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

Perplexity · Search

# What is PerplexityBot?

Perplexity's crawler for indexing pages for Perplexity search. Perplexity says it is not used for training and that it follows robots.txt.

- **robots.txt token**: `PerplexityBot`
- **Operator**: Perplexity
- **Purpose**: Search
- **Obeys robots.txt**: The operator says it follows robots.txt.
- **Documented by operator**: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- **Published IP list**: [www.perplexity.com/perplexitybot.json](https://www.perplexity.com/perplexitybot.json)
- **Documentation**: [docs.perplexity.ai](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots)

## Block PerplexityBot from your whole site

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it, but keep private paths out

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
```

## Other bots from Perplexity

[Perplexity-User](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/perplexity-user)

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

## Sources

1. [docs.perplexity.ai](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots)/guides/bots

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