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# AI Crawl Control with Transform Rules

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Use [Response Header Transform Rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) to add `Link` headers to crawler responses — even when those crawlers are blocked. This lets you communicate terms of use or [RSL ↗](https://rslstandard.org/) license information.

## Example: Add licensing terms to blocked responses

**Expression:**

```txt
(cf.bot_management.verified_bot and http.response.code eq 403)
```

**Header modification:**

* **Operation:** Set static
* **Header name:** `Link`
* **Value:** `<https://example.com/ai-licensing-terms>; rel="license"; type="text/html"`

For more details, refer to [Response Header Transform Rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/).

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