Technical Definition
ClaudeBot is Anthropic's web crawler for collecting AI training data. User-agent: ClaudeBot/anthropic-ai. Can be blocked via robots.txt. Separate from Claude's web search functionality (Claude-SearchBot). Blocking prevents content from training future Claude models but doesn't affect Claude's ability to cite your content via web search.
Simple Explanation (ELI13)
ClaudeBot is the crawler that Anthropic uses to gather training data for Claude AI. You can block it if you don't want your content used for AI training. It's different from Claude's web search, which is a separate feature that looks up information when users ask questions.
Related Terms
Claude, Robots.txt, AI Training, Web Crawlers
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