BotBase for Operators: A clearer path to joining Cloudflare's directory of bots and agents
Cloudflare has introduced a dedicated dashboard interface for bot operators to manage their submissions. The update includes new functionality for tracking submission status, editing existing entries, and defining bot behavior models.
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Bot operators, search engine crawlers, AI model trainers, and enterprise security administrators.
It standardizes the 'good bot' ecosystem, reducing false positives in bot detection and providing a transparent framework for AI agents and crawlers to identify themselves to Cloudflare-protected properties.
Full Fact Overview
This update formalizes the interaction between third-party bot operators and Cloudflare's bot management ecosystem. By providing a centralized dashboard, Cloudflare is moving away from opaque or manual submission processes toward a self-service model. The inclusion of a 'behavior model' allows operators to programmatically or manually declare how their agents interact with content, which is critical for Cloudflare's WAF and bot detection engines to accurately classify traffic as 'good' or 'bad' bots.