Claude-SearchBot
by Anthropic
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
claude-searchbot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot How it's verified
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
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