Anthropic · Claude

Claude-User

Fetches a page when someone asks Claude a question. Here is how to recognise it, verify it, and allow or block it.

Company
Anthropic
Product
Claude
Why it visits
Answering someone right now
How to verify
Published IP list
User-agent contains
Claude-User

How to tell a real Claude-User from a fake

  1. The user-agent contains Claude-User. On its own this proves nothing: fakes copy it.
  2. The visit’s IP address is inside Anthropic’s published list (anthropic, below). If it isn’t, it’s a fake.

Check a Claude-User visit

IP ranges: anthropic

38 ranges · updated 12 Oct 2026 · source claude.com

Show all 38 ranges
216.73.216.0/22 34.162.230.222/32 34.162.244.71/32 34.162.191.81/32 34.150.241.79/32 34.85.172.162/32 35.245.175.129/32 34.182.222.37/32 34.186.108.163/32 35.245.89.239/32 34.182.161.143/32 34.182.218.27/32 34.182.220.85/32 34.11.34.31/32 34.182.140.95/32 136.107.176.208/32 34.182.226.151/32 34.182.226.221/32 35.221.29.174/32 34.182.225.167/32 40.124.101.48/28 20.102.46.224/28 20.64.57.208/28 16.58.26.69/32 18.225.238.228/32 18.227.226.255/32 160.79.106.128/28 160.79.106.16/28 34.162.86.102/32 136.79.143.251/32 136.83.20.215/32 34.162.111.78/32 34.162.90.102/32 34.162.27.34/32 34.152.124.140/32 34.153.21.190/32 34.186.252.4/32 34.162.153.71/32

Recent changes to these ranges

No changes recorded yet. When a company adds or removes ranges, it shows up here (lists are checked every day).

Allow or block Claude-User in robots.txt

Block it everywhere:

User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: /

Allow it everywhere:

User-agent: Claude-User Allow: /

This bot fetches pages for people asking Claude right now. Blocking it can stop your pages being opened or cited in its answers. Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.