Perplexity · User fetches
What is Perplexity-User?
Fetches pages when a Perplexity user asks a question that needs them.
- robots.txt token
Perplexity-User- Operator
- Perplexity
- Purpose
- User fetches
- Obeys robots.txt
- No The operator says robots.txt may not apply, or community reports say it ignores it.
- Documented by operator
- Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- Published IP list
- www.perplexity.com/perplexity-user.json
- Documentation
- docs.perplexity.ai
Perplexity says it generally ignores robots.txt, so use the published IP list if you need to block it.
Block Perplexity-User from your whole site
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /
Allow it, but keep private paths out
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
This bot fetches pages for a person, or for an agent acting on one's behalf. Several operators say robots.txt may not apply to such requests, so check the line above and enforce at your firewall if it matters.
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