Our Approach to AI Crawlers
QAIL AI recognizes that AI crawlers and automated agents are an increasingly important part of the web ecosystem. As a company that builds verification infrastructure for the agentic web, we approach AI crawler management with the same principles we help our clients implement: identify, classify, and make informed decisions about every automated visitor.
Allowed AI Crawlers
We welcome the following categories of AI crawlers on qail.ai:
Search and Answer Engine Crawlers
AI-powered search engines and answer platforms may crawl our publicly available content for the purpose of indexing and generating search results. This includes but is not limited to:
- GPTBot (OpenAI) — For ChatGPT search and content understanding
- PerplexityBot (Perplexity) — For answer engine indexing
- Claude-SearchBot / ClaudeBot (Anthropic) — For Claude search capabilities
- Bingbot (Microsoft) — For Bing and Copilot search results
- Googlebot (Google) — For Google Search and AI Overviews
- Amazonbot (Amazon) — For Alexa answers and product understanding
We encourage these crawlers to index our content so that users seeking information about lead verification, AI bot traffic detection, click fraud protection, and agentic commerce can find accurate, authoritative information through AI-powered search interfaces.
Research and Academic Crawlers
Academic institutions and research organizations conducting legitimate research on AI traffic, web commerce, or related topics may crawl our publicly available content with reasonable rate limits.
Restricted Activities
The following activities are not permitted without explicit authorization:
- Automated form submission — AI agents may not submit forms, create accounts, or initiate transactions on qail.ai without explicit authorization
- Content reproduction — Wholesale reproduction or redistribution of our content beyond fair use and standard search indexing
- Rate abuse — Crawling at rates that degrade site performance for human visitors
- Authentication bypass — Attempting to access restricted areas, APIs, or authenticated content
- Data extraction — Systematic extraction of structured data, pricing information, or customer-facing content for competitive purposes
For AI Agent Developers
If you are building an AI agent that needs to interact with QAIL AI’s platform or services programmatically, we provide structured access through our API and MCP endpoints. Please contact us to discuss integration options rather than scraping our website.
QAIL AI supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard and provides verified agent access to our platform capabilities. We believe the future of the web is agent-to-agent communication through structured protocols, not bots scraping HTML.
Our robots.txt
Our robots.txt file reflects these policies. However, we recognize that robots.txt is advisory, not enforceable. QAIL AI actively monitors all automated traffic using the same Know Your Agent (KYA) verification framework we provide to our clients. Non-compliant crawlers will be identified, classified, and managed accordingly.
Reporting & Contact
If you believe your AI crawler has been incorrectly classified or blocked, or if you would like to discuss authorized access for your AI agent, please contact our team.
This policy is effective as of February 2026 and may be updated as the AI crawler ecosystem evolves.