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Claude-SearchBot

by Anthropic

AI indexing AI UA + IP range

Builds the index an AI assistant searches when it needs to find and cite a source.

Anthropic crawler that discovers and refreshes content for Claude search.

What it usually means

Anthropic is indexing this page so Claude can find and cite it when answering questions.

How to identify it

User-Agent tokens
claude-searchbot
robots.txt stanza
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot

How it's verified

Published IP-range endpoints
Currently loaded ranges (sample) Refreshed Jul 20, 2026
216.73.216.0/2234.162.230.222/3234.162.244.71/3234.162.191.81/3234.150.241.79/3234.85.172.162/3235.245.175.129/3234.182.222.37/3234.186.108.163/3235.245.89.239/32

1 IP source configured

Anthropic's page for Claude-SearchBot

Sources

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