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ChatGPT-User

Stated to honor robots.txt

ChatGPT-User fetches a specific page in real time when a user explicitly asks ChatGPT to open, read or summarize a URL, or via a connected plugin or action — an on-demand fetch rather than a broad, scheduled crawl.

User-agent
ChatGPT-User
Operator
OpenAI

Allow in robots.txt

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

Block in robots.txt

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

Blocking this breaks the specific case of a user pasting your URL into ChatGPT and asking it to summarize the page — a small but real use case for content-heavy sites and documentation.

Frequently asked questions

Only on-demand, when a user asks ChatGPT to open or read a specific link — not for general crawling or training.

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