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title: "What is OAI-SearchBot? OpenAI's Bot Explained | Kitbase"
description: "OpenAI crawler that builds the search index behind ChatGPT's web results."
canonical: https://kitbase.dev/bot-directory/oai-searchbot
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# OAI-SearchBot

by OpenAI

AI indexing AI UA + IP range

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

OpenAI crawler that builds the search index behind ChatGPT's web results.

## What it usually means

OpenAI is indexing this page so it can be surfaced and cited in ChatGPT search results.

## How to identify it

User-Agent tokens

`oai-searchbot`

robots.txt stanza

`User-agent: OAI-SearchBot`

Free tools

[Verify a OAI-SearchBot request](/tools/bot-verifier?ua=oai-searchbot) [Check if your site allows OAI-SearchBot](/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker)

## How it's verified

Published IP-range endpoints

-   [https://openai.com/gptbot.json](https://openai.com/gptbot.json)
-   [https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json](https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json)
-   [https://openai.com/searchbot.json](https://openai.com/searchbot.json)
-   [https://openai.com/adsbot.json](https://openai.com/adsbot.json)
-   [https://openai.com/chatgpt-connectors.json](https://openai.com/chatgpt-connectors.json)
-   [https://openai.com/chatgpt-agents.json](https://openai.com/chatgpt-agents.json)

Currently loaded ranges (sample) Refreshed Sep 4, 2026

`132.196.86.0/24``172.182.202.0/25``172.182.204.0/24``172.182.207.0/25``172.182.214.0/24``172.182.215.0/24``20.125.66.80/28``20.171.206.0/24``20.171.207.0/24``4.227.36.0/25`

6 IP sources configured

[OpenAI's page for OAI-SearchBot](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots)

## Sources

-   [OpenAI crawler docs](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots)
-   [Published IP ranges](https://openai.com/searchbot.json)

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GPTBot

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