# Website Recycling · 2026 71-bot AI allowlist · refreshed 2026-05-23
# Matches CANONICAL_BOTS in /functions/api/scan-live.ts
# OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Perplexity · Microsoft/Bing · Meta · Apple ·
# 15 other AI engines · 6 research crawlers · 8 Asian search · 6 social ·
# 8 emerging 2026 crawlers · everything we want reading us.

# Tier 1 · OpenAI
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User

# Tier 1 · Anthropic
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: anthropic-ai

# Tier 1 · Google
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video

# Tier 1 · Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User

# Tier 1 · Microsoft / Bing
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: BingPreview
User-agent: BingChat
User-agent: MSNBot
User-agent: adidxbot

# Tier 1 · Meta (FB / IG / WhatsApp)
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: FacebookExternalHit

# Tier 1 · Apple (Siri / Spotlight / Apple Intelligence)
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended

# Tier 2 · Other AI engines
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: Cohere-AI
User-agent: Cohere-Train
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Komo
User-agent: Andi
User-agent: Phind
User-agent: Kagibot
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: NeevaBot
User-agent: Bravebot
User-agent: Brave-SearchAssist
User-agent: GrokBot
User-agent: DeepSeekBot

# Tier 2 · Research + open-data crawlers
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Common-Crawl-Bot
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: archive.org_bot
User-agent: Wayback-Save-Page-Bot

# Tier 2 · Asian search + AI
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: TikTokSpider
User-agent: Baiduspider
User-agent: YandexBot
User-agent: YandexImages
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Sogou

# Tier 3 · Social + structured-data fetchers
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: TwitterBot
User-agent: Slackbot-LinkExpanding
User-agent: Discordbot
User-agent: WhatsApp
User-agent: Pinterestbot

# Tier 3 · DuckDuckGo + memory
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler

# Tier 3 · Known emerging 2026 AI crawlers
User-agent: AnchorBrowser
User-agent: NovellumAICrawl
User-agent: ProRataInc
User-agent: TerracottaBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webz-io
User-agent: AtlasCrawler
User-agent: CometCrawler

Allow: /

# Catch-all · default-allow
User-agent: *
Allow: /

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