An automated bot that fetches web pages on behalf of an AI system. Common examples: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended.
An automated bot that fetches web pages on behalf of an AI system. Common examples: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended.
If AI crawlers cannot access your pages, your content cannot inform AI answers. Robots.txt and access controls matter.
This term is part of the canonical AI Discovery vocabulary, published in the Body of Knowledge alongside the Eight Discovery Signals and The Methodology Handbook. The full glossary contains 56 terms — the operative vocabulary for AI Discovery practitioners.
Practitioners certified through Certified™ are tested on the AI Discovery vocabulary. This glossary is the institutional reference.
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