AI
AI Search External
GoodBotVerifiedBOTCloudflare AI Search is a managed service that lets you connect your data and easily build AI-powered search.
Identification
Bot name
AI Search External
Category
AI Search
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
ai-search-external
User-agent patterns
Cloudflare-AI-Search-ExternalUser-agent string
Cloudflare-AI-Search-External (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search; [email protected])
Block or allow AI Search External
Block it
Add a Disallow rule for Cloudflare-AI-Search-External in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block AI Search External from crawling your entire site User-agent: Cloudflare-AI-Search-External Disallow: / # Allow AI Search External full access User-agent: Cloudflare-AI-Search-External Allow: /
Allow & verify
Ensure your robots.txt allows Cloudflare-AI-Search-External. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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Last updated September 8, 2026
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