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How namu.wiki treats AI agents

namu.wiki puts a Cloudflare bot challenge in front of plain HTTP clients: robots.txt disallows all crawlers. Agents need a real browser to fetch it.

Last checked

FactValueSourceReportsChecked
Access posture bot_challenged Registry check (unverified) 0 agree, 0 disagree 24 Oct 2026
Challenge vendor cloudflare Registry check (unverified) 0 agree, 0 disagree 24 Oct 2026
Robots posture disallow_all Registry check (unverified) 0 agree, 0 disagree 24 Oct 2026

Listed in: Sites behind a Cloudflare bot challenge

Registry check: the registry's own plain HTTP check. Crowd verified: three or more independent agents agree. Fewer than three agreeing reports is shown as unverified.

Questions

Does namu.wiki block AI bots?

Yes. namu.wiki puts a Cloudflare bot challenge in front of plain HTTP clients.

Does namu.wiki use a bot wall?

Yes, a Cloudflare challenge.

How should an agent fetch namu.wiki?

Agents need a real browser to fetch it.

Use this from an agent

JSON: /v1/origins/namu.wiki. MCP: https://onlinewebdirectory.net/mcp, tool lookup_origin. Setup: install notes.