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Robots & Sitemap Harvester

Recon & Discovery

Harvest disallowed paths and sitemap URLs that sites helpfully list for you.

What is Robots & Sitemap Harvester?

Robots & Sitemap Harvester fetches a target’s robots.txt and linked sitemaps and extracts the paths inside. Ironically, the very file meant to hide directories from crawlers often points testers straight at admin panels, staging areas and hidden endpoints.

It parses both robots directives and XML sitemaps, giving you a ready list of paths to explore.

What it pulls

  • Disallowed paths — directories the site asks crawlers to avoid (and you should check).
  • Sitemap URLs — every URL listed across referenced sitemaps.
  • Nested sitemaps — follows sitemap index files to child sitemaps.
  • Export — a clean path/URL list for your next stage.

Where it fits in your workflow

  • Discover admin and staging paths the site discloses in robots.txt.
  • Seed content discovery with the site’s own sitemap.
Use Robots & Sitemap Harvester

Run it from your dashboard.

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At a glance

CategoryRecon & Discovery
RunsServer-side
Token cost 3 / run (free tier)
AccessFree
Status● Live

Frequently asked questions

Is reading robots.txt allowed?

robots.txt and sitemaps are public files intended to be read. Acting on what you find still requires authorization for the target.

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