ClaudeBot

Anthropic's web crawler, used to train and retrieve content for Claude.

Definition

Anthropic's web crawler, used to train and retrieve content for Claude.

Why this matters

Many sites block ClaudeBot without realising they are also blocking themselves from being cited in Claude answers.

Where it sits in The Standard™

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.

Practitioner note

Practitioners certified through Certified™ are tested on the AI Discovery vocabulary. This glossary is the institutional reference.

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