geo-crawlers

This skill provides a framework for auditing website accessibility to AI crawlers. It identifies specific AI bots, evaluates their impact on search visibility, and provides a systematic procedure for checking robots.txt, meta tags, HTTP headers, and AI-specific files to ensure optimal AI search presence.

358
Installs
5
Use cases
5/10
Quality

Is geo-crawlers safe to install?

Review the source first

Review the source first: our audit of geo-crawlers's source files found 0 shell commands, 1 external URL, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill performs network requests to fetch robots.txt and website content. It reads local files to perform analysis.

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Who is this skill for?

SEO professionals, web developers, and site owners who want to manage their visibility in AI-generated search results and AI training datasets.

What can you do with it?

  • Audit robots.txt files for AI crawler blocking rules.
  • Identify page-level AI access restrictions via meta tags and HTTP headers.
  • Verify the presence of AI-specific configuration files like llms.txt and ai.txt.
  • Assess the impact of JavaScript rendering on AI crawler accessibility.
  • Generate recommendations for robots.txt configurations to maximize AI search visibility.

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 5/10. The skill provides a clear, well-structured methodology for auditing AI crawler access. It includes a comprehensive reference list of major AI bots and actionable configuration examples.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md
# AI Crawler Access Analysis Skill

## Purpose

This skill analyzes a website's accessibility to AI crawlers -- the bots that AI companies use to discover, index, and train on web content. If AI crawlers are blocked, the site's content cannot appear in AI-generated responses regardless of its quality. Crawler access is the foundational technical requirement for GEO.

## Key Insight

As of early 2026, many websites inadvertently block AI crawlers through overly aggressive robots.txt rules, inherited from legacy SEO configurations. An Originality.ai 2025 study found that over 35% of the top 1,00...

Frequently asked questions

Does blocking Google-Extended affect my Google Search rankings?

No. Blocking Google-Extended only prevents Google from using your content for Gemini model training and AI Overviews. Standard Google Search rankings are controlled by Googlebot.

What is the difference between GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot?

GPTBot fetches content for ChatGPT's browsing and model training. OAI-SearchBot is used exclusively for ChatGPT's search feature and does not use content for model training.

Why should I block Bytespider?

The skill recommends blocking Bytespider for most Western businesses because it exhibits aggressive crawling behavior and provides minimal benefit for search visibility in Western markets.

Data sourced from zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude on GitHub. Install counts from skills.sh. The summary and security audit are derived from the skill's source files: every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the source.

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