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13 of 14 AI agents get the full page at https://github.com/. Checked 2026-09-25 09:17 UTC.

github.com scores 97 out of 100 for machine visibility, number 7 of the 100 most visited websites checked on 2026-09-25. 13 of 14 AI agents receive the full page: 7 of 8 training crawlers, 3 of 3 AI search indexes and 3 of 3 assistant fetchers. The one refusal is written in robots.txt, which is the transparent way to do it. The pattern is "cite me, don't train on me": 1 of 8 training crawlers are refused while 6 of 6 search and assistant fetchers get through. The site publishes an llms.txt.

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Human

Status
200
Title
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub
H1
The future of building happens together
Words
1,135
Scripts
16 tags · 134 KB
Meta robots
none
Canonical
https://github.com
Server
github.com

Machine

robots.txt
8 groups · 0 sitemaps
llms.txt
present
llms-full.txt
present
X-Robots-Tag
none
Blocked
Bytespider
Degraded
none
Challenged
none

Gaps

  • medium
    1 of 14 AI agents are blockedBytespider: robots.txt Disallow: / (group: Bytespider)
  • info
    Training blocked, citation allowedTraining crawlers are refused while search and assistant fetches get through. This is the common "cite me, don't train on me" posture.
  • info
    Google-Extended not listedYou block other training crawlers but Gemini training via Google-Extended is still allowed. Add it to the same group if the policy is meant to be even-handed.

Every agent

AgentTyperobots.txtFetchWordsResult
Human (Chrome)YouHumanallowed200857 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
GooglebotGoogle · Classic search index. Also feeds AI Overviews.Search engineallowed200740 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
Google-ExtendedGoogle · Robots-only token controlling Gemini training use. Never fetches on its own.AI trainingallowedn/avisible
Robots-only token; allowed by robots.txt
GPTBotOpenAI · Training crawler for OpenAI models.AI trainingallowedAllow: /$200584 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
OAI-SearchBotOpenAI · Indexes for ChatGPT search results and citations.AI search indexallowedAllow: /$200588 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
ChatGPT-UserOpenAI · Live fetch when a user asks ChatGPT about a page.AI assistant (live fetch)allowed200776 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
ClaudeBotAnthropic · Training crawler for Claude models.AI trainingallowedAllow: /$200739 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
Claude-SearchBotAnthropic · Indexes for Claude web search.AI search indexallowed200783 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
Claude-UserAnthropic · Live fetch when a user asks Claude about a page.AI assistant (live fetch)allowed200710 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
PerplexityBotPerplexityAI search indexallowedAllow: /$200703 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
Perplexity-UserPerplexityAI assistant (live fetch)allowed200733 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
BingbotMicrosoft · Bing index. Also feeds Copilot and ChatGPT search.Search engineallowed200782 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
Applebot-ExtendedApple · Robots-only token for Apple Intelligence training.AI trainingallowedn/avisible
Robots-only token; allowed by robots.txt
Meta-ExternalAgentMetaAI trainingallowed200782 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
AmazonbotAmazon · Alexa and Amazon AI.AI trainingallowed200830 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words
BytespiderByteDance · Known for ignoring robots.txt.AI trainingdisallowedDisallow: /2001022 ms1,135blocked
robots.txt Disallow: / (group: Bytespider)
CCBotCommon Crawl · Open dataset used to train most LLMs.AI trainingallowed200781 ms1,135visible
HTTP 200, 1135 words

Snapshot

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