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How do I configure server logs to accurately capture and analyze bot traffic coming from OpenAI and other LLMs?

ChatGPTgpt-64 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

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How do I configure server logs to accurately capture and analyze bot traffic coming from OpenAI and other LLMs?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
official OpenAI crawler documentation GPTBot OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT-User IP verification user agentGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
official Anthropic web crawler documentation ClaudeBot Claude-SearchBot Claude-User IP addressesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
official Perplexity crawler documentation PerplexityBot Perplexity-User IP addressesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
nginx log_format documentation custom access logs request_time upstream_response_time user agentGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (4)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReason25%DefinitionInstruction25%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
official OpenAI crawler documentation GPTBot OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT-User IP verification user agent Google ↗
official Anthropic web crawler documentation ClaudeBot Claude-SearchBot Claude-User IP addresses Google ↗
official Perplexity crawler documentation PerplexityBot Perplexity-User IP addresses Google ↗
nginx log_format documentation custom access logs request_time upstream_response_time user agent Google ↗

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
official OpenAI crawler documentation GPTBot OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT-User IP verification user agent
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
official Anthropic web crawler documentation ClaudeBot Claude-SearchBot Claude-User IP addresses
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
official Perplexity crawler documentation PerplexityBot Perplexity-User IP addresses
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
nginx log_format documentation custom access logs request_time upstream_response_time user agent
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1