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What is DuckAssistBot?

Fetches pages for DuckDuckGo's real-time AI answers. DuckDuckGo says the content is not used for training.

robots.txt token: DuckAssistBot
Operator: DuckDuckGo
Purpose: Search
Obeys robots.txt: Yes The operator says it follows robots.txt.
Documented by operator: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
Published IP list: duckduckgo.com/duckassistbot.json
Documentation: duckduckgo.com

DuckDuckGo says robots.txt changes take effect within 72 hours.

Block DuckAssistBot from your whole site

robots.txt

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /

Allow it, but keep private paths out

robots.txt

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

Add it to a robots.txt in the generator →

Sources

duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/duckassistbot