# Say it once: Introducing Bot Preference Sync

DevFeed: [Say it once: Introducing Bot Preference Sync](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/say-it-once-introducing-bot-preference-sync-107.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.cloudflare.com/bot-preference-sync/>)

Author: Jin-Hee Lee

Published: 2026-08-21T23:19:57Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cloudflare Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloudflare-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-bots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-bots.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [ai-training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-training.md>), [bot-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bot-management.md>), [bots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bots.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [network-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-services.md>), [product-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-news.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

Cloudflare introduces Bot Preference Sync, which updates robots.txt preferences to match configured AI bot policies for Search, Agent, and Training traffic.

## Source excerpt

Cloudflare's new Bot Preference Sync automatically aligns your robots.txt file with your AI bot policies for Search, Agent, and Training. Easily manage which bots access your content without maintaining static files.