Agent Grade / AI bots by site / lemonde.fr
Does lemonde.fr block ChatGPT?
lemonde.fr is open to Google but blocks Claude search. ChatGPT search is allowed, and OpenAI's training bot is allowed. From its public robots.txt, checked 23 to 24 October 2026. It ranks #699 on the Tranco list of top sites.
| Bot | What it does | Home page | Deciding rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googlebot | Google Search | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| Bingbot | Bing / Copilot | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| ChatGPT-User | ChatGPT (user asks) | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| GPTBot | OpenAI training | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| Claude-SearchBot | Claude search | Blocked | User-agent: Claude-SearchBot / Disallow: / |
| Claude-User | Claude (user asks) | Blocked | User-agent: Claude-User / Disallow: / |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic training | Blocked | User-agent: ClaudeBot / Disallow: / |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity search | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity (user asks) | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| Google-Extended | Gemini training | Blocked | User-agent: Google-Extended / Disallow: / |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple AI training | Blocked | User-agent: Applebot-Extended / Disallow: / |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | Blocked | User-agent: CCBot / Disallow: / |
| meta-externalagent | Meta AI | Allowed | no rule blocks it |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | Blocked | User-agent: Bytespider / Disallow: / |
"Blanket rule": lemonde.fr never names that bot; a rule for every bot (User-agent: *) applies. llms.txt: No. robots.txt is what a site asks bots to do; some sites also block bots at the network edge.
Questions
Does lemonde.fr block ChatGPT search?
No. In its robots.txt as checked 23 to 24 October 2026, lemonde.fr lets OAI-SearchBot, the crawler behind ChatGPT search, read its home page.
Does lemonde.fr block GPTBot?
No. lemonde.fr lets GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler, read its home page.
Does lemonde.fr block Claude?
ClaudeBot (Anthropic training): blocked. Claude-SearchBot (Claude search): blocked. Claude-User (fetches for a person): blocked.
Does lemonde.fr have an llms.txt file?
We did not find an llms.txt file on lemonde.fr, or its robots.txt did not allow us to fetch it.
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