Anthropic · Claude

ClaudeBot

Collects pages to train Anthropic’s AI models. Here is how to recognise it, verify it, and allow or block it.

Company
Anthropic
Product
Claude
Why it visits
Collecting for AI training
How to verify
Published IP list
User-agent contains
ClaudeBot

How to tell a real ClaudeBot from a fake

  1. The user-agent contains ClaudeBot. 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 ClaudeBot 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 ClaudeBot in robots.txt

Block it everywhere:

User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /

Allow it everywhere:

User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: /

Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.