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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does monday.com block AI crawlers?

No. monday.com’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site, though it keeps OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and 5 more out of some paths. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowedOAI-SearchBotPartly blockedClaudeBotPartly blockedPerplexityBotPartly blockedGoogle-ExtendedPartly blockedCCBotAllowed
robots.txt
monday.com/robots.txt · 153 lines
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Checked
9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
GooglebotGoogleAllowedno rule matches the home page
BingbotMicrosoftAllowedno rule matches the home page
DuckDuckBotDuckDuckGoAllowedno rule matches the home page
ApplebotAppleAllowedno rule matches the home page
PetalBotHuaweiAllowedno rule matches the home page
YandexBotYandexAllowedno rule matches the home page
BaiduspiderBaiduAllowedno rule matches the home page

AI search

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
OAI-SearchBotOpenAIPartly blockedline 3 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 4 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
PerplexityBotPerplexityPartly blockedline 27 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 28 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
Claude-SearchBotAnthropicAllowedno rule matches the home page
DuckAssistBotDuckDuckGoAllowedno rule matches the home page
AmazonbotAmazonAllowedno rule matches the home page
YouBotYou.comAllowedno rule matches the home page

AI training

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
GPTBotOpenAIAllowedno rule matches the home page
ClaudeBotAnthropicPartly blockedline 50 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 51 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
Google-ExtendedGooglePartly blockedline 97 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 99 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
CCBotCommon CrawlAllowedno rule matches the home page
Applebot-ExtendedAppleAllowedno rule matches the home page
GoogleOtherGooglePartly blockedline 73 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 75 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
Meta-ExternalAgentMetaAllowedno rule matches the home page
BytespiderByteDanceAllowedno rule matches the home page

User-triggered fetchers

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
ChatGPT-UserOpenAIPartly blockedline 3 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 4 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
Claude-UserAnthropicAllowedno rule matches the home page
Perplexity-UserPerplexityPartly blockedline 27 · Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ line 28 · Disallow: /mb/ and 19 more
MistralAI-UserMistralAllowedno rule matches the home page
Meta-ExternalFetcherMetaAllowedno rule matches the home page

SEO tools

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
AhrefsBotAhrefsAllowedno rule matches the home page
SemrushBotSemrushAllowedno rule matches the home page
MJ12botMajesticAllowedno rule matches the home page
DotBotMozAllowedno rule matches the home page
View monday.com/robots.txt · 153 lines
1User-agent: ChatGPT-User
2User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
3Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
4Disallow: /mb/
5Disallow: /h/
6Disallow: /fb/
7Disallow: /lp/
8Disallow: /test/
9Disallow: /generator-system-config/
10Disallow: /reflect/
11Disallow: /google*
12Disallow: /partials/
13Disallow: /blog/cards/
14Disallow: /blog/decks/
15Disallow: /blog/members/
16Disallow: /blog/forums/
17Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
18Disallow: /blog/packs/
19Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
20Disallow: /marketplace/category/
21Disallow: *?s=*
22Disallow: /*?q=
23Disallow: /*?*
24
25User-agent: PerplexityBot
26User-agent: Perplexity-User
27Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
28Disallow: /mb/
29Disallow: /h/
30Disallow: /fb/
31Disallow: /lp/
32Disallow: /test/
33Disallow: /generator-system-config/
34Disallow: /reflect/
35Disallow: /google*
36Disallow: /partials/
37Disallow: /blog/cards/
38Disallow: /blog/decks/
39Disallow: /blog/members/
40Disallow: /blog/forums/
41Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
42Disallow: /blog/packs/
43Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
44Disallow: /marketplace/category/
45Disallow: *?s=*
46Disallow: /*?q=
47Disallow: /*?*
48
49User-agent: ClaudeBot
50Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
51Disallow: /mb/
52Disallow: /h/
53Disallow: /fb/
54Disallow: /lp/
55Disallow: /test/
56Disallow: /generator-system-config/
57Disallow: /reflect/
58Disallow: /google*
59Disallow: /partials/
60Disallow: /blog/cards/
61Disallow: /blog/decks/
62Disallow: /blog/members/
63Disallow: /blog/forums/
64Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
65Disallow: /blog/packs/
66Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
67Disallow: /marketplace/category/
68Disallow: *?s=*
69Disallow: /*?q=
70Disallow: /*?*
71
72User-agent: GoogleOther
73Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
74Allow: /
75Disallow: /mb/
76Disallow: /h/
77Disallow: /fb/
78Disallow: /lp/
79Disallow: /test/
80Disallow: /generator-system-config/
81Disallow: /reflect/
82Disallow: /google*
83Disallow: /partials/
84Disallow: /blog/cards/
85Disallow: /blog/decks/
86Disallow: /blog/members/
87Disallow: /blog/forums/
88Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
89Disallow: /blog/packs/
90Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
91Disallow: /marketplace/category/
92Disallow: *?s=*
93Disallow: /*?q=
94Disallow: /*?*
95
96User-agent: Google-Extended
97Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
98Allow: /
99Disallow: /mb/
100Disallow: /h/
101Disallow: /fb/
102Disallow: /lp/
103Disallow: /test/
104Disallow: /generator-system-config/
105Disallow: /reflect/
106Disallow: /google*
107Disallow: /partials/
108Disallow: /blog/cards/
109Disallow: /blog/decks/
110Disallow: /blog/members/
111Disallow: /blog/forums/
112Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
113Disallow: /blog/packs/
114Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
115Disallow: /marketplace/category/
116Disallow: *?s=*
117Disallow: /*?q=
118Disallow: /*?*
119
120User-agent: *
121Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
122Disallow: /mb/
123Disallow: /h/
124Disallow: /fb/
125Disallow: /lp/
126Disallow: /test/
127Disallow: /generator-system-config/
128Disallow: /reflect/
129Disallow: /google*
130Disallow: /partials/
131Disallow: /blog/cards/
132Disallow: /blog/decks/
133Disallow: /blog/members/
134Disallow: /blog/forums/
135Disallow: /blog/blue-tracker/
136Disallow: /blog/packs/
137Disallow: /marketplace/listing/
138Disallow: /marketplace/category/
139Disallow: *?s=*
140Disallow: /*?q=
141Disallow: /*?*
142Allow: /*.js*
143Allow: /*.css*
144# Careers filter and job-ad links (?location=, ?utm_*) get indexed from shared links; crawling lets Google read their /careers canonical.
145Allow: /careers?
146Allow: /careers/
147Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes
148
149User-agent: Skynet
150Disallow: /
151
152Sitemap: https://monday.com/sitemap_index.xml
153

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what monday.com asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

Questions

Does monday.com block GPTBot?

No. monday.com’s robots.txt lets GPTBot crawl the site. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does monday.com block ClaudeBot?

Partly. monday.com’s robots.txt keeps ClaudeBot out of some paths, such as /cdn-cgi/, and lets it crawl the rest. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does monday.com block Google-Extended?

Partly. monday.com’s robots.txt keeps Google-Extended out of some paths, such as /cdn-cgi/, and lets it crawl the rest. Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does monday.com block PerplexityBot?

Partly. monday.com’s robots.txt keeps PerplexityBot out of some paths, such as /cdn-cgi/, and lets it crawl the rest. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find monday.com?

Partly. monday.com’s robots.txt keeps OAI-SearchBot out of some paths, such as /cdn-cgi/, and lets it crawl the rest. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.