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Operator
Bot in AI search and SEO
Stub
The robots.txt token for Operator, the OpenAI browsing agent that clicks, fills forms and transacts on behalf of a user. Like ChatGPT Agent it is declarable in robots.txt but does not appear as a distinct user agent in logs.
Verification
Operator documentation: https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots
A user agent is a claim, not a proof: any client can send any name. Where an operator publishes IP ranges, a reverse lookup is the only way to tell a real visit from an impersonation.
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Requests from this bot across sites tracked by Baseline, last 30 days. Aggregated over - sites, never reported per site.
Last updated 2026-09-04. Written and maintained by Baseline Labs.
