01 · Operator
Who operates Claude-User
- Company
- Anthropic
- Type
- AI assistant fetcher
- Official docs
- support.claude.com
02 · Behavior
What Claude-User does
Claude-User fetches pages when a person asks Claude something that requires reading a website. It is triggered by user requests, not by automatic crawling. Anthropic states that disabling it prevents Claude from retrieving your content in response to user queries.
03 · Impact
Why Claude-User matters for your site
If you allow it
- Claude can read and reference your page when users ask about it
- Anthropic says blocking may reduce visibility in user-directed web search
- Requests reflect real user demand
If you block it
- You do not want Claude to fetch your pages for users
- Fewer automated requests to your server
04 · Allow
How to allow Claude-User
robots.txt
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Claude-User")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.
WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Claude\-User") { return 403; }
Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Claude\-User [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
05 · Block
How to block Claude-User
Claude-User follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: Claude-User
Disallow: /
Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Claude-User")
Action: Block
WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Claude-User
Disallow: /
nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Claude\-User") {
return 403;
}
Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Claude\-User [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>
06 · User agents
User agents we see for Claude-User
| User agent | Share | Last active | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Claude-User/1.0; +claude-user@anthrop… |
43% | Yesterday | Verified |
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Claude-User/1.0; +claude-user@anthrop… |
20% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.295; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
5.5% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.299; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
4.7% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.284; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
2.7% | 2 days ago | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.293; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
2.6% | 2 days ago | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.286; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
2.5% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.304; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
2.2% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.288; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1.8% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.308; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1.4% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.281; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1.4% | 7 days ago | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.309; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1.3% | Yesterday | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.296; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1.2% | 2 days ago | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.289; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
1% | 3 days ago | Unverified |
Claude-User (claude-code/2.1.287; +https://support.anthropic.com/) |
0.9% | 2 days ago | Unverified |
07 · Verification
Is it really Claude-User?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real Claude-User requests come from the IP ranges published at claude.com/crawling/bots.json.
IP addresses we saw from verified Claude-User requests
| IP range | Share | Last active |
|---|---|---|
34.162.191.81/32 |
94% | 10 days ago |
160.79.106.129 |
0.7% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.135 |
0.6% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.130 |
0.6% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.132 |
0.5% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.128 |
0.5% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.131 |
0.5% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.139 |
0.4% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.137 |
0.4% | Yesterday |
160.79.106.143 |
0.4% | Yesterday |
Top 10 of 18 ranges. Always check against the operator’s current list; ranges change.
FAQ
Questions about Claude-User
Does Claude-User follow robots.txt?
Anthropic lists Claude-User among its bots that honor robots.txt, so a Disallow rule for Claude-User stops it from retrieving your pages.
What happens if I block Claude-User?
Anthropic says Claude will not retrieve your content in response to user queries, which may reduce your visibility for user-directed web search.
Is Claude-User used for AI training?
Anthropic describes Claude-User as supporting user requests; training crawling is done by ClaudeBot.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026