anthropic-ai
What is anthropic-ai?
About
anthropic-ai is a unconfirmed agent possibly used by Anthropic to download training data for its LLMs (Large Language Models) that power AI products like Claude.
You can set up agent analytics to see when anthropic-ai visits your website.
Detail
| Operator | Anthropic |
Type
Expected Behavior
Since the operator isn't currently sharing details about the agent's purpose, it's difficult to know how it's expected to behave. Theoretically, it could be used for multiple purpose with different behavioral patterns.
Insights
anthropic-ai Visiting Your Website
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Access Control
Should I Block anthropic-ai?
It's difficult to say. The purpose or purposes of undocumented AI agents could either be good or bad for your website, depending on what they are.
Using Robots.txt
You can block anthropic-ai or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. We recommend setting up agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
anthropic-ai |
Should match instances of anthropic-ai |
# robots.txt
# This should block anthropic-ai
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
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