What is Cloudflare-AutoRAG?

Cloudflare-AutoRAG is Cloudflare's web crawler that indexes websites for AI Search (formerly AutoRAG), a managed retrieval-augmented generation service. The crawler automatically ingests and continuously indexes website content to enable natural language search and AI-powered applications without requiring manual reprocessing. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Overview

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

Do you operate this agent? Contact us to suggest an update.

Category

AI Search Crawler
Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

Expected Behavior

Cloudflare-AutoRAG revisits your site on a flexible schedule, often requesting several pages in a burst. Activity usually increases when your content changes or its index refreshes, with quiet intervals between crawl passes.

Cloudflare-AutoRAG's User Agent

User Agent Cloudflare-AutoRAG

How To Block Cloudflare-AutoRAG With Robots.txt

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

User-agent: Cloudflare-AutoRAG # https://knownagents.com/agents/cloudflare-autorag
Disallow: /

Global Statistics for Cloudflare-AutoRAG

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

1%
1% of top websites are blocking Cloudflare-AutoRAG
Learn How →

Country of Origin

United States
Cloudflare-AutoRAG normally visits From the United States

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

1% of top websites block Cloudflare-AutoRAG in their robots.txt files.

Overall AI Search Crawler Traffic

1.9% of all web traffic came from AI search crawlers.

See The Agentic Web Index →

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block Cloudflare-AutoRAG?

Usually not. Blocking Cloudflare-AutoRAG keeps your pages out of its AI search results and can eliminate referral traffic from that channel. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 1% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Cloudflare-AutoRAG.

Does Cloudflare-AutoRAG Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Yes. Cloudflare-AutoRAG 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 Cloudflare-AutoRAG respects it.

Does Cloudflare-AutoRAG Access Private Content?

No special access. Cloudflare-AutoRAG can reach only content available to anonymous visitors. Make sure staging sites and other sensitive areas require authentication.

Why Is Cloudflare-AutoRAG Visiting My Website?

Cloudflare-AutoRAG is updating an AI search index so your pages can appear in its results. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or mentions of your domain.

How Can I Tell if Cloudflare-AutoRAG Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks Cloudflare-AutoRAG 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 "Cloudflare-AutoRAG". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because Cloudflare-AutoRAG does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.