AI Bot Directory / ChatGPT-User
What is ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is OpenAI's on-demand fetcher: it hits a page in real time when a person asks the assistant about it. Every hit is a human, right now, asking an AI about your content.
Last 7 days: 237 hits across 1 reporting sites (+30% vs the week before). Live aggregate data on the AI Crawler Traffic Report.
How to spot ChatGPT-User in your logs
Look for this token in the request User-Agent (case-insensitive):
chatgpt-user
Should you allow or block ChatGPT-User?
Blocking it breaks real-time page reads when users ask the AI about your site. Almost nobody benefits from blocking assistant fetchers.
To block it anyway, add this to your robots.txt:
User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: /
Note: robots.txt is a request, not a lock — well-behaved crawlers honor it; verify with your own traffic data.
Is ChatGPT-User visiting your site?
NeverDrafts tracks every AI crawler hit on your site (one snippet, live in minutes) and monitors whether ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Mode and Perplexity actually recommend you when buyers ask.
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