Quick answer: Your site can appear in ChatGPT when OpenAI's search crawler, OAI-SearchBot, and Bing can crawl it, the page is indexable, and the content is in the HTML rather than loaded by JavaScript. This free checker tests all of that for any URL. Passing means nothing blocks ChatGPT; being cited then depends on how well your page answers the question.
How ChatGPT finds websites
ChatGPT reaches the web through three separate paths, run by three separate OpenAI agents. Each fails for different reasons, which is why "is my site in ChatGPT" has more than one answer.
| Path | Agent | What it decides |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT search | OAI-SearchBot, plus search partners such as Bing | Whether answers can show and cite your pages with links |
| Live page reading | ChatGPT-User | Whether ChatGPT can open your page when a user or a GPT asks |
| Model training | GPTBot | Whether future models learn about your brand and content |
The search path is the one that sends traffic, so the checker treats OAI-SearchBot and Bingbot as critical, ChatGPT-User as important, and GPTBot as information only.
What the checker tests
- robots.txt access for OAI-SearchBot, Bingbot, ChatGPT-User and GPTBot on the exact URL you entered, using the longest matching rule.
- Whether the page can be fetched at all. Bot protection that refuses an automated fetch usually refuses OpenAI's crawlers too, even when robots.txt allows them.
- noindex and snippet restrictions in the page's meta tags.
- Server-rendered content. If the HTML holds almost no text and looks like a JavaScript app shell, crawlers that do not run JavaScript see an empty page.
- llms.txt, reported as optional.
How to test inside ChatGPT itself
- Start cleanUse a new or temporary chat so memory and earlier messages do not steer the answer.
- Ask a category question, not your brand nameAsk what a potential customer would ask, for example the best tool for a job you solve. Asking for your brand by name only tests whether ChatGPT can look you up.
- Make sure search is usedCheck that the answer lists sources. If it does not, ChatGPT answered from training data, which tests GPTBot history rather than current visibility.
- Read the sourcesNote which sites are cited instead of you. Those pages show what ChatGPT considers the best answer today.
- Check BingSearch site:yourdomain.com on Bing. If your key pages are missing there, fix indexing in Bing Webmaster Tools before anything else.
If the checker passes but ChatGPT still ignores you
Access is only the entry ticket. ChatGPT chooses sources that answer the question directly, carry specific facts, and are referenced by other sites. Rewrite key sections so the first sentence answers the question, add real numbers and examples, add FAQ content where buyers hesitate, and earn mentions on sites your audience already trusts. The full diagnosis is in why your website is not showing up in ChatGPT.
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