xAI · Training

xAI-Bot

Identify xAI-Bot by its user agent. Check request identity, review robots.txt controls and track visits in Aiola Analytics.

Key facts

User-agent token: xAI-Bot
Training: Scraped for model training or dataset development.
No IP verification is published for xAI-Bot; treat the token as a claim.

What xAI-Bot is

xAI-Bot is a general xAI automated crawler identity seen in server logs. Aiola classifies it as training because it performs automated collection rather than a user-triggered fetch.

In Aiola's taxonomy, Training means scraped for model training or dataset development.

xAI-Bot user agent

Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.

Example User-Agent (unverified)
xAI-Bot
Case-insensitive match token
xAI-Bot

Official IP ranges

xAI has not published official IP ranges that Aiola successfully fetched for xAI-Bot. Aiola does not list cloud-provider ranges or community guesses as if they authenticated this crawler.

Verify a xAI-Bot request

No IP authentication method is documented in this record for xAI-Bot. Its user-agent token is a claim, not proof of identity.

Use the exact header token for classification and apply your own access controls. Check the vendor documentation for any newly published IP, token or header verification method.

Control xAI-Bot with robots.txt

xAI does not provide crawler documentation that Aiola could confidently verify for this token. The rules below express your preference, but vendor compliance is unconfirmed.

Allow xAI-Bot
User-agent: xAI-Bot
Allow: /
Block xAI-Bot
User-agent: xAI-Bot
Disallow: /

No official crawler documentation URL is listed because Aiola could not verify one confidently.

Aiola Analytics

See every xAI-Bot visit on your site

Aiola tracks 70 AI, search and link-preview crawlers next to your human traffic. See when xAI-Bot arrives, which pages it requests and how that changes over time. Hosted Analytics needs Pro or a trial.

Aiola Analytics showing AI crawler visits by bot and page

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