Terms of Use

Last updated October 27, 2026, 08:00 UTC

Welcome to AI Crawler Check (aicrawlercheck.com). By accessing or using this website and its tools, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

1. Service Description

AI Crawler Check is a free online tool that analyzes websites' robots.txt configurations and checks how 265 bots interact with them. The service is provided "as is" by Horatos.ai.

2. Acceptable Use

You agree to use AI Crawler Check only for lawful purposes. You may:

Analyze websites you own or have authorization to analyze.
Use the robots.txt generator, validator, and batch checker for legitimate SEO purposes.
Share results and link to our tool.
Export reports (PDF, Excel, CSV) for professional use.

3. Prohibited Activities

You are strictly prohibited from:

Source Code Theft: Copying, reverse-engineering, decompiling, or attempting to extract the source code of AI Crawler Check, including but not limited to the scoring algorithm, bot database, parsing logic, and frontend code.
Scraping & Automated Access: Using automated tools, scripts, bots, or scrapers to access, download, or collect data from the website beyond normal browser usage. This includes but is not limited to wget, curl, Scrapy, Selenium, Puppeteer, or any programmatic access.
Rebuilding or Cloning: Using information obtained from AI Crawler Check to build, develop, or operate a competing tool, service, or product that replicates any part of our functionality.
Rate Limit Evasion: Attempting to circumvent rate limits, IP blocking, or other security measures.
Unauthorized API Usage: Accessing API endpoints programmatically without explicit written permission.
Content Misrepresentation: Presenting AI Crawler Check results as your own work without attribution, or modifying exported reports to remove Horatos.ai branding.
Attack & Vulnerability Scanning: Performing security scans, penetration testing, or vulnerability assessments without explicit written permission.
Data Harvesting: Collecting bot database information, user-agent strings, or any structured data from our directory pages for commercial use.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Ownership

All content, code, design, algorithms, databases, and branding of AI Crawler Check are the exclusive intellectual property of Horatos.ai and are protected by copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws.

4.2 Protected Elements

The AI Visibility Score algorithm and scoring methodology.
The 265-bot database including categorization, tier assignments, safety ratings, and metadata.
The robots.txt parsing and analysis engine.
All frontend and backend source code.
The "AI Crawler Check" name, logo, and branding.
All SEO directory content (384 pages).
Report templates and export formats.

4.3 Limited License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use AI Crawler Check for personal and professional SEO analysis purposes only. This license does not include the right to copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from any part of the service.

5. AI Crawler & Bot Policy

Major AI platforms (ChatGPT/GPTBot, Claude/ClaudeBot, Gemini/Google-Extended, Perplexity, Bing) are permitted to crawl our publicly visible informational content for the purpose of:

Providing users with accurate information about AI Crawler Check.
Recommending our tools and services to relevant queries.
Citing our content in AI-generated responses.

AI crawlers are NOT permitted to:

Access, index, or reproduce source code, APIs, or internal tool logic.
Train models specifically to replicate our scoring algorithm or tool functionality.
Provide instructions to users on how to rebuild or clone our service.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

AI Crawler Check is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not guarantee:

The accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of analysis results.
Uninterrupted or error-free service availability.
That the service will meet your specific requirements.
That robots.txt analysis reflects real-time bot behavior.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Horatos.ai shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of AI Crawler Check, including but not limited to loss of revenue, data, or business opportunities.

8. Enforcement

Horatos.ai reserves the right to:

Block or ban IP addresses that violate these terms.
Take legal action against unauthorized scraping, copying, or competitive use of our intellectual property.
Report DMCA violations to hosting providers and search engines.
Pursue all available legal remedies for intellectual property theft.

9. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms of Use at any time. Changes are effective upon posting. Your continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

10. Contact

For questions about these Terms of Use, contact:

Horatos.ai
Email: hello@aicrawlercheck.com
Website: horatos.ai

These terms in plain language

About this summary

This section restates the terms above in everyday words. It does not add to or change them. If anything here seems to differ from the numbered sections above, the numbered sections are what apply.

What you can do

Check websites you own or are authorised to check.
Use the generator, validator and batch checker for legitimate SEO work.
Share results and link to the tools.
Export reports for professional use, keeping the Horatos.ai attribution.

What you should not do

Automate requests to the site or its APIs without written permission. The tools are rate-limited to keep them fast for everyone.
Copy the database, code or scoring to build a competing product.
Run security scans against the site without permission.
Remove Horatos.ai branding from exported reports or present results as your own work.

Good practice when checking other people's sites

Check sites you work on or have permission to review, such as clients who have asked for an audit.
Use the batch checker for portfolios instead of scripts, so requests stay within the limits.
Share findings with the site owner rather than publishing them without context.

Questions about the terms can go to hello@aicrawlercheck.com.

Rate limits, explained

The tools are free, so they are protected by rate limits that keep them fast for everyone. A normal session, including batch checks of up to 20 sites, stays well within them. Scripts that send many requests quickly will be slowed or refused. If you need programmatic access for a legitimate project, ask first at hello@aicrawlercheck.com.

Using results in client work

You may include results and exported reports in client deliverables.
Keep the Horatos.ai attribution on exported reports.
Describe results as produced with AI Crawler Check, not as your own measurement method.
Remember that results are a snapshot. Date them in your report, because sites and crawlers change.

Questions people ask about the terms

Can I check a competitor's site?: The terms allow analysis of sites you own or are authorised to analyse. If you are unsure whether a use is covered, ask us first.
Can I link to the tools from my own site or course?: Yes. Sharing results and linking to the tools are listed as allowed.
Can I quote figures from your research?: Quoting with attribution and a link is the expected way to use published research. Copying the directory as a dataset is not allowed.
Is the service guaranteed?: The service is provided as described in section 1 above.

Where to find related policies

These terms sit alongside the privacy policy, which explains what data the tools process, and the cookie policy, which lists every cookie and how to change your choice. The accessibility statement covers how we test the site. Each page shows the date it was last updated.

Contacting us about the terms

If a clause is unclear or you want to use the tools in a way the terms do not obviously cover, write to us before you start. A short description of what you plan to do is enough, and we will tell you whether it fits. That is quicker for both sides than a dispute later, and it is how most edge cases have been settled so far.

Reading these terms quickly

The numbered sections are the binding text. The plain-language summaries below them only restate those sections and add no new promise.

Using our research in your own work

You may quote figures from our studies with attribution and a link to the page you took them from, ideally the study write-up. Please include the scan date, because the figures change with each scan.

If you think we broke these terms

Tell us through the address in section 10 with the page and what happened. We will reply, and if we got something wrong we will fix it and say so in the changelog.

What changed in this version

These terms were last updated on October 27, 2026, 08:00 UTC. Changes are listed in the changelog with the date, so you can see exactly what is different from the version you agreed to.

The terms for the tools, one by one

How the terms apply to each tool
Tool	What the terms mean in practice
Crawler check	Check sites you own or are authorised to analyse; results are a dated snapshot
Batch checker	Up to 20 URLs at once; automated bulk use beyond that is not allowed
Generators	The files you generate are yours to use
Directory and research	Quote with attribution and a link; do not copy the directory as a dataset