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cvs.comAllows AI
Its robots.txt (the public rules file for bots) mentions GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and 2 more, but still lets all 12 major AI bots into the site.
Last checked 19 Oct 2026. Rules file read today. Everything we checked · History
Bots that train AI Allowed
0 of 9 blocked
Blocking these keeps the site out of future AI training. It does not stop AI from reading the site to answer questions.
Bots for AI search Allowed
0 of 8 blocked
Blocking these usually means the site stops showing up as a source in AI answers.
AI assistants Allowed
0 of 7 blocked
5 of these 7 companies say their assistants may ignore robots.txt.
Bot by bot
| AI bot | Allowed? | Where the rule is | Company says it follows robots.txt? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bots that train AI · Allowed | |||
| GPTBotOpenAI | Allowed | Named, line 144 | Says yes |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | Allowed | Named, line 150 | Says yes |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle · opt-out name, not a bot | Allowed | Named, line 148 | Says yes |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple · opt-out name, not a bot | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | Allowed | Named, line 140 | Says yes |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| BytespiderByteDance | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | No statement found |
| MistralAI-TrainingMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| AI2BotAllen Institute for AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Does not say |
| anthropic-aiAnthropic (legacy) · old name | Allowed | Named, line 146 | Unknown |
| Bots for AI search · Allowed | |||
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| AmazonbotAmazon | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Amzn-SearchBotAmazon | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| DuckAssistBotDuckDuckGo | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| MistralAI-IndexMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| Meta-WebIndexerMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| AI assistants · Allowed | |||
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | Allowed | Named, line 142 | Says not always |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Perplexity-UserPerplexity | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says it mostly ignores it |
| Google-AgentGoogle | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says it mostly ignores it |
| Meta-ExternalFetcherMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says not always |
| Amzn-UserAmazon | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says not always |
| MistralAI-UserMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| For comparison | |||
| GooglebotRegular search engine, for comparison | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | |
| BingbotRegular search engine, for comparison | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | |
Other AI names in this file
Names in this file that are not among the 24 bots we track. A rule for a name no real bot uses blocks nothing, but it shows which names the site has added.
| Claude-Web | Has rules | line 152 | Not in our verified list |
| cohere-ai | Has rules | line 154 | Not in our verified list |
We test two pages: the homepage, and a made-up page that stands in for the rest of the site. "Blocked" means both are off limits. "Some pages blocked" means only one is. Rules for search results, carts, checkout and accounts don't change these labels, because almost every site keeps all bots out of those pages.
The rules file (robots.txt)
# Updated 8/18/2026 User-agent: *Disallow: /shop/*DNC-9Disallow: /shop/*/SELECT_A_VALUE/*Disallow: /shop/merch/*/c1*Disallow: /shop/*?skuId=*?page=*Disallow: *?scrollToReview=trueDisallow: *?sort=Disallow: /shop/review-submission?Disallow: /search/Disallow: /pharmacy/-/guest/Disallow: /account/Disallow: *skuId=undefinedDisallow: /shop/*-prodid-*-reviewspage=*Disallow: /shop/ecdeals/Disallow: /ruicket-of-Graue-on-Withou-when-Frogge-name-norsDisallow: /dtnbQ6/ZTBFC/_UmDT/8A/ip1ErGmh/JRJeM1UD/cw/NrXAhbSAMCDisallow: /E4P_a/YX/r/C/ji3CEsUHAwX/k3uD2Vr2iVNi/IXh6AQ/Pkp8PzQP/dFEBDisallow: /C9tlD9kNnEhpUxb6qPKHVXrm/mYibtk0c/Hls2Ag/F0B9R/j0cVwECDisallow: /VP3t9hzFjJ7jYJDGI20QCWWyPe8/p33bhcrkOk/Gwx5YCEoDgg/c05yVWp/QMlIBDisallow: /PY7esa8TwwjCyFit31nQQaMSivo/J5G5VXmJOh/JgdX/eHkVW1k-/CzMBDisallow: /XIDb-EXj7zMM/B_lekU/pRui-Q/k3Eh0GJNiXar/M3MLaQE/SiAzeRtY/UA0CDisallow: /hv0-ZP/GDet/uE/Dufb/jxIo_-0Yk_U/3Vr3f2fbuS/C0QIeWs8Bw/P1B/9WjdlFU8BDisallow: 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/uRnFBaFDOcfJR50H4YD34OHkU2g/at7DtbmXa13D/dSdYAlNnRw/YwEu/AyoFcXwDisallow: /UY7LyQSskbVt2el-2gxxQialoCg/7z1hhmXck7/QD9g/WjB0amE/2eAMBDisallow: /kd7Jxj/rk5O-/xNq-o/Eg/OJc5hVGc/Ty5sDFsCOg/ZHlnPD/0uN30Disallow: /RFMJ/29Qz/tvL/w9H/EvUw/5NVYwLwhtak9/UFlZ/RU/kyangfTQEDisallow: /3xUGvhXL6WkFU10AMMKh/3mGuDpfXD9/QRgwWis/RA57/eBtbAwMBDisallow: /Cgtx5vGkgHUNgqIPtdLN/9it1zphQ5EEf/SQgqJ1wMBA/GG/FcKVkNOgIBDisallow: /drFywG/Uk/0J/1yC9/GEiKCi_T55/iJO1pXbpk93b/T2MwUgIy/NF5nd/0JKETIDisallow: /m/DJlAwnYz5dYR8Ia1rpXt/iY5tcDS0/Z0xzNEUp/UhZsKmd/jRWADisallow: /vUItUx9gsTr5/BhI455O26e/wi/t3iihLNLb3/XUd3R1VALg/QEMNfSED/XmUDisallow: /bizcontent/email/Disallow: /bizcontent/navarro/Disallow: /bizcontent/storeevents/Disallow: /bizcontent/target/Disallow: /bizcontent/vitaminshop/Disallow: /care1on1/Disallow: /checkout/Disallow: /retail-locator/*Disallow: /clinic-locator/cliniclocator-city.jsp?stateId=*Disallow: /content/care1on1Disallow: /content/employee/Disallow: /dynamic-store/Disallow: /extracare-cvs/rxrewards/dashboardDisallow: /extracare-cvs/beautyclub/dashboardDisallow: /minuteclinic/clinic-locator/view-list.jsp?_requestid=*Disallow: /minuteclinic/mc-app-home/Disallow: /minuteclinic/vaccine-lookup/Disallow: /minuteclinic/visit-manager/*Disallow: /mobile/care1on1/Disallow: /otchs/*/shop*Disallow: /otchs/*/order-history*Disallow: /otchs/*/account*Disallow: /otchs/*/checkout*Disallow: /otchs/*/order-confirmation*Disallow: /photo/empty-shopping-cartDisallow: /photo/error*Disallow: /photo/library/Disallow: /photo/offerdetailsDisallow: /photo/teamsnapDisallow: /photo/store-common-lockup/Disallow: /photo/create/builderDisallow: /photo/design-editorDisallow: /photo/print-editorDisallow: /photo/projectsDisallow: /photo/auth/Disallow: /photo/youraccountDisallow: /photo/logintoDisallow: /photo/*?icid=Disallow: /photo/*?open_in_app=Disallow: /promo/promoLandingTemplate.jsp?promoLandingId=care1on1Disallow: /shop/deals/Disallow: /shop/otchs/Disallow: /shop/content/shop/Disallow: /shop/content/shop/brand-shop/Disallow: /shop/content/*/shop/Disallow: /shop/brand-shop/*/shop/Disallow: /shop/shop/Disallow: /shop/content/content/Disallow: /shop/premierhttps*Disallow: /shop/burtsearch/Disallow: /shop/*&prev=search*Disallow: /store-locator/add-favorite-popupDisallow: /store-locator/cvs-pharmacy-locations/*%5CDisallow: /cms/Disallow: /optical/checkout/ #AllowAllow: /*.cssAllow: /*.jsAllow: /*.min.jsAllow: /*.pdfAllow: /bizcontent/Allow: /minuteclinic/Allow: /pharmacy/Allow: /photo/Allow: /shop/Allow: /shop/content/Allow: /shop/content/article/ User-agent: AdsBot-GoogleAllow: /User-agent: Googlebot-imageAllow: /User-agent: YandexDisallow:User-agent: Prerender… 138 lines not about AI botsDisallow: /shop/User-agent: CCBotDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: ChatGPT-UserDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: GPTBotDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: anthropic-aiDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: Google-ExtendedDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: ClaudeBotDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: Claude-WebDisallow: /druginfoUser-agent: cohere-aiDisallow: /druginfo Sitemap: https://www.cvs.com/sitemap/sitemap-index.xml ##### %%%%%%%%%%%% ,%%%%%%%%%%%/# /%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% *%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(# /%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% *%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(# /%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(# #%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,# /%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.# 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Everything else we checked
| Front door | Let in The homepage loaded normally for our bot, which says who it is (HTTP 200).GET https://www.cvs.com/ as WalledWebBot, from a residential connection in the United States |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | Present · 4.7 KB · 0 links · does not start with an H1 title, as the llms.txt proposal expectshttps://www.cvs.com/llms.txt |
| Anti-bot software | Served through Akamai.From response headers and cookie names only. A cookie shows the product is there, not how it is set up. |
| Readable by AI | Structured data types: WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint, Organization, ContactPoint, PostalAddress, Action. Readable text is present in the HTML. Built on Next.js.Homepage only. Useful for site owners; not part of the result. |
| Terms of Service | No Terms of Service page found. |
| Not found | No ai.txt, tdmrep.json, Content-Signal or Content-Usage lines, licensing signals (RSL License, HTTP 402) or robots meta tags. |
History
40 versions on record since 1 Jan 2023
One square per month, from Internet Archive copies and our own daily checks. Dark: blocked. Gray: some blocked. Light: allowed. Striped: no copy that month.
- May 2024Signals Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, anthropic-ai and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.Found in the Internet Archive's copies: changed between 1 Apr 2024 and 1 May 2024. Evidence: before · after
Show exactly what changed
- # CVS.com Robots File- # Updated 12/30/2022+ # Updated 4/16/2024+User-agent: *- Disallow: /ecdeals+ Disallow: /shop/*DNC-9+ Disallow: /shop/*/SELECT_A_VALUE/*+ Disallow: /shop/merch/*/c1*+ Disallow: /shop/*?skuId=*?page=*+ Disallow: *?scrollToReview=true+ Disallow: *?sort=+ Disallow: /shop/review-submission?+ Disallow: /search/+ Disallow: /account/+ Disallow: *skuId=undefined+ Disallow: /shop/*-prodid-*-reviewspage=*+ Disallow: /shop/ecdeals/Disallow: /ruicket-of-Graue-on-Withou-when-Frogge-name-nors…Disallow: /QxtH_QcSxhbqXUhyWA/5fk3hpwbN1/QTcvXmg7/Okd/FHDENAD4- Disallow: /YJYLtcMKv/4/gCEjuBsQ/7LiGSXcza9Oh/UEtAAzo/Cwx7Iw9/RJC4- Disallow: /uRnFBaFDOcfJR50H4YD34OHkU2g/at7DtbmXa13D/dSdYAlNnRw/YwEu/AyoFcXw- Disallow: /UY7LyQSskbVt2el-2gxxQialoCg/7z1hhmXck7/QD9g/WjB0amE/2eAMB- Disallow: /kd7Jxj/rk5O-/xNq-o/Eg/OJc5hVGc/Ty5sDFsCOg/ZHlnPD/0uN30- Disallow: /RFMJ/29Qz/tvL/w9H/EvUw/5NVYwLwhtak9/UFlZ/RU/kyangfTQE- Disallow: /3xUGvhXL6WkFU10AMMKh/3mGuDpfXD9/QRgwWis/RA57/eBtbAwMB- Disallow: /Cgtx5vGkgHUNgqIPtdLN/9it1zphQ5EEf/SQgqJ1wMBA/GG/FcKVkNOgIB- Disallow: /drFywG/Uk/0J/1yC9/GEiKCi_T55/iJO1pXbpk93b/T2MwUgIy/NF5nd/0JKETI- Disallow: /m/DJlAwnYz5dYR8Ia1rpXt/iY5tcDS0/Z0xzNEUp/UhZsKmd/jRWA- Disallow: /vUItUx9gsTr5/BhI455O26e/wi/t3iihLNLb3/XUd3R1VALg/QEMNfSED/XmU+ Disallow: /YJYLtcMKv/4/gCEjuBsQ/7LiGSXcza9Oh/UEtAAzo/Cwx7Iw9/RJC4+ Disallow: /uRnFBaFDOcfJR50H4YD34OHkU2g/at7DtbmXa13D/dSdYAlNnRw/YwEu/AyoFcXw+ Disallow: /UY7LyQSskbVt2el-2gxxQialoCg/7z1hhmXck7/QD9g/WjB0amE/2eAMB+ Disallow: /kd7Jxj/rk5O-/xNq-o/Eg/OJc5hVGc/Ty5sDFsCOg/ZHlnPD/0uN30+ Disallow: /RFMJ/29Qz/tvL/w9H/EvUw/5NVYwLwhtak9/UFlZ/RU/kyangfTQE+ Disallow: /3xUGvhXL6WkFU10AMMKh/3mGuDpfXD9/QRgwWis/RA57/eBtbAwMB+ Disallow: /Cgtx5vGkgHUNgqIPtdLN/9it1zphQ5EEf/SQgqJ1wMBA/GG/FcKVkNOgIB+ Disallow: /drFywG/Uk/0J/1yC9/GEiKCi_T55/iJO1pXbpk93b/T2MwUgIy/NF5nd/0JKETI+ Disallow: /m/DJlAwnYz5dYR8Ia1rpXt/iY5tcDS0/Z0xzNEUp/UhZsKmd/jRWA+ Disallow: /vUItUx9gsTr5/BhI455O26e/wi/t3iihLNLb3/XUd3R1VALg/QEMNfSED/XmUDisallow: /bizcontent/email/…Disallow: /shop/*&prev=search*- Disallow: /store-locator/add-favorite-popup+ Disallow: /store-locator/add-favorite-popup+ Disallow: /store-locator/cvs-pharmacy-locations/*%5CDisallow: /cms/…Allow: /*.pdf- Allow: /account/login.jsp- Allow: /account/login-responsive.jsp- Allow: /account/sso/intersite-sso-service.jsp?target=photoAllow: /bizcontent/…Allow: /photo/- Allow: /store-locator/Allow: /shop/Allow: /shop/content/… 35 more lines
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