Rattlesnakes By Mail

Claim 39

Claude-User respects the Crawl-delay directive in robots.txt when fetching pages.

entity
Claude-User
field
honours_crawl_delay
value
yes
statement
Claude-User respects the Crawl-delay directive in robots.txt when fetching pages.
evidence_url
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-content-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler
evidence_quote
"We aim for minimal disruption by being thoughtful about how quickly we crawl the same domains and respecting Crawl-delay where appropriate." source dated 2026-04-07
method
vendor_doc
verified_at
2026-09-13
confidence
medium
status
current
supersedes
none

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