linktr.ee: what it tells AI crawlers
On 26 October 2026, linktr.ee's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot; it also signalled ai-train=no.
Last verified 2026-10-26 21:13 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-26). Proof for that day.
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- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://linktr.ee/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256695c772757aa6b88…· view as recorded - The * group
- blocks applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-26
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | allows | named in its own group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | named in its own group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-User | allows | named in its own group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | named in its own group |
| Googlebot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-Extended | allows | named in its own group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | named in its own group |
| CCBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Bytespider | blocks | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | blocks | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | allows | named in its own group |
| amazon-kendra | allows | named in its own group |
| AmazonBuyForMe | allows | named in its own group |
| Applebot | allows | named in its own group |
| atlassian-bot | allows | named in its own group |
| Bravebot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-Web | allows | named in its own group |
| Cloudflare-AutoRAG | allows | named in its own group |
| Devin | allows | named in its own group |
| DuckAssistBot | allows | named in its own group |
| facebookexternalhit | allows | named in its own group |
| Gemini-Deep-Research | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-NotebookLM | allows | named in its own group |
| GoogleAgent-Mariner | allows | named in its own group |
| KlaviyoAIBot | allows | named in its own group |
| meta-externalfetcher | allows | named in its own group |
| MistralAI-User | allows | named in its own group |
| NotebookLM | allows | named in its own group |
| NovaAct | allows | named in its own group |
| OpenAI | allows | named in its own group |
| ShapBot | allows | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /ai.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | not observed |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | not observed |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | yes |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | yes |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | not observed |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | not observed |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
Content signals: ai-train=no, search=yes for applebot; ai-train=no, search=yes for baiduspider; ai-train=no, search=yes for bingbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for discordbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for facebookexternalhit; ai-train=no, search=yes for googlebot; ai-train=no, search=yes for googlebot-image; ai-train=no, search=yes for google-inspectiontool; ai-train=no, search=yes for ia_archiver; ai-train=no, search=yes for linkedinbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for msnbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for naverbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for pinterestbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for screaming; ai-train=no, search=yes for seznambot; ai-train=no, search=yes for slurp; ai-train=no, search=yes for teoma; ai-train=no, search=yes for telegrambot; ai-train=no, search=yes for twitterbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for yandex; ai-train=no, search=yes for yeti; ai-train=no, search=yes for snapchatadsbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for semrushbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for oai-searchbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for chatgpt-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for chatgpt-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for chatgpt; ai-train=no, search=yes for openai; ai-train=no, search=yes for gptbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for claude-searchbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for claude-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for claude-web; ai-train=no, search=yes for claudebot; ai-train=no, search=yes for perplexitybot; ai-train=no, search=yes for perplexity-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for mistralai-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for mistralai-user; ai-train=no, search=yes for meta-externalfetcher; ai-train=no, search=yes for google; ai-train=no, search=yes for google-notebooklm; ai-train=no, search=yes for notebooklm; ai-train=no, search=yes for gemini-deep-research; ai-train=no, search=yes for googleagent-mariner; ai-train=no, search=yes for google-cloudvertexbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for amazonbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for amazon-kendra; ai-train=no, search=yes for amazonbuyforme; ai-train=no, search=yes for novaact; ai-train=no, search=yes for ccbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for atlassian-bot; ai-train=no, search=yes for cloudflare-autorag; ai-train=no, search=yes for klaviyoaibot; ai-train=no, search=yes for shapbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for bravebot; ai-train=no, search=yes for duckassistbot; ai-train=no, search=yes for devin; ai-train=no, search=yes for ahrefsbot
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 695c772757aa |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26). | |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | linktr.ee | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | linktr.ee | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | linktr.ee | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of linktr.ee is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-26: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973294)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/linktr.ee