Bot reference

Last updated Apr 23, 2026 A selection of crawlers from major AI operators. For an up-to-date list of verified bots, see the Cloudflare Radar Bots Directory ↗︎.

Note

Bot Management customers can use cf.bot_management.detection_ids in WAF custom rules. All other plans can use user agent matching in robots.txt or WAF rules.

Referrer domains by operator

When visitors arrive at your site from an AI platform, the referrer indicates which operator's service sent them.

Related

• Analyze AI traffic — View crawler activity in the dashboard
• GraphQL API reference — Query crawler analytics
• Cloudflare Radar Bots Directory ↗︎ — Up-to-date list of verified bots

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