AI crawlers / ElevenlabsBot
ElevenlabsBot: what it is and how to block or charge it
ElevenlabsBot is run by ElevenLabs. Fetches pages that ElevenLabs customers add to their AI agents' knowledge bases, when they add them and when they refresh them.
| Operator | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Fetches pages live when a user asks |
| User-agent contains | ElevenlabsBot |
| Official IP list | None published, so it can only be recognized by name. Which crawlers publish one |
| Same operator | ElevenlabsCrawler |
Block ElevenlabsBot in robots.txt
User-agent: ElevenlabsBot
Disallow: /robots.txt is a request, not a lock: well-behaved crawlers follow it. To block by user agent at the server, match ElevenlabsBot in the User-Agent header.
Or charge ElevenlabsBot per page
Instead of blocking it, answer ElevenlabsBot with HTTP 402 Payment Required and a price. Crawlers and agents that support x402 pay a fraction of a cent in USDC straight to your wallet and get the page; people and search engines browse free. Set it up free on pay-per-crawl in about five minutes.
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