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title: "cohere-ai: block or allow this AI crawler · DotsAgent"
description: "cohere-ai is run by Cohere and listed under user fetches. Its robots.txt token, whether it follows the rules, its IP list and how to control it."
url: https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/cohere-ai
---

Cohere · User fetches

# What is cohere-ai?

A token that community lists attribute to Cohere's user-requested fetches. Cohere says it does not crawl for training, and its own docs use Coherebot as the example token.

- **robots.txt token**: `cohere-ai`
- **Operator**: Cohere
- **Purpose**: User fetches
- **Obeys robots.txt**: The operator does not say.
- **Documented by operator**: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- **Documentation**: [docs.cohere.com](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/cohere-web-crawlers)

cohere-training-data-crawler is another community-reported Cohere token; Cohere confirms neither.

## Block cohere-ai from your whole site

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it, but keep private paths out

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: cohere-ai
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.

[Add it to a robots.txt in the generator →](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/robots-txt)

## Sources

1. [docs.cohere.com](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/cohere-web-crawlers)/docs/cohere-web-crawlers
2. [github.com](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt)/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

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