What is ChatGLM-Spider?

ChatGLM-Spider is a web crawler operated by Zhipu AI, the Chinese company behind ChatGLM. It is used for collecting data to train and evaluate the company's large language models. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Overview

Operated By Zhipu AI
Source Official Website
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes
Insights Last Updated August 11, 2026

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Category

AI Data Scraper
Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Expected Behavior

ChatGLM-Spider tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps that fetch far more pages per visit than a search crawler. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.

ChatGLM-Spider's User Agent

User Agent ChatGLM-Spider

How To Block ChatGLM-Spider With Robots.txt

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block ChatGLM-Spider from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider # https://knownagents.com/agents/chatglm-spider
Disallow: /

Global Statistics for ChatGLM-Spider

As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

4%
4% of top websites are blocking ChatGLM-Spider
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Country of Origin

United States
ChatGLM-Spider normally visits From the United States

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

4% of top websites block ChatGLM-Spider in their robots.txt files.

Overall AI Data Scraper Traffic

1.2% of all web traffic came from AI data scrapers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block ChatGLM-Spider?

Block ChatGLM-Spider if you want more control over whether your work is used for AI training. Allowing it may increase the chance that your brand appears in AI-generated answers, but either choice leaves traditional search rankings unchanged. For context, 4% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for ChatGLM-Spider.


Does ChatGLM-Spider Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Yes. ChatGLM-Spider is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether ChatGLM-Spider respects it.


Does ChatGLM-Spider Access Private Content?

Not through legitimate access. ChatGLM-Spider primarily targets public content, but some training-data scrapers also attempt to collect gated or paywalled pages. If content loads without authentication, assume it can be collected.


Why Is ChatGLM-Spider Visiting My Website?

Your content matched the criteria Zhipu AI set for a training dataset. ChatGLM-Spider typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.


How Can I Tell if ChatGLM-Spider Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks ChatGLM-Spider visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "ChatGLM-Spider". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because ChatGLM-Spider does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.