Does planetscale.com block AI crawlers?

As of 2026-11-03, planetscale.com does not block any of the 18 AI crawlers we check. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini can all read its public pages.

0/18AI crawlers blocked

YesChatGPT can read it

YesPerplexity can read it

YesClaude can read it

YesHas an llms.txt file

AI crawler status of planetscale.com

Based on the live robots.txt of planetscale.com, checked on 2026-11-03. “Some paths restricted” means the bot may crawl the site but certain sections are excluded.

User agent	Company	Purpose	Status
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Model training	Allowed
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	ChatGPT search index	Allowed
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Live browsing for ChatGPT users	Allowed
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Model training	Allowed
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Claude search index	Allowed
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Live browsing for Claude users	Allowed
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Perplexity search index	Allowed
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Live browsing for Perplexity users	Allowed
`Google-Extended`	Google	Gemini training & grounding	Allowed
`Googlebot`	Google	Search and AI Overviews	Allowed
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Bing search and Microsoft Copilot	Allowed
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Apple Intelligence training	Allowed
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Meta AI training	Allowed
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Alexa and Amazon AI	Allowed
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	DuckAssist answers	Allowed
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Live browsing for Le Chat users	Allowed
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Open dataset used by many AI models	Allowed
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Model training	Allowed

What this means

planetscale.com is fully open to AI crawlers. Its content can be used for training and can be read, cited and linked by AI assistants in real time.

Among the 335 saas & software sites in our AI crawler report, 3% block GPTBot completely. planetscale.com is not one of them.

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FAQ

Does planetscale.com block ChatGPT?

No. As of 2026-11-03, OAI-SearchBot is allowed and ChatGPT-User is allowed in the robots.txt of planetscale.com. GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) is allowed.

Can Perplexity access planetscale.com?

PerplexityBot is allowed and Perplexity-User is allowed on planetscale.com according to its robots.txt checked on 2026-11-03.

Does planetscale.com have an llms.txt file?

Yes, planetscale.com publishes an llms.txt file.

How is this data collected?

We fetch the public robots.txt file of each site and evaluate the rules for 18 AI user agents for the site root. robots.txt is a request, not a technical barrier, and sites may also block bots at the firewall level, which this check does not see.