What is OAI-SearchBot?

OpenAI · AI search · class ai

Builds the index behind ChatGPT search results. Blocking it removes you from ChatGPT search, not from training.

Verdict: Your call: visibility in AI answers versus free use.

Profile

Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON

Operator	OpenAI · platform.openai.com
Purpose	AI search indexers. Build the index behind AI answers and cite you. Blocking them removes you from those answers, not from training.
User-agent contains	`oai-searchbot`
robots.txt	`User-agent: OAI-SearchBot` `Disallow: /`
How to verify	The operator publishes its address ranges: openai.com. A request that claims this name from an address outside these is an impostor.
Should you block it?	Your call: visibility in AI answers versus free use.
Does it pay?	No. It does not carry a wallet and cannot answer a 402. A site that charges simply serves it nothing.
Docs	https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots

Anonymous daily counts from sites running Pay-per-Crawl that opted in, plus the ForgeMesh fleet. Last 7 days. Small sample: 1 sites reporting.

No sightings reported yet. OAI-SearchBot appears here the day an opted-in site sees it.

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Machine-readable twin: /bots/oai-searchbot/profile.json (free in a browser). Machines: POST {"slug":"oai-searchbot"} to x402.forgemesh.io/bot-profiles, $0.005 per call over x402.

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