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Do German online shops let AI agents in? We checked robots.txt, bot walls and llms.txt on 100 stores

AI shopping agents are coming: ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can already browse shops, compare products and soon buy on a user's behalf. But can they actually get into the stores? We checked 100 large online shops from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (data from 1 November 2026) and looked at thre…

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  1. 2026-11-01 18:14 · DEV Community — AI
    Do German online shops let AI agents in? We checked robots.txt, bot walls and llms.txt on 100 stores

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