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A bare domain is normalized to HTTPS."},"context":{"type":"object","description":"Optional non-secret correlation labels returned unchanged only in the request lifecycle.","maxProperties":12,"additionalProperties":{"type":["string","number","boolean","null"]}},"baseline":{"type":["object","null"],"description":"Optional baseline returned by a previous snapshot call.","additionalProperties":true},"compare_url":{"type":"string","maxLength":2048,"minLength":3,"description":"Optional public comparison URL. Used by change and monitoring services."}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.001","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.001/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_0jrSZDcSYhjRvknvUCXcI","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.001","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Passively evaluates whether GPTBot (OpenAI's web crawler) is allowed or blocked on a target URL by fetching and analyzing public evidence such as robots.txt","exampleAgentPrompt":"Check whether GPTBot is currently allowed to crawl https://example.com — I want to know the verdict, the exact evidence from the site's robots.txt, and any limitations you found.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Verify own site allows GPTBot","prompt":"Is GPTBot allowed to crawl my site at https://myblog.com? Pull the current robots.txt and tell me the verdict, what rule applies, and whether there are any issues I should know about."},{"title":"Audit competitor GPTBot policy","prompt":"Can you check if GPTBot is blocked on https://competitorsite.com? I want to see the evidence from their public robots.txt and a clear allow or block verdict."},{"title":"Monitor GPTBot access change over time","prompt":"Compare the current GPTBot access rules on https://newspublisher.com against this baseline I got last week — has anything changed, and what's the latest verdict?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured result containing: the observation (what was found publicly), the threshold used for the criterion, a clear allow/block/unknown verdict, the exact URL of the evidence source (e.g. robots.txt), any limitations of the passive check, and a mode-specific recommended action. No login, payload injection, or active testing is performed.","failureModes":["Target URL is unreachable or returns non-200 status — verdict may be inconclusive","robots.txt is absent or malformed — observation notes missing file, verdict uncertain","Target uses wildcard or ambiguous directives that cannot be definitively resolved","Supplied URL is private or behind authentication — passive check cannot retrieve evidence","Rate limiting or network errors on the target prevent evidence retrieval"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need a quick, passive, read-only check of whether GPTBot is permitted to crawl a specific public URL or domain. It is ideal for site owners auditing their own crawler policy, researchers comparing competitor stances on AI crawlers, or monitoring pipelines that need a structured verdict with cited evidence. Prefer this over manual robots.txt inspection when you need a machine-readable verdict with threshold logic and a recommended action. Use the sibling GPTBot repair plan endpoint if you also want remediation steps.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-14T00:35:20.401Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"gptbot-access-decision-29d9adc6"}