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xAI-Grok

Tokens are claimed by third-party directories only. xAI publishes no crawler documentation we could find.
Class
User fetch
robots.txt
Not stated
Evidence
Unconfirmed: third-party claims only

Proving it is real

xAI publishes no way to confirm this identity, so any request using this name has to be taken on trust.

Blocking it

robots.txt
User-agent: xAI-Grok
Disallow: /
Cloudflare custom rule expression
(http.user_agent contains "xAI-Grok")
nginx
if ($http_user_agent ~* "xAI-Grok") {
    return 403;
}

Matching a name only blocks bots that tell the truth about it. Before you do this, read what each decision costs.

Last reviewed Nov 2, 2026