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AI bot blocker generator

Pick the AI bots to block; get the robots.txt block, a Cloudflare WAF expression, nginx, Caddy and .htaccess rules ready to paste.

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Full list (+185 · ai.robots.txt, 2026-11-06)

Which one to use

  • robots.txt: a request; documented bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended) honor it. Not enough for the ones that do not.
  • Cloudflare WAF: Security → WAF → Custom rules → Create rule → Edit expression; action Block. One expression can hold at most 4 KB; long lists are split for you. Easier: AI Crawl Control (Bot Management) with one switch.
  • nginx / Caddy / .htaccess: enforced on the server; a User-Agent can be faked, but registered bots use their own name.

Bot list: ai.robots.txt (MIT). The class (training / search / user fetch) is derived from the list's 'function' field; drop any bot you are not sure about.

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