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title: "OAI-AdsBot: block or allow this AI crawler · DotsAgent"
description: "OAI-AdsBot is run by OpenAI and listed under ads. Its robots.txt token, whether it follows the rules, its IP list and how to control it."
url: https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/oai-adsbot
---

OpenAI · Ads

# What is OAI-AdsBot?

Checks the landing pages of ads submitted to OpenAI. It only visits URLs that were submitted as ads.

- **robots.txt token**: `OAI-AdsBot`
- **Operator**: OpenAI
- **Purpose**: Ads
- **Obeys robots.txt**: The operator does not say.
- **Documented by operator**: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- **Published IP list**: [openai.com/adsbot.json](https://openai.com/adsbot.json)
- **Documentation**: [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots)

It is left out of the robots.txt generator, because it only fetches pages an advertiser sent in.

## Block OAI-AdsBot from your whole site

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it, but keep private paths out

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
```

## Other bots from OpenAI

[GPTBot](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/gptbot)

[OAI-SearchBot](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/oai-searchbot)

[ChatGPT-User](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/chatgpt-user)

[ChatGPT agent](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/chatgpt-agent)

[Add it to a robots.txt in the generator →](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/robots-txt)

## Sources

1. [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots)/docs/bots

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