecycle | Active |
| Purpose | other |
| robots.txt posture | unverified |
| Source checked | 2026-08-03 |
Documented user-agent
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; OAI-AdsBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/adsbot
Allowing OAI-AdsBot creates the possibility of retrieval. To find out whether ChatGPT actually cites or recommends you, track your ChatGPT mentions over time.
robots.txt allow example
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot Allow: /
robots.txt block example
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot Disallow: /
What the rule can and cannot do
Robots.txt expresses an access policy to compliant automated crawlers. It does not authenticate the sender, remove content already collected, or guarantee that a model will use or not use content.
How to verify a request
- Match the complete documented user-agent where one exists. A match is only a clue.
- Use the operator-published check: Published IP ranges.
- Keep the observed request, operator documentation, and any inference as separate fields.
JavaScript behavior
The cited operator material does not verify JavaScript rendering. Serve useful HTML before client-side JavaScript where possible.
Related bots
- Amazonbot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Diffbot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Brightbot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- ApifyBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- GoogleOther: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- ImagesiftBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- meta-externalads: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Google-Firebase: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Scrapy: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- AI Training Opt-Out: OAI-AdsBot gives crawler context for AI Training Opt-Out.
- ChatGPT-User: OAI-AdsBot gives crawler context for ChatGPT-User.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is OAI-AdsBot?
OAI-AdsBot is a officially documented crawler or fetcher record associated with OpenAI.
What user-agent does OAI-AdsBot use?
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; OAI-AdsBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/adsbot. Check the evidence status before attributing a matching request.
Can OAI-AdsBot be blocked in robots.txt?
The record identifies OAI-AdsBot as the token to review. Robots.txt is a request policy, not proof of model use or non-use.
How can I verify a OAI-AdsBot request?
Start with the full user-agent, then use published ip ranges from the operator. A user-agent match alone is not proof.
Data & Sources
- OpenAI documentation - Primary source for OAI-AdsBot crawler details.
- OAI-AdsBot verification: Published IP ranges - Verification information published for OAI-AdsBot.