Does zdf.de block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-11-03, zdf.de does not block any of the 18 AI crawlers we check. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini can all read its public pages.
AI crawler status of zdf.de
Based on the live robots.txt of zdf.de, 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 (some paths restricted) |
OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | ChatGPT search index | Allowed |
ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | Live browsing for ChatGPT users | Allowed (some paths restricted) |
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 | Gemini training & grounding | Allowed (some paths restricted) | |
Googlebot | 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 (some paths restricted) |
Bytespider | ByteDance | Model training | Allowed |
What this means
zdf.de 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 381 news & media sites in our AI crawler report, 59% block GPTBot completely. zdf.de is not one of them.
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FAQ
Does zdf.de block ChatGPT?
No. As of 2026-11-03, OAI-SearchBot is allowed and ChatGPT-User is allowed with some restricted paths in the robots.txt of zdf.de. GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) is allowed with some restricted paths.
Can Perplexity access zdf.de?
PerplexityBot is allowed and Perplexity-User is allowed on zdf.de according to its robots.txt checked on 2026-11-03.
Does zdf.de have an llms.txt file?
No, we did not find an llms.txt file on zdf.de when we checked on 2026-11-03.
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.
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