# Which news sites block GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot?

**Use case:** 

Check the robots.txt of six major news publishers (NYT, Guardian, BBC, CNN, Reuters, Washington Post) against 30+ AI crawlers and see who blocks AI training bots versus AI search bots, with an AI search visibility score per site. Add any domains to audit AI crawler access in bulk.

## Input

```json
{
  "websites": [
    "https://www.nytimes.com",
    "https://www.theguardian.com",
    "https://www.bbc.com",
    "https://www.cnn.com",
    "https://www.reuters.com",
    "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
  ],
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "includeFixSnippets": true,
  "blockedOnly": false,
  "outputOnlyChanges": false,
  "httpVia": "auto",
  "siteTimeoutSecs": 120
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "site": {
    "label": "Site",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "policy": {
    "label": "Policy",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "aiSearchScore": {
    "label": "AI search score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "aiAccessScore": {
    "label": "AI access score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "verdict": {
    "label": "Verdict"
  },
  "blockedBots": {
    "label": "Blocked bots"
  },
  "partialBots": {
    "label": "Partial bots"
  },
  "comparison.status": {
    "label": "vs last run",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "contentSignals": {
    "label": "Content signals"
  },
  "llmsTxt": {
    "label": "Llms txt"
  },
  "noAiDirective": {
    "label": "No ai directive"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI Crawler Checker - robots.txt Checker for GPTBot & AI Bots](https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).