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OAI-SearchBot

Updated 2026-05-17

OAI-SearchBot is OpenAI's crawler for live document retrieval in ChatGPT search. Distinct from GPTBot (training) and ChatGPT-User (user-triggered fetches), OAI-SearchBot is what indexes content for inclusion in ChatGPT's search-answer surface.

Allow OAI-SearchBot

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

Why allowing matters

Blocking GPTBot does not block OAI-SearchBot — they're separate user-agents. If you want to be visible in ChatGPT search results, allow OAI-SearchBot even if you've opted out of training (GPTBot).

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