# ChatGPT-User

> ChatGPT-User fetches pages when a person using OpenAI's assistant asks something that needs them, so a visit means someone is asking about the page right now. Here's how to recognize it and check a request really is it.

## ChatGPT-User facts

- **Operator:** OpenAI
- **Type:** Declared agent
- **Why it fetches:** Fetches for a person asking now
- **User agent contains:** `ChatGPT-User`
- **Verified by:** published IP ranges
- **Operator's documentation:** [platform.openai.com/docs/bots](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots)

## How to tell a real ChatGPT-User from an impostor

Anyone can put "ChatGPT-User" in a user agent. What can't be faked is below.

- **Check the address.** OpenAI publishes the IP ranges ChatGPT-User uses: [openai.com/chatgpt-user.json](https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json). A request whose user agent says ChatGPT-User from an address outside them is an impostor.

## How Punchline counts ChatGPT-User

Punchline labels a request that names ChatGPT-User with how sure it is: **verified** or **declared** when the evidence checks out, a lower tier when it can't be checked, and **impostor** when the evidence contradicts it. Each visit is counted under OpenAI, with its purpose, so you can see whether ChatGPT-User is bringing people's questions to your pages and which pages it reads. [How it works](https://www.punchlineanalytics.com/how-it-works) · [Known agents](https://www.punchlineanalytics.com/docs/agents)

[See which agents read your site](https://www.punchlineanalytics.com/reveal)