CrawlCheck Rights API

The Rights API from CrawlCheck — 1 operation(s) for rights.

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Operations 1

GET /api/v1/rights Rights Resolve: one permission answer per use (train, ground, summarize, cite… #

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OpenAPI Specification

crawlcheck-io-rights-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crawlcheck Io Rights API
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: CrawlCheck
    url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
    email: hello@crawlcheck.io
  license:
    name: Terms
    url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
  x-core-contract:
    promise: 'These operations are the core contract. They stay at /api/v1 and keep answering for at least 180 days after any /api/v2 is announced; their stable fields change only in a new major version, and their provisional fields only after 30 days'' notice, per /docs/api/compatibility. Verifying what they return needs none of these calls: crawlcheck-verify.mjs checks a document on your machine against the published keys (/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory) and the rotation record, read once with --online or saved for --keys. Everything else documented here is useful but secondary, and may change with the notice its fields'' tags promise.'
    operations:
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/resolve
      operationId: resolveDomainV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/resolve
      operationId: resolveBatchV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/preflight
      operationId: preflightV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/decisions/{sha256}
      operationId: decisionCheckV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/revocations
      operationId: revocations
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/visitor
      operationId: visitorResolveV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/visitor
      operationId: visitorResolveBatchV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/mcp/scan
      operationId: mcpScanUrl
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/mcp/lock/check
      operationId: mcpLockCheck
    list: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/core
  description: 'Operations tagged Rights across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: crawlcheck-io-openapi.json, crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
tags:
- name: Rights
paths:
  /api/v1/rights:
    get:
      operationId: rightsV1
      summary: 'Rights Resolve: one permission answer per use (train, ground, summarize, cite…'
      parameters:
      - name: domain
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: path
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: agent
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: crawlcheck-rights
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                worked:
                  value:
                    kind: crawlcheck-rights
                    v: 1
                    domain: example.com
                    path: /
                    agent: null
                    read_at: '2026-10-07T05:40:00.000Z'
                    uses:
                      train:
                        value: denied
                        decided_by:
                          signal: robots.txt
                          url: https://example.com/robots.txt
                          evidence: 'User-agent: GPTBot / Disallow: /'
                          agents:
                          - GPTBot
                          - ClaudeBot
                          - CCBot
                        signals:
                        - signal: robots.txt
                          says: denied
                          agents_denied:
                          - GPTBot
                          - ClaudeBot
                          - CCBot
                          agents_allowed:
                          - Google-Extended
                        - signal: Content-Signal
                          says: denied
                          evidence: 'Content-Signal: ai-train=no, search=yes'
                        conflicts:
                        - robots.txt keeps Google-Extended open while Content-Signal says ai-train=no
                      ground:
                        value: allowed
                        decided_by:
                          signal: Content-Signal
                          url: https://example.com/robots.txt
                          evidence: 'Content-Signal: ai-input=yes'
                        signals: []
                        conflicts: []
                      summarize:
                        value: limited
                        decided_by:
                          signal: robots meta
                          url: https://example.com/
                          evidence: <meta name="robots" content="max-snippet:50">
                        signals: []
                        conflicts: []
                      cite:
                        value: allowed
                        decided_by:
                          signal: Content-Signal
                          url: https://example.com/robots.txt
                          evidence: 'Content-Signal: search=yes'
                        signals: []
                        conflicts: []
                      transact:
                        value: not_declared
                        decided_by:
                          signal: robots.txt
                          url: https://example.com/robots.txt
                          evidence: no rule matches / for ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User
                        signals: []
                        conflicts: []
                    terms:
                      url: https://example.com/terms
                      ai_clauses: []
                      automated_access_clauses:
                      - You may not use any robot, spider or scraper to access the Service without our prior written permission.
                    sources_read:
                    - url: https://example.com/robots.txt
                      status: 200
                    - url: https://example.com/
                      status: 200
                    - url: https://example.com/.well-known/tdmrep.json
                      status: 404
                    - url: https://example.com/ai.txt
                      status: 404
                    - url: https://example.com/terms
                      status: 200
                    sha256: …
                    signature: …
              schema:
                type:
                - object
                - 'null'
                properties:
                  kind:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  v:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  domain:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  path:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  agent: {}
                  read_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  uses:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      train:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          decided_by:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            properties:
                              signal:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              evidence:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              agents:
                                type:
                                - array
                                - 'null'
                                items:
                                  type:
                                  - string
                                  - 'null'
                            additionalProperties: true
                          signals:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items:
                              type:
                              - object
                              - 'null'
                              properties:
                                signal:
                                  type:
                                  - string
                                  - 'null'
                                says:
                                  type:
                                  - string
                                  - 'null'
                                agents_denied:
                                  type:
                                  - array
                                  - 'null'
                                  items:
                                    type:
                                    - string
                                    - 'null'
                                agents_allowed:
                                  type:
                                  - array
                                  - 'null'
                                  items:
                                    type:
                                    - string
                                    - 'null'
                                evidence:
                                  type:
                                  - string
                                  - 'null'
                              additionalProperties: true
                          conflicts:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items:
                              type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                        additionalProperties: true
                      ground:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          decided_by:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            properties:
                              signal:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              evidence:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                            additionalProperties: true
                          signals:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                          conflicts:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                        additionalProperties: true
                      summarize:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          decided_by:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            properties:
                              signal:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              evidence:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                            additionalProperties: true
                          signals:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                          conflicts:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                        additionalProperties: true
                      cite:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          decided_by:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            properties:
                              signal:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              evidence:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                            additionalProperties: true
                          signals:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                          conflicts:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                        additionalProperties: true
                      transact:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          decided_by:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            properties:
                              signal:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              evidence:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                            additionalProperties: true
                          signals:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                          conflicts:
                            type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                            items: {}
                        additionalProperties: true
                    additionalProperties: true
                  terms:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      url:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      ai_clauses:
                        type:
                        - array
                        - 'null'
                        items: {}
                      automated_access_clauses:
                        type:
                        - array
                        - 'null'
                        items:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                    additionalProperties: true
                  sources_read:
                    type:
                    - array
                    - 'null'
                    items:
                      type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                      properties:
                        url:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        status:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                      additionalProperties: true
                  sha256: {}
                  signature: {}
                additionalProperties: true
                x-schema-source: worked-example
        '400':
          description: not a public domain
        '422':
          description: the site could not be read
        '429':
          description: read limit
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: curl
        source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/rights?domain=example.com&path=/'
      security: []
      x-auth: public; no credential read
      tags:
      - Rights
    servers:
    - url: https://crawlcheck.io
components:
  securitySchemes:
    licenceKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-crawlcheck-key
      description: 'Your licence key: cc_ followed by 32 hex characters. Sent on every keyed call.'
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: The same licence key as a Bearer token. Accepted on /api/v1/* and /api/usage.
externalDocs:
  url: https://crawlcheck.io/docs/api
  description: Human-readable reference
x-refined-from:
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.json
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml