How long does a proper Claude audit take?

A serious audit covering 40 to 80 prompts, both Claude modes and three to five runs per prompt typically takes a few hours to launch and a couple of days to analyse calmly. With AI Labs Audit, the runs themselves complete in minutes; most of the time goes into interpreting the results and turning them into a prioritised action list.

What is the real difference between a ChatGPT audit and a Claude audit?

ChatGPT relies heavily on Bing's index when it searches the web, so its source shortlist tends to overlap with Bing's top results. Claude uses Anthropic's own retrieval stack and weighs factual authority and content structure more strictly. A brand that ranks well on Bing can still be invisible on Claude, and vice versa — which is why both audits are needed.

Does Claude respect robots.txt?

Yes. ClaudeBot is documented in Anthropic's public crawler page and respects robots.txt directives. You can allow or disallow it with standard User-agent: ClaudeBot rules. Claude-User, the on-demand fetch agent, also identifies itself and can be controlled the same way.

Can I see when Claude crawls my site?

Yes. ClaudeBot leaves a clear footprint in your server logs. Filtering on the ClaudeBot/1.0 User-Agent — combined with Anthropic's published IP ranges — shows you which pages were crawled and how often.

Does Claude have a training cut-off?

Yes, like every large language model. The exact date depends on the Claude version you query. For time-sensitive questions, Claude usually triggers web search to compensate, which is why your live-retrieval performance matters as much as your trained-knowledge presence.

Should I optimise differently for Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku?

The underlying retrieval and Constitutional AI principles are shared across the family. In practice, the same content fixes lift visibility on all three. Opus tends to write longer, more nuanced answers and cite more sources, but the pages it picks are the same kind your audit will surface for Sonnet.

How often should I re-audit Claude?

A baseline audit, then a re-audit after each significant content change, plus a quarterly check is a reasonable rhythm for most brands. Scheduled audits keep a continuous view without manual work.

Claude Audit: Check Your AI Visibility in 2026

Claude Audit: How to Check & Improve Your Visibility on Anthropic's AI

January 15, 2026 Updated May 2026 8 min read Guide

Anthropic's Claude stands out for its professional audience and analytical quality. Learn how to audit and optimize your visibility on this strategic AI.

Why Specifically Audit Claude?

B2B audience: Strong enterprise adoption
200K context window: Processes long documents
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What Claude Values

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Authoritative sources
Nuanced presentation
Factual accuracy

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Specialist in AI visibility (AEO/GEO/LLMO), I help agencies and consultants measure and optimize their clients' presence on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and other AI answer engines. Pioneer in AI visibility auditing since December 2025.

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