About OpenForBots

Clearer evidence for a fast-changing part of the web

OpenForBots helps website owners see what their public website exposes, compare it with provider documentation, understand what a repeatable website check can establish, and recognise where human review is still required.

Clear intent

Purpose before verdict

Search discovery, model development, user-requested retrieval, and data-use controls are treated as different policy decisions.

Reviewable evidence

Evidence before persuasion

Findings explain whether they are directly observed, supported by provider documentation, simulated, heuristic, inferred, or left for manual review.

Honest boundaries

Useful limits

OpenForBots does not sell guaranteed citations, certifications, or precise visibility probabilities that available evidence cannot support.

Independent stewardship

A reviewable method with dated sources

OpenForBots is independently maintained. Crawler records use provider-published sources, the audit method is public, and material changes are documented so readers can review a result instead of accepting a black box.

Crawler records: Checked against provider-maintained documentation and dated at the record level.
Audit checks: Focused, repeatable checks with visible evidence labels and limitations.
Corrections: Separate routes for product support, crawler-reference corrections, methodology feedback, and private security reports.
Change history: Material changes to the public method and interpretation are dated and explained.